{"id":1794,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:11","latitude":46.2663543999999973266312736086547374725341796875,"longitude":-106.67771670000001904554665088653564453125,"title":"McCuiston Building","subtitle":"Forsyth Main Street Historic District","fullsize":"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/a10467cb89684b4f98eb16901db19893.jpg","address":"1025 Main Street, Forsyth, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"A rear door big enough to drive through hints at this building’s original purpose. Rancher, banker, and businessman Joshua P. McCuistion initially intended to construct a one-story automobile dealership and repair shop, but the demand for office space led him to add a second story. McCuistion purchased this lot in April 1913, and almost immediately Miles City contractor Charles Weston began construction of the two-story garage and office building. Arthur Sickler sold Fords, Hudsons, and Franklins here and ran the Main Street Garage, which advertised itself as a “Tourist’s Headquarters,” offering “Everything for the Auto Traveler.” Automobile tourism was new and entailed some risk. In 1916, a young man caused a fire when he stopped at the garage for gas. After the attendant began filling his tank, the “tenderfoot” lit a match over the gas tank to check the progress. Luckily, the fire only damaged the car itself. Forsyth gained its first stand-alone filling station in 1923, and Stickler sold his business to McCuistion in 1924. However, automobile dealerships continued to sell cars from this building until 1950.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/416c22d2-e10e-4d2f-8931-6c256cd8685e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Forsyth Main Street Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/97f1d782-544a-4851-841e-623f545a0d7f/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Forsyth Main Street Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/a10467cb89684b4f98eb16901db19893.jpg":{"id":656,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"McCuiston Building","description":"Still image capture of the McCuiston Building, Forsyth, Montana. Image information drawn from related files. b&amp;w print | Official records of the Montana State Historic Preservation Office, Helena, Montana | Feb. 1989 | Unidentified photographer","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/a10467cb89684b4f98eb16901db19893.jpg"}}}