Belgrade in Gallatin County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Belgrade City Hall
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 26, 2021
1. Belgrade City Hall Marker
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Incorporation in 1906 established Belgrades independence, but also created a need for local service offices. The Belgrade Bank, built in 1902, was already central to the towns civic business as home of the telegraph line and newspaper. Though the structures castellated Gothic style rendered into western vernacular was reminiscent of the late 1880s, its formidable fa็ade aptly represented hope for the towns future stability. Noted Bozeman architect Fred F. Willson, then just launching his career, designed the addition to match and structurally join the older building. Completed in 1912, the new addition included the city jail and a second-floor theater. The glazed red brick fa็ade features chimney-like extensions resembling battlements, while the brick parapet rises in the western false-front tradition. Originally, the parapet and cornice extended the length of both buildings, visually binding them together. A multipurpose building in the true sense, the Belgrade City Hall has served as police headquarters, fire station, court, library, post office, community hall, and even basketball court. Ironically, the older portion
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has lost its Gothic fa็ade, but this 1912 structure remains one of two examples in the Gallatin Valley of this tenacious nineteenth-century style.
Location. 45° 46.586′ N, 111° 10.607′ W. Marker is in Belgrade, Montana, in Gallatin County. It is on North Broadway near West Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 88 North Broadway, Belgrade MT 59714, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Yellowstone Country and in Greater Bozeman. 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.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 26, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 432 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 26, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
