1899 - D. G. O'Shea Block - Red Lodge, MT
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N 45° 11.251 W 109° 14.832
12T E 637696 N 5005276
Built in 1899 beside a 1900 building, its next two neighbours to the north are of the same vintage, even a few years older. This was one of the first blocks to be filled in Red Lodge's 1895 to 1905 construction boom.
Waymark Code: WMWC55
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2017
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Beginning in the 1980s Red Lodge experienced a revival in interest in the historic content of the town. As a result, a great many of the buildings in the historic district had the later, non sympathetic renovations and coverings reversed or removed, exposing as much as possible of the original materials and design of the buildings. This building, unfortunately, was remodeled on the ground floor using brick to create arches that didn't appear on the building in 1899. Undoing the change would be cost prohibitive, so the arches remain.
In the original nomination form this building is referred to as the Carbon County Mercantile Company while, by the time of the second boundary increase it was referred to as the D. G. O'Shea Block. Why, we know not.
Bozeman brick masons, John and Leslie Devitt, were hired to build the
Spofford Hotel (1893), and returned to Red Lodge to erect the D. G. O'Shea Block
(1899), the W.R. Hall Building (1900), and Albert Budas Building (1900) during
the city's greatest construction boom.
From the NRHP Registration Form
Year of construction: 1899
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription: 1899
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