Bestwick's Market

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Bestwick's Market
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False-front storefront of Bestwick's Market, Alberton, Montana
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Location of Bestwick's Market in Montana
Location Alberton, Montana
Coordinates 47°0′11.70″N114°28′41.40″W / 47.0032500°N 114.4781667°W / 47.0032500; -114.4781667
Built1910, 1915, 1925 [1]
Architectural stylewood-frame false-front commercial [1]
NRHP reference No. 96001600
Added to NRHPJanuary 13, 1997

Bestwick's Market is a wood-framed false-fronted commercial building located in Alberton, Montana, United States which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 1997. Constructed in 1910 with additions in 1915 and 1925, the building housed Bestwick's Market from 1912 to the late 1950s. [1] [2] The building has housed the Montana Valley Book Store since the 1970s. [3] [4]

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 National Register of Historic Places Sign Texts - Mineral County, Helena, Mont.: Montana Historical Society - Montana History Wiki, archived from the original on December 3, 2013, retrieved November 24, 2013
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. Bourque, Joseph (April 1, 2001), Montana Valley Bookstore: Rich and Rural , retrieved November 24, 2013
  4. Keren, Ranney. "Montana Valley Book Store". Evening Edition, Montana Public Radio (MP3). Interviewed by Kevin Maki. Missoula, Montana: KUFM. Archived from the original on November 26, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013.