315-317 N L Street is listed as a contributing structure in the North Slope Historic District. Assessor records indicate that the house was built in 1910, but Sanborn maps suggest that the true year of construction may have been as early as 1890. In 1917, the home was purchased by George and Minnie Halliday. George, a flour miller, died soon after in 1921. Advertisements for the Halliday Apartments began to appear in local newspapers in September of that year, suggesting that recently widowed Minnie Halliday may have converted the house into a four unit apartment building following her husband’s death.
Minnie Halliday continued to own, occupy and manage the apartment building, first on her own and then with her second husband Frank Wintermote, a retired lumberman. When Frank died in 1940, Minnie moved to Seattle to live with her daughter Lucille. Minnie Halliday died in 1949. Given its inclusion on the local and national registers of historic places, the Halliday Apartments may be eligible for significant property tax benefits.