![]() The latter was the source of controversy when this photo was taken, due to the sign depicting a nude woman (based on the Paul Chabas painting “September Morn”) at the corner of the building. Among them were the Wanamaker Basement Store, Toomey’s Drug Store and the Leitzke-Cross Sign Co. Midland National Bank Building, 1910s The Midland National Bank Building, located at the corner of Montana Avenue and North Broadway, was home to a variety of businesses in the 1910s. The IXL Building Complex, as it was known, occupied the northwest corner of the intersection. Every building pictured has since been removed.īillings Gazette building, 1910s Prior to the construction of the current Billings Gazette building, the Gazette was located at the corner of Montana Avenue and North 27th Street. Across the street is Chapple’s Drug Co., which occupied a portion of the Belknap Block between North 27th Street and Broadway. ![]() To the right in the background is what was then the “new” YMCA building.ĭowntown looking south, 1900s North 27th Street is seen from the bell tower of the old Yellowstone County Courthouse in the 1900s.īroadway near railroad tracks, 1910s The Billings Chamber of Commerce building sits atop a rail car near the intersection of Montana Avenue and North Broadway in the 1910s. The street in the foreground is Second Avenue North.ĭowntown looking southwest, 1900s The downtown area is seen from the bell tower of the old Yellowstone County Courthouse, looking southwest, in the 1900s. The old First Congregational Church can be seen in the foreground.ĭowntown looking southeast, 1900s The downtown area is seen from the bell tower of the old Yellowstone County Courthouse, looking southeast, in the 1900s. In the foreground is North 26th Street.ĭowntown looking northwest, 1900s The downtown area is seen from the bell tower of the old Yellowstone County Courthouse, looking northwest, in the 1900s. Patrick’s Co-Cathedral can be seen in the distance at left, and Lincoln School can be seen to the right.ĭowntown looking east, 1900s The downtown area is seen from the bell tower of the old Yellowstone County Courthouse, looking east, in the 1900s. The old First Congregational Church can be seen in the middle of the frame.ĭowntown looking west, 1900s The downtown area is seen from the bell tower of the old Yellowstone County Courthouse in the 1900s. Augby Billings Gazette Montana Avenue, 18 block of Montana Avenue as it appeared in 1883.ĭowntown looking north, 1895 Downtown is seen, looking north along North 27th Street, in 1895. ![]()
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