Gallatin

Bozeman, MT

Built before 1889, this one-story residence predates the city water system’s arrival to the neighborhood two years later.

Bozeman, MT

A two-story wooden residence sat at the rear of this lot, adjoining the alley, in 1889.

Bozeman, MT

The maturing streetscape that greeted early rail passengers to Bozeman included a distinctive group of three brick buildings on East Main...

Bozeman, MT

John P. Gary came to Montana from Michigan with his brother, sister, and widowed mother.

Bozeman, MT

South Central Avenue—renamed Willson Avenue in 1920—was the heart of Bozeman’s earliest residential neighborhoods.

Bozeman, MT

Five Queen Anne style cottages, among the first in the Cooper Park neighborhood, lined this side of the block in 1904.

Bozeman, MT

Built in 1904, this Colonial Revival style home reflects a renewed interest in America’s colonial heritage and combines elements of the...

Bozeman, MT

Elizabeth and Luke Cowan purchased this home in 1905, probably as an investment property.

Bozeman, MT

There were few houses in the neighborhood when Civil War veteran Edward Cornelius Kinney moved into this home circa 1906.

Bozeman, MT

A handsome oak stairway is the centerpiece of this beautifully crafted Queen Anne style home built circa 1905.

Three Forks, MT

John Quincy Adams of the Milwaukee Land Company, a subsidiary of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, platted the present town of...

Bozeman, MT

A wraparound porch with a rounded corner is the focal point of this early transitional home.

Bozeman, MT

Open fields of wheat once stretched in front of this home built by carpenter Amos R. Howerton and his brother circa 1903.

Bozeman, MT

Open air porches, a half-hexagonal bay window, stained glass, and an irregular roofline make this late-nineteenthcentury residence a...

Big Sky, MT

Eastern clients visited dude ranches for authentically western experiences in complete comfort or, as one rancher put it, “home-made...

Belgrade, MT

Incorporation in 1906 established Belgrade’s independence, but also created a need for local service offices.

Bozeman, MT

The advent of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the early 1880s triggered a building boom in Bozeman that lasted until the end of the decade.

Bozeman, MT

Steel baron Andrew Carnegie viewed public libraries as a key agent of self improvement and donated roughly $41 million for the...

Bozeman, MT

Congress appropriated funding for a fish-rearing station in the Rocky Mountain region in 1891.

Bozeman, MT

The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), founded in England in 1844, made its way to the United States in the 1850s.

Bozeman, MT

The 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego raised the profile of the Mission style, and the style became MT NATIONAL REGISTER...

Bozeman, MT

Plumber Charles Lundwall capitalized on Bozeman’s state-of-the-art water system, locating here in his new building in 1905.

Bozeman, MT

Attorney Charles S. Hartman deserves a prominent place among Bozeman’s early residents.

Big Sky, MT

Sweeping views of the Spanish Peaks, the Madison Range, and the Gallatin Canyon provided a magnificent setting for Augustus Frank Crail...

Bozeman, MT

The Dokken-Nelson Funeral Home business commissioned this building from Bozeman’s prolific early twentieth century architect, Fred F....

Bozeman, MT

Development was sparse in this neighborhood in the early 1900s, but by the mid-1910s, construction boomed around Cooper Park.

West Yellowstone, MT

When the tracks of the Oregon Short Line reached West Yellowstone in November 1907, Park employee Samuel P. Eagle applied for and was...

Bozeman, MT

Bozeman’s extensive streetcar system offered reliable transportation from 1892 until 1922.

Gallatin Gateway, MT

By 1920 more Americans lived in industrial cities than in rural places, leading to a growing romanticism about the natural world.

Bozeman, MT

The first building in Bozeman expressly constructed as a theatre, the Ellen opened in December 1919.

Bozeman, MT

Bozeman’s first permanent public educational facility, West Side School, was built in 1877 on these grounds, then described as “out of...

Bozeman, MT

Cattle baron, banker, and entrepreneur Nelson Story purchased this site in 1870 for $154.

Bozeman, MT

Seven Bozeman pioneers gathered in 1872 to form Montana Territory’s second Presbyterian congregation.

Bozeman, MT

Breathtaking scenery forms the backdrop for this majestic mountain lodge, built by Indianapolis businessman Arthur L. McKinney on the...

Bozeman, MT

A winding log-lined path leads the visitor to this magnificent home tucked into the side of a timbered knoll, with the scenic Bridger...

Bozeman, MT

Queen Anne style details distinguish this home built for civil engineer Fred M. Brown and his wife Mary in 1908.

Bozeman, MT

The stock market crash of 1929 plunged the nation into an era of depression, and Bozeman, like other American communities, faced severe...

Bozeman, MT

Chartered in 1866, Gallatin Masonic Lodge No. 6 built this brick corner block in 1883 for an estimated $20,000, then a princely sum.

Bozeman, MT

Contractor Henry Hamill partnered with Bozeman architect Fred Willson on many projects, so when he decided to invest in an apartment...

Bozeman, MT

Cast concrete block was an exciting new technology when this eclectic style home was built circa 1909.

Bozeman, MT

Before the 1880s, Catholic missionary priests visited Bozeman about four times a year, holding Mass in private homes and rented halls.

Bozeman, MT

Recognizing the need for a luxury hotel, Bozeman businessmen joined together in a collaboration that spanned nearly a century.

Bozeman, MT

Bitter cold was no deterrent in March 1891 as a jubilant, elegantly attired crowd of 500 gathered to celebrate the opening of Bozeman’s...

Bozeman, MT

While most of Montana suffered through the Great Depression, Bozeman fared comparatively well.

Bozeman, MT

Doctors, lawyers, and professors settled in the preferred Bon Ton Historic District, building homes that reflected their community status.

Bozeman, MT

In 1904, banker Joseph Baker and his wife Emma chose the Colonial Revival style for their new home—the second house constructed on this...

West Yellowstone, MT

Louis J. Kennedy, forest ranger for the Madison Basin, obtained the first permit to operate a business on this choice commercial property...

Bozeman, MT

Deeply admired in the 1890s, the Queen Anne style began to lose its allure after 1900, when its artistic jumble of angles and textures...

Bozeman, MT

A Northern Pacific spur line ran in front of this warehouse, originally railroad owned and built in the 1880s for the cold storage of...

Bozeman, MT

Locals initiated their town’s most ambitious school modernization effort in June 1938.

West Yellowstone, MT

The Forest Service granted Jess Pierman a special-use permit to build a hotel and restaurant here in 1910.

Bozeman, MT

The design for this two-and-one-half-story home came from architect D. S. Hopkins, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who published numerous...

Bozeman, MT

Architect Hurlbert C. Cheever, fresh out of graduate school, designed this charming Tudor style cottage in 1934 for his university...

Three Forks, MT

The Milwaukee Land Company, a subsidiary of the Milwaukee Road, established the town of Three Forks in 1908.

Bozeman, MT

Gallatin County boasted twenty-seven grain elevators in 1915, a testament to farming’s important economic role.

Bozeman, MT

Impressive molded concrete blocks make this early bank building one of Bozeman’s most unique historic landmarks.

Bozeman, MT

The 1898 “Bird’s Eye View of Bozeman” shows this large elegant home standing alone on the 600 block of Grand Avenue.

Bozeman, MT

A projecting pressed-tin cornice and raised patterns in the brickwork (called corbelling) add elegance to the fivebay Owenhouse Building.

Bozeman, MT

A full-length front porch welcomed visitors to the clapboard home constructed on this lot in 1904.

Bozeman, MT

In 1861, Daniel E. Rouse moved from Minnesota to what would become Montana.

Three Forks, MT

The town of Three Forks, born to serve as a division point for the Chicago, St. Paul, and Milwaukee Railway, took root in 1908.

Three Forks, MT

Arrival of the Milwaukee Railroad caused Three Forks to move (1908-1910) one mile up the Missouri River from its 1863 townsite, as...

Bozeman, MT

Samuel Lewis settled in Bozeman in 1868, joining a small but growing population of African Americans who came to Montana after the Civil...

Bozeman, MT

Partners Jacob Spieth and Charles Krug founded Bozeman’s first brewery here along the banks of Sour Dough Creek in 1867, laboriously...

Bozeman, MT

The first services were held in this lovely Gothic style Episcopal church in October 1890.

Willow Creek, MT

Pioneering Southern Methodist minister Learner Blackman Stateler preached his first sermon in Willow Creek on Christmas Day 1864, in a...

Bozeman, MT

Optimistic Bozeman entrepreneurs John Dickerson, Walter Cooper, and Nelson Story (of cattle drive fame) platted the Park Addition in 1883.

Bozeman, MT

Built in 1910, the Thomas Byron Story Mansion and Carriage House were designed by renowned architect C. S. Haire, known for his work on...

Three Forks, MT

Solid bank buildings were designed to assure customers that their money was safe from both theft and bank failure—a tenuous premise in...

Bozeman, MT

Railroad anticipation sparked a frenzied building boom prompting a shortage of brick that postponed completion of this popular watering...

West Yellowstone, MT

As tourism blossomed during the first decades of the twentieth century, the Union Pacific Railroad considered how to better accommodate...

West Yellowstone, MT

The railroad constructed a stone and wood generator house for a gas engine here in 1918.

West Yellowstone, MT

Rail-based tourism added significantly to Montana’s economy at the turn of the century, with tourists spending $500,000 in the state each...

Three Forks vicinity, MT

Rancher Steve Hutchinson’s granary acted as the Upper Madison School’s first classroom.