’S SHARED HERITAGE Third Biennial Report on the Status, Condition, and Stewardship of Montana’s State-owned Heritage Properties

http://mhs.mt.gov/shpo Submitted to the Governor of Montana and the Montana State Legislatureture (Education and Local Government Interim Committee) MONTANA HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD C. Riley Augé, Missoula Lesley M. Gilmore, Gallatin Gateway In compliance withh MMCACA 222-3-4232-3-423 (1((13)3)) MontanaMontana SStatet Antiquities Actcct Jon Axline, Helena Debra Hronek, Red Lodge Carol Bronson, Great Falls Charles “Milo” McLeod, Missoula August 2016 Patti Casne, Helena Timothy Urbaniak, Billings Zane Fulbright, Lewistown - Chair Mark Baumler, State Historic Preservation Offi cer

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State Historic Preservation Offi ce of the Montana Historical Society THIRD BIENNIAL REPORT ON THE STATUS, CONDITION, AND STEWARDSHIP WHEREAS, regular assessment by state agencies on the condition of the heritage MONTANA STATE AGENCIES OF MONTANA’S STATE-OWNED HERITAGE PROPERTIES REPORTING ON HERITAGE properties under the agencies’ care will help PROPERTY STEWARDSHIP IN 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ensure the state’s ongoing stewardship of This third biennial report to the Montana these valuable resources. DOA Department of Administration State Legislature fulfi lls the intent of the 2011 CORR Department of Corrections revisions to MCA 22-3-422, 22-3-423, and 22-3- This report covers the third biennial reporting DOJ Department of Justice (Montana 424. This report is based upon the information cycle (2014-2015), as mandated by the 2011 Law Enforcement Academy) submitted by twelve state agencies that man- amendment. Specifi cally, the revised sections DMA Department of Military Aff airs age heritage properties on state-owned land, require state agencies and the Montana DNRC Department of Natural Resources and provides insightful information regarding University System to biennially report to the Romney Gym; MSU Bozeman, Gallatin County and Conservation their administration, interpretation, and Historic Preservation Review Board on the operation. In assessing the strategies employed PURPOSE DPHHS Department of Public Health and status, condition and maintenance needs of Human Services by the agencies, the State Historic Preservation The 2011 Act by the 62nd Montana Legisla- each agency’s heritage properties. The fi ndings Offi ce (SHPO) and the Montana Historic ture amending the State Antiquities Act and FWP Fish, Wildlife & Parks (incl. from this reporting are conveyed by the Board Montana State Parks) Preservation Review Board (Board) have requiring this reporting explains its overarching and the State Historic Preservation Offi ce to articulated seven critical fi ndings about the purpose with the following four premises: MDT Montana Department of the Governor and the Legislature, along with Transportation current state of property stewardship and recommendations regarding management of MHC Montana Heritage Commission generated three primary recommendations for WHEREAS, hundreds of heritage properties the properties. continued state improvement. have been entrusted to the state of Montana, (Commerce) MHS Montana Historical Society and the state’s agencies are responsible for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In this reporting cycle, all twelve state agencies MSU Montana State University maintaining those properties on behalf of the The State Historic Preservation Offi ce and submitted reports, providing for a compre- state’s citizens; and UM University of Montana hensive understanding of the state’s heritage Historic Preservation Review Board are grateful (see reports at http://mhs.mt.gov/ properties and their management. The 371 for the eff orts of the agencies that reported in WHEREAS, these properties are in danger of this third cycle of documentation and analysis, Shpo/ReviewComp/ state-owned properties reported on in 2016 disappearing or falling into a state of StateHeritageProperties) are comprised of an estimated 1,000 individual and the Montana State Legislature for the disrepair from which they may never recover; enabling legislation. No additional funding was contributing resources. Of these, state agencies National Historic Landmarks, such as the and associated with this legislation, yet all parties reported fourteen as endangered. Increasingly First Peoples Buff alo Jump, generate recognize the current and future value of this improved consultation between state agencies interest, pride, and support of Montana’s WHEREAS, preserving and maintaining reporting eff ort. and the SHPO continues to be necessary to ad- heritage properties is important not only for heritage. The knowledge gained from dress these and other properties. The agencies fostering a sense of identity and community, FINDINGS these nominations brings a profound that have engaged experienced cultural resource but also for the economic benefi ts to be clarity to the signifi cance of our grand The 2016 agency reports yield several patterns personnel demonstrate exemplary proactive realized through reusing buildings, attracting state and off ers this to all our citizens of agency practices, as follows: management of their heritage properties. This tourism, and revitalizing downtown areas; and visitors. Recognition of our heritage level of expertise should be inculcated and shines a positive light on Montana, our 1. Consultation with SHPO continues to be throughout all the state agencies. past, and the present. uneven and inconsistent. DEFINITION OF STATE HERITAGE PROPERTY 4. A uniform plan for management of all 2. There appears to be a lack of understand- “Heritage Property” means any district, site, building, structure, or object located upon or state-owned buildings, and especially ing as to what SHPO consultation is. beneath the earth or under water that is signifi cant in American history, architecture, heritage properties, continues to be 3. National Register (NR) listed historic archaeology, or culture” (MCA 22-3-421(4). necessary for responsible stewardship. properties and districts, such as the Photographs used in this publication were provided 5. The agencies that manage vacant or Cover image: Hardy , Cascade County by SHPO. Booklet designed by CTA Design. Campus, and 1 2 unused heritage properties need a contributing state-owned buildings), Bannack c 428 = Approximate number of state-owned systematic process to adapt them for (FWP: 40 contributing buildings), UM-Missoula buildings built between 1862 and 1965 (> 50 active and benefi cial use. campus (34 contributing buildings), and Fort years old) on the current State Risk Tort Man- 6. Several of the state agencies that do not Assiniboine (MSU NARC: at least 20 contributing agement List as state-owned assets which are have heritage preservation as their buildings, as well as other sites and structures). undocumented and unevaluated as state- mission struggle to integrate Counting individual contributing resources with- owned heritage properties. (There are also preservation into their working processes in properties, there are at least 667 - and likely additional building assets on this list that may and property management. upwards of 1,000 - documented state-owned be historic, but are undated.) Conley Lake House; Deer Lodge County 7. Some of Montana’s agencies have cultural heritage buildings, structures, sites, and objects. HERITAGE PROPERTY TYPE resource personnel that play a strong or unevaluated as state heritage properties. At DEFINITIONS stewardship role for the state, although the same time, numerous archaeological sites By the Numbers most state agencies are generally also remain to be discovered on state trust lands 507 = Total number of documented heritage DISTRICT - A signifi cant concentration under-staff ed and under-experienced in (DNRC) that have never been surveyed by an properties (National Register-listed or evaluated and linkage of sites, buildings, structures, terms of heritage stewardship and archaeologist. as eligible for NR-listing) on lands owned by the or objects united historically by plan or management. state. physical development, such as a college Of the 507 documented heritage properties campus or a community. DATA on lands owned by the state, 371 are actually 371 = Total number of state-owned heritage The following analysis is a compilation of state-owned. Other heritage properties on state properties documented on lands owned by the BUILDING - A resource created principally information observed by the Board and the land include privately owned resources such as state. Excludes properties owned by other to shelter any form of human activity, SHPO. It is organized in accordance with the historic irrigation systems, active railroads, and entities on state land over which the state has such as a house or a mill. information requested in the statute (MCA 22-3- other sites over which the state exercises no no administrative control (for example, active 424(4)). management control and has no stewardship railroad right-of-ways and historic irrigation STRUCTURE - A functional construction ditches). Includes districts as well as individual responsibilities. The focus of this report of made for purposes other than creating properties. A. Documentation of State-owned status, condition and stewardship is on these human shelter, such as a bridge or dam. Heritage Properties 371 state-owned heritage properties, and those 667 = Number of state-owned heritage According to SHPO fi les and 2016 state agency which remain to be inventoried. resources if counting by individual SITE - Location of a signifi cant event, a reports, there are at least 507 recorded and contributing resources contained within the prehistoric or historic occupation or evaluated heritage properties on lands owned Of the 371 known state-owned heritage major state-owned historic districts, i.e. Virginia activity, or a building or structure, by the state of Montana. However, because a properties, 278 (75%) are historic and 93 (25%) City, University of Montana, Bannack, etc. Actual whether standing, ruined, or vanished, comprehensive inventory of state-owned are prehistoric. The historic properties range total would be higher if it also included heritage where the location itself possesses heritage properties has not been attempted in date from 1805 (Lewis & Clark expedition) properties comprised of a few contributing historic, cultural, or archeological value since 1980, all numbers and analyses are to 1965 (MSU Roskie Hall). Nearly half of the resources (estimated total = 1,000). regardless of the value of any existing approximate. Many prominent state heritage heritage properties (45%) - and most of the structure, such as a prehistoric Native properties are known, yet many remain prehistoric archaeological sites - are on state c 350 = Approximate number of state-owned American camp or a battlefi eld. undiscovered, unknown, and consequently trust land (DNRC). Moreover, a large number historic properties (mostly buildings > 50 years probably unprotected. For example, this year’s of these 371 heritage properties also consist old) reported by state agencies in their 2016 OBJECT - A construction primarily artistic reporting brought attention for the fi rst time to of more than one building, structure, site, or reports as existing but presently undocumented in nature or relatively small in scale and the historic 1920s Conley Lake House and Lodge object. Over a dozen state heritage properties and unevaluated as state-owned heritage simply constructed, such as a statue, on Department of Corrections’ property in Deer are in fact historic districts comprised of 10 or properties. (Does not include unevaluated or fountain or milepost. Lodge. In their 2016 reports, state agencies in more contributing resources. Sites with multiple undiscovered archaeological sites on state lands managed by DNRC or FWP). fact identifi ed at least 350 historic (over 50 years properties include Virginia City (MHC: 127 old) buildings that are presently unrecorded 3 4 increasing the number of properties MONTANA’S STATE-OWNED CONDITION DEFINITIONS CONDITION* needing evaluation. ENDANGERED HERITAGE Condition – Well-preserved; Category 2012 2014 2016 PROPERTIES 2016 - Insuffi cient funding for repair and Excellent: routinely maintained Excellent 34.0% 27.9% 30.3% maintenance. • 1876 Powder River Depot and monitored. If Good 24.2% 33.6% 35.1% - Heritage properties that don’t fi t with the archaeological site (Prairie County) building or structure, it • Fort Assiniboine Montana Agricultural meets current codes Fair 16.6% 15.6% 13.9% agency’s mission and use Poor 9.8% 11.7% 10.9% - Lack of or tardy consultation with SHPO Experiment Station (Hill County) and use needs, while Failed 1.9% 1.4% 2.5% - Transfer and sale of heritage properties • Galen State Hospital Agricultural preserving historic without protective covenants or SHPO Buildings (Deer Lodge County) integrity. STATUS* involvement • Montana State Hospital Receiving Condition – Stable; generally well Category 2012 2014 2016 Hospital (Deer Lodge County) maintained and/or Good: Endangered 9.1% 2.7% 2.5% C. Stewardship Eff orts and Associated • Montana State University Academic monitored. If a Threatened 8.3% 9.6% 8.2% Costs Support Center (Yellowstone County) building or structure, it More than $29.3 million in stewardship costs • State Forest Unit HQ (Lake minimally meets code Watch 14.0% 17.8% 15.8% Satisfactory 58.9% 59.3% 63.7% were reported by the agencies for 2014-2015. County) and use needs. Improved -- 0.5% 1.3% These costs pertain primarily to administration/ • UM-Montana Tech Engineering Hall Condition – Stable, but largely operations and regular/routine maintenance (Silver Bow County) Fair: unmaintained; needs *All percentages refl ect reported properties, not contributing components. eff orts which apply to any state-owned • UM-Montana Tech Museum Building preservation information. The defi nitions and data provided property – whether historic or not. Only $1.28 (Silver Bow County) treatment. If a here represent the essential building blocks of million (4.4%, compared to 6.7% in the last • Follmer-Adams Farmstead (Fergus building or structure, it the reporting. reporting cycle) of the total $29.3 million County) does not meet code or is readily attributable directly to heritage • Matt Little Barn (Powell County) use needs. Based upon the reports provided, it appears stewardship projects such as historic research • 4 state-owned buildings in the that 2.5% of the properties reported on are Condition - Unstable; and documentation, preservation planning with Virginia City Historic District: Poor: unmaintained; in need endangered, while 63.7% have a satisfactory SHPO, restoration, and interpretation/education. Brewery Dugout Cabin of treatment. status. Thirty percent (30.3%) are reported to be These direct heritage stewardship projects Dry Bean Shed in excellent physical condition, while 13.4% are included masonry repairs at Reeder’s Alley Minerva Coggswell Cabin Condition - Demolished; said to be in poor condition or have failed. Failed (MHC), log treatments at Chief Plenty Coups’ Susan Marr House Failed: destroyed; resource is properties include the Follmer-Adams Residence (FWP), and digital recording of the gone or has lost its Farmstead (FWP: fl ood damage), the Matt Student Union building at MSU-Billings (MSU). heritage value and Little Barn (FWP: collapse), Mills Hall in Helena DOA and MHS/SHPO jointly funded the National historic integrity. (DNRC: demolished), and four historic bridge Register nomination for the Montana State B. Status and Condition of Heritage replacements, two insensitive bridge Capitol Campus Historic District, introducing Properties alterations, and the replacement of the historic us to a considerably fuller understanding of Each successive cycle of reporting on the status Raynold’s Pass Rest Area in Madison County the state government and and condition of Montana’s known heritage (MDT). the associated building campaigns that have properties improves over the prior cycle, due occurred on nearly twenty-year cycles. Perhaps partly to some increased awareness associated Some of the overall issues that threaten the most impact for the money have been the with the requirement to report and increased heritage properties are: educational and outreach programs. Tours and agency interaction with SHPO. Increased con- - Out-of-date inventories and information. events held by the Montana Historical Society, sultation continues to be necessary to further - The 50-year lens of viewing historic Montana Heritage Commission and Montana Montana in the National Register Playing Card improve the consistency and reliability of properties steps back every year, State Parks help make the properties and stories 5 6 vibrant, so that they resonate with occupants PRIORITY-NEED PROPERTIES E. A record of the agencies’ compliance When planning work on any property over and visitors alike. $156,802 was expended for (1-5) HIGHEST TO LOWEST with the subsections MCA 22-3-424 (1) fi fty years old, agencies are required to this type of outreach in 2014-2015. (ALL AGENCIES COMBINED) and (2) consult with SHPO, regardless of whether the Subsections (1) and (2) of MCA 22-3-424 property has been previously identifi ed as a Category 2012 2014 2016 These agency expenditures, along with the (Montana State Antiquities Act) delineate the heritage property or not. Previously 1 14.7% 13.7% 8.7% creation and support of fund-raising partners duties of the state agencies and the unevaluated historic properties must fi rst 2 11.7% 8.2% 4.2% where applicable, are required to help address Montana University System, including be evaluated in consultation with SHPO to 3 9.4% 10.1% 8.5% the less than good physical condition of many of consultation with the Historical Society determine if they are heritage properties. 4 9.8% 9.8% 6.5% our state’s heritage properties. (SHPO) to (1) adopt rules for the identifi cation To do so, the agency completes, or contracts 5 54.3% 58.2% 72.1% and preservation of heritage properties and with professionals for the completion of, paleontological remains on state-owned lands a Montana Historic Property Record Form D. Prioritized List of Maintenance buildings and other properties held by other or implement SHPO rules of ARM 10-121-901 for the historic building or site to submit to Needs state agencies. In addition to describing property-specifi c and (2) to identify and develop methods and SHPO and indicates if the agency believes the procedures to ensure that the identifi cation and property is eligible for listing in the National deferred maintenance needs, agencies were In general, this information has become an protection of heritage properties and Register of Historic Places (i.e., meets the asked to rank each property among all agency accounting of where the agency chooses or paleontological remains on state-owned lands criteria for signifi cance and has integrity). heritage properties, from a high need priority of would choose to invest limited monetary are given appropriate consideration in state SHPO assigns a Smithsonian number to the 1 to a low need priority of 5. Overall the resources. Among the highest priority heritage agency decision making. property and provides an opinion on the rankings of properties are similar to those properties needing maintenance are many reported in 2012 and 2014. Priority Need 1 eligibility status. In order to be considered a well-known places such as the Montana Agency reporting for 2016 reveals unclear heritage property, both the agency and SHPO (highest) represents the second most numerous State Capitol building, the Original Governor’s category with about 9% of reported properties responses or erratic compliance with the must concur as to its eligibility. The Historic Mansion, and major heritage state parks. Also Montana State Antiquities Act, representing Preservation Review Board resolves any (N = 35), while 72% of properties were ranked included however are the Stillwater State Forest Priority Need 5 (lowest priority). Some confusion or lack of knowledge and understand- eligibility disputes. If determined to be a Station (DNRC), the Anaconda Fish Hatchery ing of the statute’s requirements. Most agencies properties appear to be listed as low-priority - heritage property, the agency further (FWP), the Montana Law Enforcement Academy didn’t address how and when they’ve consulted despite their actual needs – usually because no consults with SHPO on how to avoid or (DOJ), Romney Hall (MSU), and various with SHPO over the last biennium. It was funding is available or expected, the property is minimize adverse eff ects. archaeological sites in MDT Right-of-way. unclear if this indicates lack of consultation or not required for agency use, and/or full not. It is clear that quite a few state consideration is not being given by agencies BEST PRACTICES undertakings occur without consultation. As While variance regarding historic preservation to preservation needs. It should also be noted, a rule, agencies with staff who have cultural eff orts among state agencies exists, examples moreover, that of the many properties that resource expertise (FWP, MDT, DNRC, MHS) fare of successful preservation eff orts continue to DNRC reported on, all but fi ve received rankings better than those without. Cultural resource emerge. State agencies that employ staff with of 5. This high percentage of low rankings skews training is generally lacking. preservation training, engage professional the overall percentages for the state. Many consultants with historic preservation expertise of these low priority properties are cultural Consulting with SHPO in project planning, and actively collaborate resources – such as irrigation ditches, railroad The SHPO consultation and review process is with the SHPO continue to lead the way in segments, bison processing sites, and stone intended to insert SHPO knowledge, viewpoint, preservation eff orts. circles - that are not visited by the public, and and experience into the early planning and are in stable condition, thus not requiring even design of heritage property projects. A Consistently exemplifying heritage preservation regular maintenance. The ranking is accurate, prevalent vein throughout most of the reports and stewardship best practices, Montana State yet specially attributed to these property types reveals a basic misunderstanding of this Parks (MSP) of FWP continues to demonstrate and not illustrative of the typical in-use Montana Hall; Montana State University, Gallatin County procedure, which is summarized as follows: that successful preservation and stewardship

7 8 9 10 require the collaborative commitment of The Montana Department of Transportation heritage building projects are submitted. This coordinate agency consultation with numerous stakeholders including Tribes, (MDT) sustains its commitment to actively proactive approach ensures that SHPO SHPO. preservation experts, university programs and uphold its responsibilities regarding the consultation will be timely and eff ective for the b. Establish agency protocols defi ning students, various state and federal agencies, maintenance and preservation of heritage proper preservation of the historic district. The SHPO consultation processes. historic preservation organizations, and local properties associated with transportation University recognizes the importance of c. Hold biennial state agency/SHPO communities. In 2015, through the dedicated through meticulous monitoring, assessment, maintaining the historic integrity of their meetings either jointly with all eff orts of MSP in cooperation with the Blackfeet and care of those properties, providing Montana unique assemblage of heritage properties in agencies or as individualized sessions and Little Shell Tribes and the National Park citizens and out-of-state travelers both safe conjunction with the practical viability of the to address specifi c agency concerns. Service (NPS), First Peoples Buff alo Jump and historically signifi cant travel experiences. buildings in providing students, faculty, staff , Include Historic Preservation Review received offi cial designation as a National MDT works closely with the Montana SHPO, the and the public a vital and dynamic academic board representatives in these Historic Landmark. Such a designation provides Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and environment that connects today’s citizens with meetings. MSP with additional federal revenue sources the Federal Highway Administration through a their past while working toward a prosperous 2. Conduct inventory to identify through the NPS Heritage Partnership Program Programmatic Agreement addressing future. state-owned heritage properties. to assist in the preservation and management of undertakings that may aff ect historic roads and a. Using the existing list of state-owned this important heritage site. . Their dedication to the preservation Finally, overseeing heritage properties on both assets, complete recording and of these heritage resources continues to be state-owned and federally-owned land, the evaluations to determine which Likewise, MSP works closely with universities expressed through multiple successful Montana Department of Military Aff airs (DMA) historic buildings are heritage through facilitating and funding archaeological nominations of roads, bridges and other is committed to complying with the Section properties. fi eld schools, documentation projects, and properties for inclusion in the National Register 106 requirements of the National Historic b. Conduct fi eldwork to identify artifact cataloging internships. In 2014, the of Historic Places. Preservation Act on behalf of the Department state-owned heritage properties that MSP-sponsored UM-Missoula fi eld school at of the Army. This work includes engaging have never been documented or Madison Buff alo jump allowed for the park to The Department of Administration external preservation professionals to assist evaluated. be completely surveyed for the fi rst time. Also acknowledges the multiple stakeholders with heritage property planning, assessment 3. Develop funding mechanisms to better in 2014, they sponsored a MSU-Billings fi eld invested in the care of the state’s heritage and reporting as needed. To date, all of their manage state-owned heritage properties. school to 3-D scan the buildings at Bannack properties and recently has begun to more known historic properties have been assessed a. Provide qualifi ed agency staffi ng, State Park. In 2015, the Rosebud Battlefi eld proactively engage SHPO and other expert for National Register eligibility. where needed, who can fulfi ll historic underwent an extensive metal detector survey consultants in the ongoing process of heritage preservation requirements in state law. through a fi eld school conducted by Colorado property management. In 2016, under the The above practices demonstrate the possibili- b. Recognize historic preservation Mesa University to locate and identify artifacts stewardship of the Department of Administra- ties aff orded to all Montana state agencies, and training expenses as part of agencies’ of the historic 1876 battle. As a result of these tion and in close partnership with SHPO, the the subsequent positive outcome to the agency, basic funding. fi eld projects, hitherto unknown information Montana State Capitol Campus was surveyed, the state, its citizens, and visitors. c. Address the preservation about these sites has now been documented nominated, and successfully listed as a National maintenance needs identifi ed in and will signifi cantly contribute to future site Register Historic District. The in-depth review RECOMMENDATIONS annual and deferred maintenance management decisions as well as enhance of the Capitol complex structures and features The following recommendations have been plans and proposed in Long Range visitor experiences at the sites. The broad and documents Montana’s governmental and civic generated directly from the information and Building Program requests. inclusive approach MSP embraces for its character as expressed through the architectural patterns presented in the agencies’ 2016 reports d. Factor heritage documentation, heritage management ensures that the styles associated with historical eras of change and are designed to improve the management reporting, and consultation costs into invaluable prehistoric and historic legacies of and development. of state-owned heritage properties. project costs. Montana are made accessible and meaningful 1. Improve consultation eff orts between Further information on Montana’s state-owned cross-culturally at local, national, and Montana State University also continues to agencies and the Montana State Historic properties, including the 2016 State Agency international levels. improve the management of their historic Preservation Offi ce (SHPO). Biennial Reports and individual property status campus by developing an automatic notifi cation a. Identify qualifi ed and responsible and condition reporting forms, can be found at method when maintenance work orders for agency points of contact (POC) to http://mhs.mt.gov/shpo.aspx. 11 12 MONTANA STATE-OWNED HERITAGE PROPERTIES BY COUNTY (2016) Deer Lodge County Lions Camp Recreation Anaconda Fish Hatchery Beaverhead County Dam Homestead Buildings (Washoe Park) Bannack Historic District (vacant) McClarty-Worm Barn, Somers Anaconda Smelter Stack Montana Soldier’s Home (40 contributing buildings) Prehistoric Archaeological Anaconda Unit DNRC Historic District /Kalsta Bridge Sites: 12 Headquarters Old US HWY 2 (segments) Clark’s Lookout French Gulch Placer Mines Somers Hatchery Gilmore & Pittsburg Railroad Blaine County Galen State Hospital South Fork Flathead River (grade) Great Northern Railroad (Agricultural Outbuildings) Bridge Highway 43- Road to Wisdom (grade) Old U.S. Highway 91 Recreation Montana State Hospital: Admin Stillwater Unit DNRC HQ (abandoned segments) Lodge Creek Bridge Road; Cascade County Building Swan River Bridge MDT Lima Maintenance Site Roosevelt Highway/Secondary First Peoples Buff alo Jump Judith Landing HD Montana State Hospital: Prehistoric Archaeological Montana Southern Railway 396 National Historic Landmark; (Ft Clagget/Ft Chardon) Receiving Hospital Sites: 4 Cascade County Whoop-up Trail (Teton River (grade) Silver Bow Creek Bridge Hardy Bridge Crossing) Poindexter Slough Bridge Broadwater County Prehistoric Archaeological Gallatin County MDT Great Falls District Offi ce Prehistoric Archaeological Red Door Ranch Jeff erson River Bridge Sites: 5 Baker Creek Bridge & Shop Sites: 3 Red Rock to Salmon Stage Campbell Homestead MDT Monarch Maintenance Road Prehistoric Archaeological Fallon County Drainage Bridge near Section Shop UM-Western: Matthews Sites: 3 Custer County Cottonwood Creek Timber Manhattan Hall Milwaukee Railroad Milwaukee Railroad & Bridge Bridge Gallatin City II Hotel UM-Western: Old Main (MT Carbon County (Lewistown-Great Falls Pirogue Island Bridge State Normal School) Bad Pass Trail (Sioux Trail) Branch) Fergus County Madison Buff alo Jump Union Pacifi c Railway Overpass Bridge at Daniels County Follmer-Adams Farmstead Madison Mill Prehistoric Archaeological Bozeman Trail (Bridger Cut-off ) Cascade Great Northern Railroad Ft Benton & Billings Stage Middle Creek Dam & Reservoir Sites: 4 Cooney Dam & Reservoir Missouri River/O.S. Warden (grade) Road MSU Bozeman Campus Meeteetse Trail Bridge Soo Line Railroad (grade) Big Springs Creek Bridge Historic District Rock Creek/Glacier Lake Dams Camp: Apartment Prehistoric Archaeological Clagget Hill Road/Trail (25 contributing buildings) Prehistoric Archaeological House Sites: 1 Crystal Cave MSU-Bozeman: Ft. Ellis MAES Sites: 2 Novak Creek Bridge Fred Robinson Bridge MSU-Bozeman: Ft. Ellis Old US Highway 91/ Dawson County Great Northern Railroad Military Site (Archaeological) Carter County Recreation Road Great Northern Railroad (grade) Three Forks of the Missouri Chief Plenty Coups Residence; Medicine Rocks State Park Prewitt Creek Bridge (grade) Viaduct (Missouri Headwaters) Big Horn County District & TCP Tower Rock (Lewis & Clark Griffi th Creek Bridge MDT Lewistown Area Offi ce & Prehistoric Archaeological Big Horn County Prehistoric Archaeological 1805) McCarty Cabin (Makoshika) Shop Sites: 1 Chief Plenty Coups Sites: 2 Prehistoric Archaeological MDT Glendive District Offi ce Milwaukee Railroad (grade) (Alek-Chea-Ahoosh) Home Sites: 1 & Shop Garfi eld County Lee Homestead Cascade County Prehistoric Archaeological Flathead County None Little Big Horn River Bridge First Peoples Buff alo Jump Chouteau County Sites: 1 Flathead River Bridge Lodge Grass Creek Bridge Fort Shaw Canal Bridge Citadel Rock Great Northern Railroad Glacier County Rosebud Battlefi eld – Giant Springs Park Eagle Butte School (grade) None Where the Girl Saved Her Great Northern Railroad Brother BOLD: RED: (grade) Listed in the National Register of Historic Places Endangered property, as identifi ed by state agency 13 14 MONTANA STATE-OWNED HERITAGE PROPERTIES BY COUNTY (2016) MSU: Isaacs/Wann Residence White Sulphur-Yellowstone Railroad (grade) Golden Valley County Jeff erson Canyon Highway Lewis & Clark County (Red Bluff Stage Stop) Prehistoric Archaeological Deadman Reservoir Project Little Boulder River Bridge 1219 8th Ave, Helena (Howey foundation Old Cherry Creek Indian Trail Sites: 4 Great Northern Railroad Montana Central Railroad House) Ruby Dam & Reservoir (grade) (grade) Aeronautics Operations The Finney House ( Mineral County Montana Deaf & Dumb Building City) Cedar-Quartz District Granite County Asylum, Boulder (Main Alice Creek Historic District Montana State Capitol Campus Vigilante Trail/Virginia City Keystone-Iron Mountain Flint Creek Water Project Hall) (Cokahlarshkit Trail) Historic District; Lewis & Clark Road/MT 287 Mining District Fred Burr Creek Bridge Montana State Training Custer Avenue FWP Facility County Virginia City Historic District Nemote (14-Mile) Creek Bridge Miner’s Union Hall, Granite School HD stone building (127 contributing), Point of Rocks Northern Pacifi c Railroad Yellowstone Trail/Secondary Elk Creek Bridge Original Governor’s Mansion including: Transportation Corridor HD (grade) 359 Great Northern Railroad Reeder’s Alley/Pioneer Cabin Brewery Dugout Cabin Milwaukee Railroad (grade) Superintendent’s House, (19 contributing) Prehistoric Archaeological (grade) Dry Bean Shed (segment) Granite Sites: 4 MDT MacDonald Pass Section Sheep Creek Bridge State Liquor Warehouse Minerva Coggswell Cabin US Highway 10- Camel’s Hump House Susan Marr House (abandoned) Judith Basin County Missouri River Bridge near Stedman Foundry (FWP Wildlife Education Center) Wall Creek Barn Prehistoric Archaeological Ackley Lake Dam Wolf Creek Yellowstone Trail/HWY 359 Sites: 1 Milwaukee Railroad (grade) Montana State Amory Wegner Creek Bridge Patrol Cabin Prehistoric Archaeological MSU: Central Ag Research Sites: 2 Missoula County Center, Moccasin (MAES Prehistoric Archaeological Sites: 7 Big Blackfoot Railway Fort Assiniboine wind storm CARC) McCone County Clinton Mining District damage; Hill County Prehistoric Archaeological Northern Pacifi c Railroad MDT Missoula District Offi ce Sites: 2 Liberty County None (grade) & Shop Hill County Prehistoric Archaeological Orange Street Underpass Havre-Rainbow Trans Line Lake County Lincoln County Sites: 1 Rattlesnake Creek Bridge (abandoned) Jocko Fish Hatchery Rice-Thompson Farmstead Libby Hatchery/Field Station Highway 2 (abandoned Logan Marshall Place Meagher County Traveler’s Rest Montana State Capitol building; Prehistoric Archaeological segments) Swan River State Forest Unit Lewis & Clark County Bair Dam & Reservoir UM-Missoula Campus Sites: 10 MDT Havre Area Offi ce & Shop DNRC HQ Electric Highway/Montana Historic District (34 MSU: Fort Assiniboine -MAES Montana State Capitol Hwy 6 & 294 contributing) Madison County NARC (20 contributing) Campus HD Martinsdale Dam, Reservoir & UM-Missoula: Charles Atee Homestead MSU-Northern: Gymnasium (27 contributing) Canals Prescott House Bridge at Wahkpa Chu’gn Buff alo Jump Morgan Homestead Ice House MDT Deep Creek Section House UM-Missoula: Fort Missoula Twin Bridges (DNRC easement) Mountain View School for Girls Milwaukee Railroad (Jawbone Historic District Beaverhead Rock Prehistoric Archaeological (Law Enforcement Academy) RR grade) (4 contributing) Big Hole River/Kalsta Bridge Sites: 3 Nilan Reservoir & Smith Creek North Fork of Dam Dr. Don L. Byam House Canal & Reservoir Musselshell County (Nevada City) Jeff erson County Mills Hall demolition; Helena, Old Lincoln Road Walter Homestead (vacant) Milwaukee Railroad (grade) Fraternity Hall, Elkhorn Lewis & Clark County Old US Highway 91/ Pinchgut Stage Station Historic Roadside Sign Recreation Road BOLD: RED: (painted) Listed in the National Register of Historic Places Endangered property, as identifi ed by state agency 15 16 MONTANA STATE-OWNED HERITAGE PROPERTIES BY COUNTY (2016) Great Northern Railroad Prehistoric Archaeological (grade) Sites: 1 Signe School Powder River County Milwaukee Railroad (grade) Park County Reservoir Creek Homestead Prehistoric Archaeological Wibaux County Carter Bridge (vacant) Sites: 2 Northern Pacifi c Railroad Cottonwood Dam & Reservoir Ten Mile Road (abandoned) (grade) Northern Pacifi c Railroad Toole County (grade) Powell County Great Northern Railroad Yellowstone County Northern Pacifi c Railway Boyd Ranch Bridge at Fallon; (grade) Big Horn River Bridge N of Overpass Helena to Blackfoot City Stage Prairie County Great Northern Railroad Custer Yellowstone River Bridge Road UM-Missoula: Daly Mansion Viaduct Ghost Cave (archaeological) Yellowstone River Bridge at Daly Mansion; Ravalli County Bridge S. of MDT Billings District Offi ce & Gardiner Richland County Prehistoric Archaeological Shelby Shop Prehistoric Archaeological Great Northern Railroad Sites: 2 US Highway 2 (abandoned MDT Maintenance Section Sites: 8 (grade) segments) Shop Prehistoric Archaeological Silver Bow County Whoop-Up Trail (segment) Moss Mansion (Preston B. Petroleum County Sites: 1 Butte, Anaconda & Pacifi c Prehistoric Archaeological Moss House) Yellow Water Dam & Reservoir Railroad Sites: 2 Mossmain Overpass E of Roosevelt County Milwaukee Railroad (grade) Laurel Phillips County McDonald Pass Airway Beacon; Great Northern Railroad UM-MT Tech Campus (9 Treasure County MSU-Billings: Academic Fred Robinson Bridge Powell County (grade) contributing) Big Horn River Bridge N of Support Center Frenchman Dam & Reservoir MacDonald Pass Airway Lewis & Clark (aka Wolf Point) (Engineering Hall & Custer MSU-Billings: Apsaruke Hall Great Northern Railroad Beacon Bridge Museum Building) Yellowstone Trail/Old US (grade) Matt Little Barn Prehistoric Archaeological Highway 10 MSU Billings: McMullen Sleeping Buff alo Rock Montana Territorial & State Sites: 1 Stillwater County Hall Prehistoric Archaeological Prison (Old) Crow Agency II (archaeological) Valley County MSU-Billings: Physical Sites: 3 Nevada Creek Dam & Reservoir Rosebud County Northern Pacifi c Railroad Ft. Peck Wooden Barges Education Building Prehistoric Archaeological 1901 Kid Curry Inscription (grade) Great Northern Railroad Old US HWY 87- Old Hardin Pondera County Sites: 3 Milwaukee Railroad (grade) Stillwater River Bridge (grade) Road (abandoned) Prehistoric Archaeological Bridge Yellowstone River Bridge near Roosevelt Highway Pictograph Cave Sites: 1 Prairie County Prehistoric Archaeological Reed Point Prehistoric Archaeological (archaeological) Powder River Bridge near Sites: 3 Sites: 5 Van Duzer Homestead Terry Sweetgrass County Yellowstone River Bridge at 1876 Powder River Supply Sanders County Yellowstone River Bridge near Wheatland County Huntley Depot (Archaeological) Bad Rock Trail Big Timber Deadman’s Basin Irrigation Yellowstone Trail/Old US HWY Yellowstone River Bridge at Prehistoric Archaeological Prehistoric Archaeological System 10 Fallon Sites: 3 Sites: 1 Martinsdale Dam, Reservoir & Prehistoric Archaeological Canals Sites: 1 Ravalli County Sheridan County Teton County Milwaukee Road Overpass at Fort Owen State Monument Great Northern Railroad Freezeout Lake WMA Harlowton Fred Burr Dam & Reservoir (grade) Montana Territorial & State Prison; BOLD: RED: Painted Rocks Dam & Reservoir Soo Line Railroad (grade) Powell County Listed in the National Register of Historic Places Endangered property, as identifi ed by state agency 17 18