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 Montana Bakery - 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: WMXNKY
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2018
Views: 1
Ensconced in this little wood framed building for many years, the Montana Bakery spent a lot of money on newspaper ads over the years, though none of them were anything like a full page splash. For the most part they were like this ad, small and down in the corner of a pack page of the paper.
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 publication (required):
Red Lodge Picket
Date of Publication (required):
February 15, 1901
Does the ad identify the location of the company?: no
Web URL to additional proof of location or additional information.: [Web Link]
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