{"id":408,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:07","latitude":48.19265719589323992977369925938546657562255859375,"longitude":-114.30805089387786210863851010799407958984375,"title":"Bland Rental Property","subtitle":"East Side Historic District","fullsize":"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/7fd677c1a0b92663f4d673f8dad75aba.jpg","address":"641 2nd Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"A number of tenants occupied this Colonial Revival style home, built between 1903 and 1910 for Sarah and Arthur Bland. The Blands lived next door in the near-twin of this residence. When Arthur Bland died in 1921, he was eulogized as a kind, charitable, and generous person; he must have been an exceptional landlord. Among the early residents were American Steam Laundry founder Fred French (1913), Norwegian-born Knute Robbin and seven of his children (1915), and James and Sarah McAfee (1928-1936). Norwegian cabinetmaker Olaf Tangen and his wife Elisabeth then owned the home from 1937 to 1972. The cross-gabled residence features Tuscan columns supporting a full-width porch, a metal roof, and south bay window. Wood shingles complement the clapboard siding. Original interior finishings include the stair banister, oak flooring, and well-maintained woodwork.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/327a1cd2-8c29-4b4d-aef9-85fda060a8a9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the East Side Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/bf86f980-7198-4b0a-90c5-671ee0bbda46/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the East Side Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/7fd677c1a0b92663f4d673f8dad75aba.jpg":{"id":4590,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Bland Rental Property","description":"Bland Rental Property. Front to side view of the house, facing north to northeast on the corner of 2nd Avenue East and 7th Street East. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Oct. 1980 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/7fd677c1a0b92663f4d673f8dad75aba.jpg"}}}