{"id":348,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:06","latitude":47.06545349222199803307375987060368061065673828125,"longitude":-109.42570389088001547861495055258274078369140625,"title":"Bank of Fergus County","subtitle":"Lewistown Central Business Historic District","fullsize":"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/1077012a2f5724e71480ac0b1b545e26.jpg","address":"223 West Main Street, Lewistown, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Kent and Bell, designers of the Montana State Capitol, drew the plans for this Renaissance Revival/Beaux Arts-inspired building of sandstone and brick, completed in 1904. The bank was Lewistown’s first, founded in 1887 by S. S. Hobson, James H. Moe, and merchant prince T. C. Power. Remodeling in 1915 added terra cotta window facings, pilasters, columns, and horizontal moldings intended to complement the design of the adjacent 1914 Judith Theatre. These embellishments demonstrate a shift along Main Street from the use of local materials to those imported by the railroad. The original wainscoting, high ceilings, and brass-trimmed swinging doors within reflect the wealth of a bygone era.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/b09cf6c6-c3ae-461a-96cb-fe666d2474b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Lewistown Central Business Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/7b2f6b95-a90a-465a-b4ad-22427de8c337/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Lewistown Central Business Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/1077012a2f5724e71480ac0b1b545e26.jpg":{"id":1141,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Bank of Fergus County","description":"Bank of Fergus County, front/side view of building facing southeast on the corner of West Main Street and 3rd Avenue South. | Montana History Portal | 1904-1914 | F. Holmboe","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/1077012a2f5724e71480ac0b1b545e26.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/abf1557276345091071951c919275909.jpg":{"id":1142,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Bank of Fergus County","description":"Bank of Fergus County, front/side view facing southwest near the corner of West Main Street and 3rd Avenue South. | <a href=\"https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/86275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Montana History Portal</a> | Unknown | Unknown","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/abf1557276345091071951c919275909.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/f022dc5f3da2ed7509180e40beda6bb1.jpg":{"id":1143,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Bank of Fergus County","description":"Bank of Fergus County, facing southwest on the corner of West Main Street and 3rd Avenue South. | <a href=\"https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/86274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Montana History Portal</a> | Unknown | Unknown","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/f022dc5f3da2ed7509180e40beda6bb1.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/a78c53daee381fbf90c6a54dce75272f.jpg":{"id":2027,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"223 West Main St., Lewistown","description":"View looking south at Bank of Fergus County building.  | Aug 2019 | Christine Brown, Montana Historical Society","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/a78c53daee381fbf90c6a54dce75272f.jpg"}}}