Montana State Training School Historic District

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Montana State Training School Historic District
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Location Roughly bounded by Montana Highway 69, Riverside Road, and the Boulder River, Boulder, Montana
Coordinates 46°13′40″N112°07′09″W / 46.227797°N 112.119280°W / 46.227797; -112.119280 Coordinates: 46°13′40″N112°07′09″W / 46.227797°N 112.119280°W / 46.227797; -112.119280
Area 30.86 acres (12.49 ha)
Architect Link & Haire, Norman J. Hamill
NRHP reference # 14000957 [1]
Added to NRHP November 24, 2014

The Montana State Training School Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It is a complex of buildings set around an oval green and a central administrative building named Griffin Hall. Griffin Hall was built in 1912 and is the oldest building. Many former buildings of the complex were demolished in the 1970s and 1980s. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

It has also been known as the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, as the State School for Deaf, Blind, and Backward Children, as the Boulder River School and Hospital, and as the Montana Developmental Center, and it has been denoted by 24JF1991. It includes 13 contributing buildings, a contributing structure, and a contributing object, as well as three non-contributing sites. [2]

It is associated with architects Link & Haire and Norman J. Hamill. [2]

Link & Haire

Link & Haire was a prolific architectural firm in Montana, formally established on January 1, 1906. It designed a number of buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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