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U.S. Customs Service Port of Roosville, Immigration & Naturalization Service Residence, 45 feet southwest of Main Port Building, Eureka, Lincoln County, MT



B&W Photos

HB752174
BWPhotos 206525
HB752175
BWPhotos 206526
HB752176
BWPhotos 206527
HB752177
BWPhotos 206528

HB752178
BWPhotos 206529
HB752179
BWPhotos 206530
HB752180
BWPhotos 206531
HB752181
BWPhotos 206532

HB752182
BWPhotos 206533
HB752183
BWPhotos 206534


Item Title
BWPhotos 206534

Location
45 feet southwest of Main Port Building, Eureka vicinity, MT

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS MT-110-B
Building/structure dates: 1933 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1959 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1969 subsequent work
Significance: Built in 1933, the Immigration and Naturalization (INS) Residence is an integral component of the historic border station complex comprising the Port of Roosville. The building served as a dwelling provided by the government for the use of INS officers and their families, while stationed at this relatively remote location to inspect traffic entering the U.S. from Canada and to enforce federal immigration laws. The design of this dwelling as well as the nearby duplicate U.S. Customs Service (USCS) Residence, is representative of standardized border station domestic architecture developed by prolific Treasury Department architect Louis A. Simon and erected at various locations along the U.S.-Canada border during the 1930s. The INS Residence was designed to be stylistically compatible with the associated Colonial Revival style Main Port Building. The dwelling also is reflective of the relative isolation of many border stations at a time when automobile transportation was more primitive, necessitating the provision of on-site housing for immigration inspectors.

Subjects
Customs Inspections
Immigrants
Houses


Related Names
Simon, Louis A.
Wetmore, James A.
Gorsuch, Grover C.
Brinkman & Lenon
General Service Administration's Region 8 Design &
Fraser, Clayton B., Photographer


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

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