{"id":784,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:09","latitude":46.5845283000000023321263142861425876617431640625,"longitude":-112.034431499999982406734488904476165771484375,"title":"Ryan Building","subtitle":"Helena South-Central Historic District","fullsize":"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/a5a4318862ad016f2c218c406b6aadcd.jpg","address":"425 East Broadway Street, Helena, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Irish immigrant James M. Ryan owned a number of local rental properties, including this appealing wood-frame apartment building constructed as a duplex between 1885 and 1888. Rapid growth during the 1880s prompted neighborhood tenants to take in boarders, adding income and easing a troublesome housing shortage. This building provides an excellent example of the tenant/boarder relationship in its mix of both professional and working-class residents. In 1889 and 1890, these included a U.S. mineral surveyor, the Helena Herald city editor, a retired military officer, a blacksmith, a dressmaker, several clerks, and two domestics. When the 1935 earthquakes claimed the original brick veneer, shiplap siding added to the exterior walls was carefully cut, preserving the original arched windows. The entry vestibule to the two modern upper units, staircases, high ceilings, and several doors remain from the former era, lending period ambience. Modern residents still benefit from Ryan’s foresight in providing tenants attractive, well-located, and comfortable living quarters.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/2c2afcc9-c5d4-42dd-92e6-240499c476a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Helena South-Central Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/c921dea4-8541-4ac1-b9c3-cb878d69fdbc/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Helena South-Central Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/a5a4318862ad016f2c218c406b6aadcd.jpg":{"id":3367,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Ryan Building","description":"Ryan Building. Front to side view of the building, facing southwest at the intersection of East Broadway Street and Davis Street. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | June-Aug. 2019 | Joe Furshong","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/a5a4318862ad016f2c218c406b6aadcd.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/86e3694f6a044050adaf4f53743b59a5.jpg":{"id":3365,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Ryan Building","description":"Ryan Building. Front to side view of the building, facing southeast on East Broadway Street. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | June-Aug. 2019 | Joe Furshong","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/86e3694f6a044050adaf4f53743b59a5.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/821cb2202fc02798031eefd84134c4ac.jpg":{"id":3366,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Ryan Building","description":"Ryan Building. Front view of the building, facing south on East Broadway Street. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | June-Aug. 2019 | Joe Furshong","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/821cb2202fc02798031eefd84134c4ac.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/5fa4da24337c2659217c1845b8b30156.jpg":{"id":3368,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Ryan Building","description":"Ryan Building. Side to front view of the building, facing west to southwest on the corner of South Davis Street and East Broadway Street. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | June-Aug. 2019 | Joe Furshong","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/5fa4da24337c2659217c1845b8b30156.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/6f181e77c59c39640774ca5b4ebf7e6b.jpg":{"id":3369,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Ryan Building","description":"Ryan Building. Rear to side view of the building, facing northwest on South Davis Street. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | June-Aug. 2019 | Joe Furshong","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/6f181e77c59c39640774ca5b4ebf7e6b.jpg"}}}