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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXBB_courtney-hotel_Philipsburg-MT.html
Brothers Morris and Humphery Courtney built this multi-purpose building in 1918 with the profits from manganese mining acquired during World War I. The building speaks to the coming of the automobile as the basement housed the Granite County Garag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXBA_j-k-merrill-and-sons-dry-goods_Philipsburg-MT.html
The excellent design and spacious interior of this two-story commercial building represents Philipsburg's prosperity and substantial population during the 1890s. Constructed for J.K. Merrill and Sons between 1892 and 1894, Freyschlag Huffman and C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUF1_granite-county-courthouse_Philipsburg-MT.html
The first permanent home for Granite County offices was completed in 1913. Prominent Montana architects John Link and Charles Haire designed the building. Its cut stonework is, appropriately, made of Montana granite. Granite County commissioners p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUF0_granite-county-jail_Philipsburg-MT.html
The Granite County Jail was constructed in 1896, three years after Granite County was carved from two adjacent counties and Philipsburg made the county seat. The town served as a hub to extensive area mining and, later, ranching. The jail was the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUEY_c-t-huffman-grocery_Philipsburg-MT.html
Built circa 1887, Lutey's Grocery and the Barrett and Jacky Harness Shop originally shared occupancy of this one-story commercial building. By the 1890s, Valentine Jacky shared this building with C. T. Huffman who supplied groceries to Philpsburg …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUEW_123-east-broadway_Philipsburg-MT.html
Local rancher Lee Degenhart financed the construction of this building in 1910. Fred Haverty, a contractor from Hal, Montana, who later ran a car dealership here in Philipsburg, was the builder. Design features include the original ornamental lead…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUEV_walker-commercial-building_Philipsburg-MT.html
Prominent Missoula architect A. J. Gibson designed and built this two-story commercial building in 1905. The fine design includes a metal modillioned cornice and panels with a full height glass storefront and polished granite skirt below. The Walk…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUEU_masonic-temple_Philipsburg-MT.html
Meetings in Philipsburg of Flint Creek Lodge No. 11 date back to 1867. This structure, built in 1911, provided a permanent home for the community-oriented fraternal organization. Chambers for lodge meetings occupy the entire top floor. The ground …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUES_sayrs-building_Philipsburg-MT.html
First known as the Hyde Block, this building was constructed by banker Joseph Hyde and his wife, Mary, in 1888. It housed the First National Bank until the silver crash of 1893. In 1904, Frank Sayrs purchased the building and it has since held a n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUEQ_kaiser-house_Philipsburg-MT.html
Michael Kaiser, founder of Philipsburg Water Company, built this grand hotel in 1881. One of Philipsburg's oldest masonry structures, the original hotel boasted a wrap-around porch extending halfway around the building. Second-story French doors, …
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