Filed Under Anaconda

MacCallum and Cloutier Block

Anaconda Commercial Historic District

Until the arrival of large discount grocery chains after World War II, numerous grocery businesses thrived in Anaconda. Some merchants sold a vast array of goods, and others specialized in dry goods, produce, or meat. Many groceries catered to specific ethnic groups. Thorsen Bros. grocery next door served the Norwegian community. Otto Kretzer’s Washoe Meat Market, a few doors east, offered a variety of meats and German sausages, and French-Canadians Albert MacCallum and August Cloutier’s “French Store” in this building appealed to residents in Frenchtown. Their general store started here in a small wood-frame building in 1885. The business grew quickly, and the partners expanded the building by 1888, adding a warehouse to the rear, a saloon next door, and brick veneer cladding. By 1895, MacCallum and Cloutier took over the saloon space, and added another warehouse. Just three years later, they built an enormous two-story brick building across Chestnut Street. In 1915, this building’s longest-lived business opened. The Metropolitan Meat Market provided fresh meat products to Anacondans until 1952.

Images

MacCallum and Cloutier
MacCallum and Cloutier MacCallum and Cloutier. Front to side view of the building, facing southeast at the intersection of East Park Street and Chestnut Street. Source: Montana State Historic Preservation Office Creator: Kim Morrison Date: June 1995
MacCallum and Cloutier Block
MacCallum and Cloutier Block MacCallum and Cloutier Block. Front to side view of the building, facing south to southeast at the intersection of East Park Avenue and Chestnut Street. Source: Montana Historical Society Creator: Joe Furshong Date: July 2020

Location

501 East Park Ave., Anaconda, Montana | Public

Metadata

Montana National Register Sign Program, “MacCallum and Cloutier Block,” Historic Montana, accessed March 28, 2024, https://historicmt.org/items/show/3033.