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 Montana Bakery - Red Lodge Commercial Historic District - Red Lodge, MT Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 45° 11.139 W 109° 14.817
12T E 637720 N 5005069
One of the few wood framed buildings remaining in the district, this is actually two buildings, a tiny building sandwiched between two normally sized buildings. For much of its existence this was an Italian bakery.
Waymark Code: WMWBTM
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 08/09/2017
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MONTANA BAKERY
These two turn-of-the-twentieth-century wood-frame commercial buildings with a tiny shop sandwiched in between today share one façade. In 1900, Biagio Sconfienza opened a bakery in the one-story building. In 1903, as the business prospered, Biagio purchased the two-story building, formerly a plumbing shop, as a rental property. He then built the diminutive shop between the two buildings, which originally displayed C. Cottino’s terra cotta and then housed Filomino’s Tin Shop. For many years, the Sconfienza family tempted passersby with Italian delicacies displayed in their bakery storefront. Four ovens and a two-story bakehouse added to the back between 1901 and 1927 provide a unique construction history chronicling the Montana Bakery’s long-term success. The Italian bakery tradition continued from 1938 to 1947, under the ownership of Steve and Verna Buffo, who renamed the business Treasure State Bakery.
From the NRHP plaque at the building
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Red Lodge Commercial Historic District
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link]
Address:
108 South Broadway
Red Lodge, MT
59068
How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Plaque on building (Photo in gallery)
Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]
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