Thomas and Walter Monteith House

{{short description|Historic house in Oregon, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| name = Thomas and Walter Monteith House

| nrhp_type = cp

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| partof = Monteith Historic District{{Citation | last1 = Witherspoon | first1 = Phyllis | last2 = McMath | first2 = George | date = May 26, 1978 | title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Monteith Historic District | url = {{NRHP url|80003341}} | accessdate = April 5, 2018 | format = PDF }}.

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| image = Monteith House - Albany Oregon.jpg

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| location = 518 W 2nd Ave
Albany, Oregon

| coordinates = {{coord|44|38|9.1|N|123|6|37.|W|display=inline,title}}

| built = 1849

| architect =

| architecture = Federal

| added = 1975

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| refnum = 75001586

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Thomas and Walter Monteith House, also known as the Monteith House Museum was the first frame house built in Albany, Oregon, United States. It was built by Walter and Thomas Monteith in 1848–1850. All the house's original boards are hand-hewn due to lack of availability of steam-powered buzzsaws at that time. Originally the home served as a combination dwelling and store, but soon became the residence of Thomas and Christine (Dunbar) Monteith.{{cite book |last=Marschner |first=Janice |authorlink= |title=Oregon 1859: A Snapshot in Time |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1-UW6M_gw48C&dq=%22Monteith+House%22&pg=PA159 |accessdate=July 1, 2013 |year=2008 |publisher=Timber Press |location= |isbn=978-0881928730 |page=159}} Described architecturally as "Rural Vernacular / Pre-Classic Revival,"{{cite book |last=Friedman |first=Ralph |authorlink= |title=In Search of Western Oregon |url=https://archive.org/details/insearchofwester00frie |url-access=registration |quote=Monteith House. |accessdate=July 1, 2013 |year=1990 |publisher=Caxton Press |location= |isbn=0870045091 |page=[https://archive.org/details/insearchofwester00frie/page/496 496]}} the house was extensively remodeled in 1855 and 1880, moved 50 feet west in 1901, and in 1922 again remodeled, such that the structure little resembled the original construction. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/tps/education/workingonthepast/case_studies/monteith1.htm |title=Illustrating Four Treatments in Oregon - Monteith Historic District |work=National Park Service |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior |accessdate=July 1, 2013}} Beginning in 1982 the house has been a museum highlighting the Monteiths' contributions to the area's community. "Living history" events are periodically given at the museum.{{cite news |title=Thursday to Thursday |url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/entertainment/events-calendar/thursday-to-thursday/article_f71be7e2-d478-11e2-86c6-0019bb2963f4.html |newspaper=Gazette Times |location=Corvallis, Oregon |date=June 13, 2013 |accessdate=July 1, 2013}}