Baker and Lovering Store

Baker and Lovering Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Main St., Joliet, Montana
Coordinates	45°29′6″N108°58′10″W / 45.48500°N 108.96944°W / 45.48500; -108.96944
Area	less than one acre
Built	1902 (1902)
Built by	Goss & Lancaster; Patsy Lothus for 1910 addition
Architect	original build unknown; Curtis C. Oehme for 1910 addition
MPS	Joliet Montana MRA
NRHP reference No.	86000885 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 2, 1986

Baker and Lovering Store is a site on the National Register of Historic Places located in Joliet, Montana. It was added to the Register on May 2, 1986. It was also known as Lovering and Smith.

The Baker and Lovering Store in September 2025

It was the first brick building in Joliet and served as the only primary mercantile business in Joliet until 1929. ^[2] The store was originally owned by G.A. Lovering and C.W. Baker. Baker sold his half of the business to T.W. Smith in 1907. ^[2]

Postcard message referring to the store, 1911, Joliet, Montana

Guy Lovering and T.W. Smith (previously Baker and Lovering) Store, 1911, Joliet, Montana

Current state

The Baker and Lovering Store is now a salon and a pottery museum.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Joan Louise Brownell (August 1985). "Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory". National Park Service . Retrieved August 12, 2017.