Walking Tour

The walking tour focuses on the first four decades of Billings' development (1882-1925) and concentrates on a geographic area that roughly extends west from N. 23rd St. to N. 30th St. and north from Minnesota Avenue to 4th Avenue North. (See map inset for walking tour boundaries.) The tour includes 45 sites and is designed to generally follow the history of development between 1882 and 1925.

By beginning the tour with building # 1, the Western Heritage Center, the tour will take you from the namesake of Billings, through the wild years of early development 1882-1900 along Minnesota Avenue, past the hotel and commercial district built near the depot in the early 1900s, and from there to the grand era of civic and commercial building from 1900 to 1925.

The walking tour is approximately 25 blocks long and includes two sections - Part 1: Western Heritage Center/Minnesota Avenue/Montana Avenue Warehouse District, and Part 2: Montana Avenue Depot District, North and West Downtown.

Part 1: Western Heritage Center/Minnesota/              Part 2:  Montana Avenue Depot   Montana Avenue Warehouse District                         District/North and West Downtown 

1.  Western Heritage Center, 2822 Montana Avenue.
2.  Headquarters Hotel/Depot                                Minnesota Avenue Corridor
3.  Yegen Grocery Warehouse, 8 South Broadway.
4.  Armour Cold Storage, 2723 Minnesota Avenue
5.  Kirk's Grocery Store, 2920 Minnesota Avenue
6.  Big 4 Store, 2922 Minnesota Avenue                         2800-2700 Block of  Minnesota Avenue
7.  Oasis Bar, Crystal Saloon, 2718 Minnesota Avenue
8.  Western Bar, 2716 Minnesota Avenue
9.  M. Henihan Cigars and Saloon, 2710 Minnesota Avenue 10. Brick Building, 2704 Minnesota Avenue
11. Brick Building, 2706-2708 Minnesota Avenue                12. P.W. McAdow's General Store, 2700 Minnesota Avenue
13. Arcade Building, 2624 Minnesota Avenue        Montana Avenue:  1882-1920; Montana Avenue Warehouse District, 1915-1930   14. Stone Ordean and Wells, 2624 Montana Avenue   15. E.U. Logan Glass & Paint, 2610-2614 Montana Avenue
16. Mills-Durant-Star Auto Sales, 2606 Montana Avenue 		Hotel and Depot District, 1919                18. Union Depot, 2320 Montana Avenue
19. McIntosh Art, 2507 Montana Avenue
20. Carlin Hotel, 2501 Montana Avenue
21. McCormick Hotel, 2417 Montana Avenue
22. Eagle Hotel, 2415 Montana Avenue
23. Oxford Hotel, 2411 Montana Avenue
24. Rex Hotel, 2401 Montana Avenue
25. Billings Brewery, between 24th and 23rd Streets
26. Fargo Hotel, 16 N. 24th Street
27. Hotel Albany, 15 N. 26th Street                         28. Johnson Building, 17 N. 26th Street                        Civic, Commercial, Government, 1905-1925
Downtown north of Montana Avenue and Montana Avenue east of Broadway                                            28. Post Office, 2602 First Avenue North
29. Grand Hotel, 2710-2711 1st Avenue North                     30. City Hall, 210 North 27th Street
31. Old Chamber Building, 301 North 27th Street
32. Masonic Temple, 2806 3rd Avenue North
33. Gregory Building, 216 N. Broadway
34. Montana National Bank, 201 N. Broadway
35 Carlin Building, 117-119 N. Broadway
36. Montana Power Building,, 113-115 N. Broadway
37. Acme Building, 107-111 N. Broadway
38. Babcock Theater Building, 2808 2nd Avenue North
39. Kress Building, 2816 2nd Avenue North
40. Fratt Building, 2817-2823 2nd Avenue North
41. Billings Hardware Building, 2812 Montana Avenue
42. Western Pawn, Fuller Hotel, 2817 Montana Avenue
43. Sturm and Drake Building, 14-16 N. 29th St.
44. Secor, 2905-2907 Montana Avenue
45. Connolly Saddlery, 2909-2911 Montana Avenue
46. Pouder Furniture, 2923 Montana Avenue


 

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