National Register of Historic Places - Montana (MT), Missoula County

Missoula County Montana (Historic Districts) has 17 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bonner Company Town Historic District, Bonner Company Town Historic District, Fort Missoula Historic District, Fort Missoula Historic District (Boundary Increase) and University Area Historic District.

Many famous people are associated with these Missoula County historic places including H.E. et al. Kirkemo, C.P. Higgins, Hiram Knowles, Higgins, C.; Worden, F.L., Hammond, Andrew; Dixon and J.M..

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Missoula County places including Brinkman, Carsley, Fox, Gilbert,, A.J. Gibson, Civilian Conservation Corps, Hinnick, Kirkemo, Jones, Lenon, Weed, Harry Haines, George Dildine, Ole Bakke, Eli "Cap" Laird and Moon & Randolph families. Prominent architectural styles found in Missoula Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/Craftsman and Late Victorian.

Bonner Company Town Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000426)

Roughly bounded by W Riverside Dr on NW, Anaconda Ave on W, and unnamed ridges on N, S, and E , Bonner

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Industry, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Catholic Block Historic District (added 2004 - - #04001084)

Also known as St. Francis Xavier Catholic Churh and Parish Rectory, Loyola High School Building for Catholic Boys, et al.

400,420 and 430 W. Pine St., 435 W. Spruce St. , Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Auditorium, Church School, Civic, Religious Structure, Sport Facility, Theater

Current Function:

Religion, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

East Pine Street Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000768)

Also known as See Also:US Post Office;Forkenbrock Funeral Home

Roughly bounded by E. Pine St., Madison St., E. Broadway, and Pattee St. , Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dildine,George, Gibson,A.J.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Multiple

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Business, Government Office, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Fort Missoula Historic District (added 1987 - - #87000865)

Also known as Fort Missoula

Reserve St. and South Ave. , Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Civilian Conservation Corps

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Politics/Government, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Military Facility

Current Function:

Defense, Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Fort Missoula Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2012 - - #12000051)

Also known as 24MO0266, 24MO1616

Jct. of Reserve St. & South Ave., Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Commerce, Military

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Laird's Lodge Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001213)

Also known as Lindbergh Lake Lodge;Diamond L Bar Ranch

N end of Lindbergh Lake at end of Lindbergh Lake Rd. , Seeley Lake

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Laird,Eli "Cap"

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Lower Rattlesnake Historic District (added 1999 - - #99000697)

Roughly bounded by Vene St., Greenough Park, Elm St., and Pierce St. , Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

McCormick Neighborhood Historic District (added 2004 - - #04000460)

Roughly bounded by River Rd., S. 6th W, S. Orange St., and Bitterroot Line of the railroad , Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bakke, Ole, et.al.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Hospital, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Business, Government Office, Manufacturing Facility, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Missoula County Fairgrounds Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000765)

1101 S Ave W, Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Missoula Downtown Historic District (added 2009 - - #07000647)

Roughly bounded by Northern Pacific RR, Clak Fork R, Little McCormick Park and Madison St. , Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Historic Person:

Higgins, C.; Worden, F.L., Hammond, Andrew; Dixon, J.M.

Area of Significance:

Industry, Transportation, Architecture, Commerce, Politics/Government, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private, State

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Social, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Organizational, Professional, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Social, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Missoula Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2011 - - #11000183)

Also known as West Side Railroad District

Bounded by Montana Rail Link and BNSF railway, Toole-Railroad-Alder Sts., Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Haines, Harry, et al.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Missoula Southside Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000334)

Also known as See Also:Knowles Building;Gibson, A. J., House;Milwaukee Dep

Roughly bounded by the Clark Fork R., S. Higgins Ave., S. 6th St. W. and Orange St. , Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gibson,A.J.

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Knowles,Hiram

Significant Year:

1908, 1910, 1890

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Road-Related, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Moon-Randolph Ranch (added 2010 - - #10000042)

Also known as Randolph Farm;Randolph Dairy, Moon Homestead;Moon--Randolph Homestead

1515 Spurlock Rd. , Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Northside Missoula Railroad Historic District (added 1995 - - #95000532)

Roughly bounded by Worden Ave., 6th St., I-90, C St. and the Northern Pacific RR tracks , Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

University Area Historic District (added 2000 - - #00001523)

Roughly bounded by S 4th East St., Beckwith Ave., Arthur Ave., and Higgins Ave. , Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gibson, A.J., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Kirkemo, H.E. et al., Higgins, C.P.

Significant Year:

1889, 1893, 1899

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Social History, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

University of Montana Historic District (added 1992 - - #92001284)

Also known as University of Montana;24MO;See Also:Prescott,Clarence R.,Hou

Roughly bounded by Arthur, Connell and Beckwith Aves. and the ridge lines of Mt. Sentinel , Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Gibson,A.J.

Architectural Style:

Other, Romanesque, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

University of Montana Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2011 - - #11000871)

Also known as 24MO0471

32 Campus Dr., Missoula

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Brinkman, Carsley, Fox, Gilbert,, Hinnick, Kirkemo, Jones, Lenon, Weed

Architectural Style:

International Style, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924