Historic Montana
A project by Montana Historical SocietyThe Montana Historical Society’s Historic Montana website and companion app take you on a virtual tour of selected buildings, neighborhoods, and cultural sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Historic Montana’s abundant content is reproduced from the thousands of National Register interpretive signs placed at properties across the state to enhance knowledge of historic places and promote historic preservation.
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O'Rourke Apartments
Two years after designing the elegant Napton and Leonard apartments on Granite Street, architect William O’Brien designed this building for widow Mary O’Rourke in 1908. O’Brien, whose clients ranked among Butte’s wealthiest, designed the O’Rourke as…
Daniels County Courthouse
The settlement of Old Scobey relocated here from the Poplar River flats to greet the approaching Great Northern Railway branch line in 1913. By the time the first train arrived on Thanksgiving Day, the two-story Commercial Hotel—today the south half…
Glenn's Dam Historic District
The ruins of Glenn’s Dam (locally known as Hefner’s) represent a rare nineteenth-century example of a Montana earthen dam used for industrial processing. Additionally, the ruins are vivid reminders of Anaconda’s early rise to prominence as a major…