A sweeping roofline over the full front porch, distinctive shed roof dormers, Doric porch columns, and multi-paned sash windows characterize this well-preserved Dutch Colonial Revival style home. Evan and Jessie Day had the residence built in 1907. An early newcomer to Kalispell, Evan helped install machinery in the first Kalispell Flour Mill in 1893. He later sold real estate and insurance, served as city and county treasurer from 1909 to 1913, and was a well-known local banjo player. Jessie raised their son Evan Jr. and was active with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Evan died suddenly in 1932 and Jessie sold the home in 1936. Violin teacher Vern Steck and his harpist wife Adeline rented the home from 1938 to 1940. Their son William, a five-year-old violin prodigy, performed his first solo recital at the Methodist Church in 1939 and soon after performed a five-minute solo to enormous crowds at the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco. At age seven his genius brought him to the elite Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and later to concertmaster positions with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C.
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