The Atlantic Hotel - Missoula, MT
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N 46° 52.474 W 113° 59.564
12T E 271950 N 5195574
Designed by A. J. Gibson and completed in 1902, this was one of several hotels built in that era to supply housing for the burgeoning town of Missoula. It was the arrival of the second railroad which induced large scale immigration to the city.
Waymark Code: WMKNR2
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 05/07/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Atlantic Hotel
The construction of the Milwaukee Road and the reconstruction of the Northern Pacific Railroad through Missoula sparked a second railroad-era building boom in the early twentieth century. The need for accommodations for both railroad workers and passengers occasioned the construction of several hotels at the city’s north end near the depot.

The Atlantic Hotel was one such establishment, designed by Missoula’s most celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth-century architect, A. J. Gibson. Completed in 1902, the ground floor included a barber shop, saloon, and restaurant with the “best meals in the city.” Patrons could secure lodging on the two upper floors for seventy-five cents and up. Commercial façades often received more architectural attention than a building’s sides and back, and these differences often reveal stylistic changes. The hotel’s façade reflects twentieth-century tastes with its fine high-fire polychrome brick detailing, flat window heads, and elaborate molded metal cornice. The rest of the building exhibits more traditional construction of low-fire bricks and arched window design carried over from the previous century. Original signs adorning its side further enhance the historic charm of this well-preserved, turn-of-the-twentieth-century landmark.
From the NRHP Plaque
Street address:
519 Higgins
Missoula, MT USA
59802


County / Borough / Parish: Missoula County

Year listed: 1990

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture, Commerce

Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Historic function: Domestic - Hotel

Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic - Business, Multiple Dwelling

Privately owned?: yes

Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2014 To: 12/31/2014

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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