Red Lodge in Carbon County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Marino and Blackburn Building
Red Lodge Commercial Historic District
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, July 21, 2021
1. Marino and Blackburn Building Marker
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Marino and Blackburn Building. Red Lodge Commercial Historic District. Early Red Lodge businessmen James Blackburn and Dominic Marino jointly built this fine two-story commercial building circa 1905 to house a mercantile business. A series of saloons later occupied the ground floor. An upstairs boarding house, first advertised as The Pleasanton in 1909, operated until the 1940s. According to local lore, The Pleasanton was a popular house of ill-repute, and its sign in the window boasting steam heated rooms became a long-standing joke among the town’s young people. Severe fire damage to the interior occurred in the 1970s, but something of the building’s original frontier elegance remains in the pressed tin ceiling that still adorns the first floor. The upper façade, with its well-worn nameplate, is one of the best-preserved examples of rusticated cut sandstone within the historic district.
Early Red Lodge businessmen James Blackburn and Dominic Marino jointly built this fine two-story commercial building circa 1905 to house a mercantile business. A series of saloons later occupied the ground floor. An upstairs boarding house, first advertised as The Pleasanton in 1909, operated until the 1940s. According to local lore, The Pleasanton was a popular house of ill-repute, and its sign in the window boasting steam heated rooms became a long-standing joke among the town’s young people. Severe fire damage to the interior occurred in the 1970s, but something of the building’s original frontier elegance remains in the pressed tin ceiling that still adorns the first floor. The upper façade, with its well-worn nameplate, is one of the best-preserved examples of rusticated cut sandstone within the historic district.
Location. 45° 11.189′ N, 109° 14.83′ W. Marker is in Red Lodge, Montana, in Carbon County. Marker is on Broadway Avenue South (U.S. 212
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) near 11th Street West, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11 Broadway Avenue South, Red Lodge MT 59068, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 139 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 13, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
