Hardin in Big Horn County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Schneider Harness and Confectionary
Hardin Commercial Historic District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 19, 2021
1. Schneider Harness and Confectionary Marker
Inscription.
Charles and Rushann Schneider built this two-story brick business block in 1910. Anticipating the arrival of electricity by four years, the Schneiders had their building wired during its construction. The exterior’s relative simplicity reflects the styles of the day. Simple brick bands adorn the building’s façade, whose main decoration is a denticulated cornice. (The term “denticulated” comes from the Latin word dentil, meaning teeth.) In 1910, the Schneiders lived upstairs. The first floor housed both Charles’ harness shop and Rushann’s confectionery. The popular Hardin couple celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary in 1913 by inviting all their friends to the store for refreshments. The confectionery, which boasted a soda fountain, proved the more successful and longer lasting of the two businesses. In 1918, only four years after expanding the building, Charles closed his harness shop to help Rushann with the confectionery. Perhaps the growing popularity of tractors and automobiles influenced his decision. Charles died in 1945. The next year, Rushann moved to her daughter’s home in Forsyth, closing the successful thirty-six-year
Location. 45° 43.843′ N, 107° 36.364′ W. Marker is in Hardin, Montana, in Big Horn County. It is on North Central Avenue near Second Street West, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 206 North Central, Hardin MT 59034, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in andspecifically he Crow Nation, in Southeast Montana, in Custer Country. It is also in the American Mountain West, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, on the prairies, on the Great Plains, and specifically on the Northern Plains. 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 Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 19, 2021
2. Schneider Harness and Confectionary and Marker
The marker is in the window to the left of the recessed door.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 2, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 245 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on January 2, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
