Lewistown, MT - 59457
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 47° 03.950 W 109° 25.525
12T E 619560 N 5213682
Fully completed in early 1909, this sandstone faced building provided Lewistown with its third post office location.
Waymark Code: WMXT2N
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member deano1943
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Lewistown's first post office, not counting the log Reed's Fort post office, established in 1881, was established about 1887, the second in 1903 and this one in 1909. The post office would remain here until again moving on June 28, 1914.

The building was one of three built by the Brooks Brothers, side by side along Main Street. For many years the building housed "The Hub", a clothing store operated by Joe Alweis, an early resident of Lewistown and early land owner. The sign for "Ullr's" still hangs from the face of the building, indicating that it would have been a more recent tenant of the building.
The Hub Brooks Brothers were just completing their three connecting business buildings in December 1908, It was a "year of unprecedented growth in the Queen City of the Judith Basin". Lewistown was fast becoming a "city of stone". This portion of the building provided Lewistown with a Post Office and Albert Pfaus served as Postmaster.

Early photographs indicate that the structure is a good example of the stone masonry building tradition that characterizes the early structures of Lewistown.

This commercial structure is one story high with an exaggerated parapet and flat roof. The parapet is covered with a corrugated vertical rib metal siding that is also used as an "advertising" band. It is colored and terminates in a metal coping. The street level storefront is constructed of large pane display glazing set in natural colored aluminum frames and is flanked at each side of the building by aluminum clad pilasters. The storefront is splayed in (recessed) to provide a canopy for window shoppers and to optimize display area. The back of the building is rubble stone.
From the NRHP Nomination Form, Site# 142
Type of structure:: Stand alone

re-enter Zip Code here:: 59457

Current Status:: Former Historic Location
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