First National Bank - Securities Building
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This magnificent structure was the second home of Montana Territory’s first bank, chartered in 1866. Combining Romanesque, French Second Empire, and popular Victorian-period stylistic elements, the talented St. Paul firm of MT NATIONAL REGISTER SIGN TEXT 1990 TO APRIL 2019 Hodgson, Wallingford and Stem created a three-story masterpiece of native granite and brown Wisconsin sandstone.
The bank occupied the building from its completion in 1886 to 1931. The Securities Building, as it is known today, stands as witness to Helena’s great prosperity in the 1880s.
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