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HB743902
Historic American Buildings Survey John N
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HB743903
Historic American Buildings Survey The Historical Society Of Montana, Photo Copy: 1965 Old Fort Courtyard
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HB743904
Historic American Buildings Survey Al Huntsman, Photographer July 1965 Drawing Of The Reconstructed Fort
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HB743905
Historic American Buildings Survey Al Huntsman, Photographer July 1965 East Barracks (southwest Corner)
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HB743906
Historic American Buildings Survey John N
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HB743907
Historic American Buildings Survey Al Huntsman, Photographer July 1965 East Barracks (northwest Corner)
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HB743908
Historic American Buildings Survey Al Huntsman, Photographer July 1965 East Barracks (west Elevation)
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HB743909
Historic American Buildings Survey Al Huntsman, Photographer July 1965 Fireplace Detail
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Item Title
LocationU.S. Route 93,
Stevensville, MT
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS MT-12
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-12).
Building/structure dates:
1857 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1930 subsequent work
Significance: St. Mary's Mission, founded in 1841 by Father Jean de Smet, owned the land upon which the ruins of Fort Owen are located. The Mission was abandoned by the Jesuits in 1850 and the land sold to John Owen for the sum of $250. The bill of sale, signed by Father Giorde, was dated Nov. 5, 1850. Fort Owen became a trading establishment named after its owner and never served as an official military post. A small palisaded fort was constructed of adobe bricks. Work in earnest did not begin before 1857. The fort was built a few hundred yards east of the mission grounds on higher land. The adobe bricks were molded in wooden boxes, sun dried, and hauled to the fort site from the adjoining field. The walls of the fort were of adobe. Bastions were erected on the southeast and southwest corners of the fort protecting the main south gate. Little remains today of the fort. Only a small part of the east wall remains where the east barracks were reconstructed in the 1930's.
Subjects
Building Deterioration"Mission 66" ProgramAdobe Buildings
Related Names
Owen, John
Blackburn, U. James, Field Team
Sobek, Durward K., Field Team
Oyama, Jack, Field Team
Shanahan, Dick, Delineator
Goldy, Charles B., Delineator
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey John N. DeHass, Jr., Photographer July 1965 MODEL OF THE FORT
2. Historic American Buildings Survey The Historical Society of Montana, Photo Copy: 1965 OLD FORT COURTYARD
3. Historic American Buildings Survey Al Huntsman, Photographer July 1965 DRAWING OF THE RECONSTRUCTED FORT
4. Historic American Buildings Survey Al Huntsman, Photographer July 1965 EAST BARRACKS (Southwest Corner)
5. Historic American Buildings Survey John N. DeHaas, Jr., Photographer July 1965 EAST WALL ORIGINAL ADOBE BLOCK DETAIL
6. Historic American Buildings Survey Al Huntsman, Photographer July 1965 EAST BARRACKS (Northwest Corner)
7. Historic American Buildings Survey Al Huntsman, Photographer July 1965 EAST BARRACKS (West Elevation)
8. Historic American Buildings Survey Al Huntsman, Photographer July 1965 FIREPLACE DETAIL
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