Marsh and Powell Funeral Home - Missoula, MT
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N 46° 52.498 W 113° 59.723
12T E 271750 N 5195626
Now the Livingston-Malletta & Geraghty Funeral Home, this funeral home is a member of the Missoula Funeral Homes, established in the 1930s. This neo Classical home was built between 1929 and 1932 as a funeral home, a novelty at the time.
Waymark Code: WMKQ8V
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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It was constructed as a funeral home, a new phenomenon during the early twentieth century, which provided complete funeral services. It also is an excellent example of commercial architecture combining elements of Neoclassical design and period commercial architecture using high-fired brick, squared, flattened corners, flattened arches, and polychroming. The building is in excellent condition and carries a strong sense of association with the period in which it was constructed. It is one of the best examples of late 1920s and early 1930s commercial architecture in the Missoula commercial district.

This building was constructed between 1929 and 1932 as a funeral home, when the property was owned by Luther and D. H. Powell. The first occupant was Marsh and Powell, Funeral Directors, which occupied the building through the historic period. The building has been a funeral home since it was constructed. At the time of its construction, it represented a new phenomenon—a building constructed as a funeral home with all the services and facilities needed to prepare the body for the funeral and to perform the funeral services. It is one of the few remaining commercial buildings within the Missoula central business district that was constructed during the Depression.
From the National Register
Street address:
224 West Spruce Street
Missoula, MT USA
59802


County / Borough / Parish: Missoula County

Year listed: 1990

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture, Commerce

Periods of significance: 1925-1949

Historic function: Funerary - Mortuary

Current function: Funerary - Mortuary

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]

Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]

Hours of operation: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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