On West Main Street (State Highway 531) near 4th Street, on the left when traveling west.
With material and manpower redirected to winning the fight against fascism, commercial and domestic construction practically ceased during World War II. After the war, pent up demand led to a mini construction boom. With very few lots left on the . . . — — Map (db m123588) HM
On State Street near South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west.
Hamilton’s Ministerial Association opened the first free library in Ravalli County in April 1903 in a room donated by the Ravalli County Bank. Three months later, Hamilton voters levied a one mill tax to support the library, and the enterprise . . . — — Map (db m123589) HM
On South 3rd Street at State Steet, on the right when traveling south on South 3rd Street.
Town halls originated in twelfth-century Italy, where bells were rung to call public assemblies. Missoula architect A. J. Gibson’s city hall design references this history. Allusions to Italy include such Italian Renaissance features as a . . . — — Map (db m123555) HM
Near Eastside Highway (State Highway 269) near Stock Farm Road, on the left when traveling north.
Riverside served as the summer residence of Margaret Daly, widow of copper magnate Marcus Daly, from its completion in 1910 until her death here in 1941. Daly himself had begun buying Bitterroot Valley land in 1887, eventually owning 28,000 acres. . . . — — Map (db m123551) HM
On South 2nd Street near Main Street (State Highway 531), on the left when traveling north.
“No year has favored the business section like 1910. And best of all, the buildings are of a better class than last year,” enthused the Ravalli Republic. Part of this boom, the First National Bank building replaced two wooden . . . — — Map (db m123590) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 531) near 4th Street, on the left when traveling west.
Hamilton was born of the Anaconda Company’s voracious appetite for lumber, nurtured on the Bitterroot apple boom, and sustained by medical research. Copper King Marcus Daly—whose Big Mill cut millions of board feet annually to feed his mines . . . — — Map (db m123553) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 531) at 4th Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
State officials turned out on January 21, 1937, for the grand opening of Hamilton’s new telephone system. The event marked the modernization of telecommunications in the Bitterroot Valley. Ivan C. Gustafson owned this property and built the . . . — — Map (db m123554) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 531), on the right when traveling west.
When construction began on Hamilton’s post office in August 1940, the worst of the Depression was over. Nevertheless, the building is a legacy of the New Deal, when the number of federal construction projects soared to put people to work. Montana . . . — — Map (db m123552) HM
