Helena in Lewis and Clark County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Fashion Livery and Boarding Stable
Helena Historic District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 15, 2021
1. Fashion Livery and Boarding Stable Marker
Inscription.
Fashion Livery and Boarding Stable. Helena Historic District. A probate judge deeded brothers Anton and Martin Holter this property in 1872. The prominent and wealthy Holters operated milling, hardware, real estate, and construction companies. The Holters set up a lumber yard here, which they operated until the 1890s. Other neighboring industries included the Stedman Foundry, the Jurgens and Price Soda Water Factory, and the Sandford and Evans Lumber Yard. During the 1890s, the area became less oriented toward industry as downtown expanded north. In 1898, the Holters began to commercially develop their corner property. They built this building, which for nearly two decades housed the Fashion Livery and Boarding Stable. As changing modes of transportation saw the demise of horse-drawn travel, the facility was converted to an automobile dealership in 1916, a use that endured through the 1980s. The building appears today much as it did after the 1916 remodeling, retaining much of the original masonry and decorative roofline details. Heavy beam construction and remnants of original livery use are still visible in the second-story loft.
A probate judge deeded brothers Anton and Martin Holter this property in 1872. The prominent and wealthy Holters operated milling, hardware, real estate, and construction companies. The Holters set up a lumber yard here, which they operated until the 1890s. Other neighboring industries included the Stedman Foundry, the Jurgens and Price Soda Water Factory, and the Sandford and Evans Lumber Yard. During the 1890s, the area became less oriented toward industry as downtown expanded north. In 1898, the Holters began to commercially develop their corner property. They built this building, which for nearly two decades housed the Fashion Livery and Boarding Stable. As changing modes of transportation saw the demise of horse-drawn travel, the facility was converted to an automobile dealership in 1916, a use that endured through the 1980s. The building appears today much as it did after the 1916 remodeling, retaining much of the original masonry and decorative roofline details. Heavy beam construction and remnants of original livery use are still visible in the second-story loft.
Location. 46° 35.434′ N, 112° 2.298′ W. Marker is in Helena, Montana, in Lewis and Clark County. It is on East Lawrence Street near Fuller Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 40 East Lawrence Street, Helena MT 59601, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in andspecifically entral Montana in Gold West Country. It is also in the American Mountain West and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: C.W. Cannon Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Iron Front Hotel (about 300 feet away, measured in
Credits. This page was last revised on January 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 307 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 30, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
