Anaconda in Deer Lodge County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)

219 West Third Street

West Side Historic District

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 6, 2022

1. 219 West Third Street Marker

Inscription. Anaconda’s business leaders located on the town’s west side beginning in the 1890s. The idyllic neighborhood was far from the smelter and close to commerce on Main and Park streets. Tree-lined sidewalks with street lamps, a large public park, and a new library attracted Anaconda’s upper- and middle-class families. The Kretzer family home, built in 1913, incorporates typical Craftsman elements in its side gable roof with prominent knee braces, an integrated full-width porch, and a gabled dormer. Triple, battered (tapered) porch columns with stepped capitals, arched moldings, and leaded glass windows further distinguish the home’s high-style Craftsman character. German butcher Otto Kretzer and wife Esther owned the Washoe Market, raised five children, and were energetic community boosters. Otto was a charter member of the local Kiwanis Club, and a singer in the Kiwanis Quartet. Esther was active with the Methodist Episcopal Church and Ladies Home Missionary Society. They lost their oldest son to appendicitis in 1920, another son to illness in 1941, and their youngest son, Jack, died a war hero in Japan in 1945. The Kretzers

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left Third Street after 1940.

Erected by Montana Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Montana National Register Sign Program series list.

Location. 46° 7.721′ N, 112° 57.352′ W. Marker is in Anaconda, Montana, in Deer Lodge County. It is on West Third Street near Locust Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 219 West Third Street, Anaconda MT 59711, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in andspecifically outhwest Montana, in Gold West Country, in Mining 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: Morse/Palace Block (about

219 West Third Street Residence and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 6, 2022

2. 219 West Third Street Residence and Marker

700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Washoe Theater (about 700 feet away); Marcus Daly & Company Bank Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hearst Free Library (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pay Office Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Historic District (approx. 0.2 miles away); Furst Block (approx. 0.2 miles away); Weiss Block (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Anaconda.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 6, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.