St. Luke's Hospital - Thompson Falls, MT
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N 47° 35.768 W 115° 21.493
11T E 623420 N 5272719
The Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Dam project was initiated in 1910, coinciding with the construction of this, the first real medical facility to be built in the region. It was the brainchild of Dr. Everett Peek, also a principal in the dam project.
Waymark Code: WMMZ92
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ZenPanda
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St. Luke's Hospital
Thompson Falls was on the brink of intense development when local druggist and physician Dr. Everett Peek built the region’s first substantial medical facility. Its original twenty rooms accommodated Peek’s hospital and briefly served as a residence. After completion of the hydroelectric dam project, Peek moved to Missoula and the Montana Power Company eventually acquired the building.

After 1927, a three-story back wing and second-story wraparound porch were removed, leaving seven of the original rooms. Now a private residence, the front façade appears much as it did in 1910. Tuscan columns and turned wooden posts grace the porch while lovely stained and diamond-patterned leaded glass windows add elegance to this significant architectural landmark. From the NRHP Plaque
Describe the area and history:
Quite simply, Thompson Falls exists because it was a nice place to built a hydro dam. When the project was complete the power company dismantled all but a few of the project buildings, leaving Thompson Falls to survive on its own. Today the remaining structures represent the community’s early development, this 1910 building being one of them.


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