Claude A. and Madge Colby bought this well-preserved Craftsman style bungalow in 1919. The home displays typical features of the genre including a low-pitched hipped roof, unboxed eaves with exposed rafter tails, and a front porch with tapered columns. Claude and Madge were both education advocates. Claude worked at the Missoulian newspaper and Madge was a teacher who participated in Missoula’s P. E.O. Sisterhood, a group that raised money for women’s education. Retirees John F. and Catherine Fox purchased the house in 1926. They had operated a mercantile in Twin Bridges but moved to Missoula to be close to their children and grandchildren. Their daughter Edna Fox McCormick earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from University of Montana in 1910. Her husband—lawyer Washington J. McCormick II—served in the state legislature in 1918. His father was an early developer in Missoula and the Bitterroot Valley and his uncle was Missoula founder Christopher P. Higgins. The Foxes spent summers in the home and rented to students until Edna and her daughters moved to the house in 1938.
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| McCormick for Congress The_New_Northwest_Sat__Oct_23__1920_.pdf | pdf / 558.64 kB | Download |
| Claude Colby trustee candidate ad The_Missoulian_Wed__Mar_31__1920_.pdf | pdf / 322.09 kB | Download |