National Register Record for RENFROW HOUSE

Historic Name: RENFROW HOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GRAVES AND BROADWAY
City: BILLINGS            County: NOBLE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE RENFROW HOUSE, BUILT IN 1900, IS A TWO-STORY RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE STYLE HOME BUILT FOR PROMINENT BILLINGS PHYSICIAN, DR. T.F. RENFROW. IT HAS A ROCK-FACED ASHLAR STONE VENEER AND A CONVEX MANSARD ROOF. MAJOR DECORATIVE ELEMENTS INCLUDE THE ROUND ARCHED OPENINGS WITH SCROLLED DECORATION, THE ORNATE CORNICE ABOVE THE SECOND STORY, AND PORCH LEVELS FEATURING BEAD AND REEL DECORATION AS WELL AS MINIATURE DENTILS. WITHIN EACH OF THE ROUND ARCH OPENINGS ARE FANLIGHTS WITH RADIATING GLAZING BARS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/28/1984.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: HEALTH / MEDICINE
Architectural Style: RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE
Architect: None
Year Built: 1900            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: PERSONAL INTERVIEW WITH ORA MILLER, OWNER AND DAUGHTER OF BUILDER, 6/16/1983; CHERYL FORD, "THE LITTLE TOWN THAT MOVED", JOURNAL OF THE CHEROKEE STRIP, VOL. 7 (1965), P. 9-10; JOHN MORRIS, OKLAHOMA HOMES: PAST AND PRESENT, NORMAN: OU PRESS, 1980
Date Prepared: 1/1984