Blue Front Rooming House

Blue Front Rooming House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The building in 2025
Location	1187 Main St. Forsyth, Montana
Coordinates	46°16′02″N106°40′32″W / 46.26722°N 106.67556°W / 46.26722; -106.67556 (Blue Front Rooming House)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1912
Architectural style	Italianate
MPS	Forsyth MPS
NRHP reference No.	90000085 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 12, 1990

The Blue Front Rooming House, at 1187 Main St. in Forsyth, Montana, was built in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. ^[1]

It has also been known as the Swanland Hotel. It was deemed "significant as an excellent surviving example of an early twentieth-century residential lodging facility." ^[2]

It is a two-story brick 25 by 40 feet (7.6 m × 12.2 m) commercial building. Its facade is faced with light-colored commercial brick; the sides are red brick, probably locally produced. ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Mark A. Hufstetler (November 1, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Blue Front Rooming House / Swanland Hotel". National Park Service . Retrieved August 21, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1989