{"id":2815,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:14","latitude":45.791141027711290689694578759372234344482421875,"longitude":-108.5217797756195210467922152020037174224853515625,"title":"1145 North 32nd Street","subtitle":"North Elevation Historic District","fullsize":"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/838b24521fa44f6dbce719bce06f0d54.jpg","address":"1145 North 32nd Street, Billings, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Civil engineer Bill Lowe designed and built this house for his family circa 1940. The modest-looking home has several features more typically found in high-style homes. These include the clay tile roof, decorative chimney caps, and a bow window, placed to take advantage of the corner lot. The multi-pane casement windows echo the windows of its grander architect-designed neighbors. Bill and Connie Lowe lived here until 1951 except during Bill’s twenty-two months in the Navy during World War II. On the family’s return to Billings, Connie resumed her role as a society hostess and active church and club woman. Although she had an education degree, she never taught as the school district did not hire married women. Bill became a principal in the construction firm responsible for many projects at MSU-Billings (then called Eastern Montana College), including Cisel, Apsaruke, and Rimrock Halls and the Physical Education Building. When the family outgrew this one-story home, the Lowes found another corner lot on which to build, where they constructed a larger, two-story home based on the same design.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/16000807.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the North Elevation Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/838b24521fa44f6dbce719bce06f0d54.jpg":{"id":4385,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"1145 North 32nd Street","description":"1145 North 32 Street. Front to side view of the house, facing east at the intersection of North 32nd Street and 12th Avenue North. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Nov. 1980 | Karin Bryan","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/838b24521fa44f6dbce719bce06f0d54.jpg"}}}