HUOVAR HOUSE

Representing a type of architecture known as a "miner's house", this modest cottage is believed to have been built around 1910 by a Finnish carpenter. The house was first moved during a road revision and land exchange, ending up at what is now Front St. and Gilman Blvd., the site of the Houvar Motel, where John and Heja Huovar lived between 1951 and 1979. The property was then purchased by Bill Skorp, who gave the house to Gilman Village in 1984.

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