Boyd's Shop

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Boyd's Shop
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Location227 First St. W., Kalispell, Montana
Coordinates 48°11′50″N114°18′58″W / 48.19722°N 114.31611°W / 48.19722; -114.31611
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1910-15
Architectural styleWestern false front
MPS Kalispell MPS
NRHP reference No. 94000874 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 24, 1994

Boyd's Shop, at 227 First Street West in Kalispell, Montana, was built around 1910 to 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

It was established as a blacksmith shop, and was later shifted to welding. [2]

It has Western false front architecture. [3]

The site was part of Kalispell's Chinatown in the 1890s. A steam laundry plus a Chinese laundry and dwellings were on the lot in 1892; all buildings on the lot were burned or demolished before 1910. [3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. McKay, Kathryn L. (2001). Kathryn L. McKay. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 25. ISBN   0-917298-70-5.
  3. 1 2 Kathy McKay (May 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Boyd's Shop / Jimmy's Welding Shop / 24FH". National Park Service . Retrieved August 21, 2017. With six photos from 1992.
  4. Kathy McKay (June 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic and Architectural Properties of Kalispell, Montana". National Park Service . Retrieved August 21, 2017.