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 1900 - Freiman Block - Red Lodge, MT Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 45° 11.235 W 109° 14.831
12T E 637698 N 5005245
Designed and built in 1900 by a local stonemason, this is, as noted in the NRHP registration form, the work of a craftsman of "consummate skill". Though the parapet is quite weathered, the rest of the building remains in quite good shape.
Waymark Code: WMWC4Y
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2017
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...The majority of the commercial buildings, however, were erected by local builders
and masons who followed the simple, formula patterns for storefront design and interior plans of the period. Local stone mason, "King" McManus, who enjoyed a reputation for raucous behavior, design sophistication, and consummate skill, designed and built the two story, stone Freiman Block (1900), the elaborately detailed Red Lodge State Bank (1901), and a number of smaller stone buildings within the district. McManus' plans for a grand, three story, Classically ornamented Masonic Temple (1909) were never realized beyond McManus 1 foundation work because financial constraints dictated that a pared down design drawn by local Commercial Club president Frank A. Sell, another amateur architect, be erected instead.
From the NRHP Registration Form
Year of construction: 1900
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
1900
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