Bozeman in Gallatin County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
226-232 East Main
Bozeman Main Street Historical District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 25, 2021
1. 226-232 East Main Marker
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226-232 East Main. Bozeman Main Street Historical District. An 1884 map shows a wooden block with a trio of businesses here: a saloon, variety theatre, and fruit market. By 1912, the building housed a secondhand store. Sometime before 1927, the old wooden block was torn down, replaced by this one-story brick addition. Just like the “thoroughly modern” Baltimore Hotel that had gone up next door in 1918, this two-tone building has raised brick (corbelled) detailing and prominent pilasters separating a façade of three symmetrical bays. In 1922, widow Minna Stuve sold candy at 230 East Main (Art Nash would add groceries, cigars, magazines, and newspapers by 1931) while Lobdell Rubber Company was vulcanizing, repairing, and retreading tires at 232 East Main. Hotel guests traveling the state’s rough and pot-holed roads, Montana had just twenty-six miles of paved highway by 1926, surely appreciated the convenient location. A well-preserved “Lobdell’s” ghost stencil still exists on an interior brick wall. Numerous businesses have occupied this building since, none more beloved than Mackenzie River Pizza Company, which opened in 1993.
An 1884 map shows a wooden block with a trio of businesses here: a saloon, variety theatre, and fruit market. By 1912, the building housed a secondhand store. Sometime before 1927, the old wooden block was torn down, replaced by this one-story brick addition. Just like the “thoroughly modern” Baltimore Hotel that had gone up next door in 1918, this two-tone building has raised brick (corbelled) detailing and prominent pilasters separating a façade of three symmetrical bays. In 1922, widow Minna Stuve sold candy at 230 East Main (Art Nash would add groceries, cigars, magazines, and newspapers by 1931) while Lobdell Rubber Company was vulcanizing, repairing, and retreading tires at 232 East Main. Hotel guests traveling the state’s rough and pot-holed roads—Montana had just twenty-six miles of paved highway by 1926—surely appreciated the convenient location. A well-preserved “Lobdell’s” ghost stencil still exists on an interior brick wall. Numerous businesses have occupied this building since, none more beloved than Mackenzie River Pizza Company, which opened in 1993.
Location. 45° 40.753′ N, 111° 2.002′ W. Marker is in Bozeman, Montana, in Gallatin County. It is on East Main Street (Business Interstate 90) near South Bozeman Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 226-232 East Main Street, Bozeman MT 59715, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Montana’s Yellowstone 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 Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bozeman Comes of Age (within shouting distance of this marker); Early Bozeman (within shouting distance of this
Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 13, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 477 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on February 13, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
