817 4th Ave N Great Falls, MT 59401

Remarks: Offering a beautiful, historic Victorian home that boasts abundant updates, but still maintains its original charm. This is a lovely home with a desirable floor plan and lots of room on 3 levels. Find 4 spacious bedrooms and a tiled bathroom with claw foot tub, upstairs; a dining room with built-ins, den, a great room with fireplace, a half bath with pedestal sink and a bright kitchen with an eating space, on main level; a large bathroom with soaking tub, media center, lots ofstorage and utility space, downstairs. The garage is detached with room for 3 cars. Enjoy a handsome covered porch & a deck with double glass doors off kitchen. Buyers will appreciate the original wood floors, period lighting, tile, bath fixtures, original door hardware & gorgeous leaded glass windows. Location, location, location. Easy access to main arterial roads and within walking distance to downtown shopping and fine dining. In the
GF's Historic District: Charles E. Davis, "expert watchmaker and jeweler," arrived in Great Falls with his wife, Grace, in 1900. With
Charles' two brothers, the couple opened a store on bustling Central Avenue, selling jewelry, watches, cut glass, gifts, and
eyeglasses. Their son, William, continued the family business, and Davis Jewelry remained a Central Avenue institution until 1983.
The Davis's built this two-story residence in 1902 (county says 1912). The home's architecture bridges the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. The fish-scale shingles in the gable end evoke the Queen Anne style, but most of the home's features reflect the cleaner
lines of the Colonial Revival style, which became increasingly popular after the turn of the century. Charles and Grace raised four
children, three of whom continued to live here into adulthood. In 1930, the residence, valued at $10,000, sheltered Charles and
Grace, two grown sons, a teenage daughter, and a live-in servant. When Charles died at the age of seventy-seven in 1948, he was
thought to be Central Avenue's oldest active businessman. Grace remained in the family home until 1958.