140-150
East Sixth Avenue
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OF WENDI KOTTAS PETERSON • CLICK ON IMAGE
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Brick storefronts
at 140-150 East Sixth Avenue, ca. 1910. The builder and the
date of construction are currently unknown to me. If anyone
has info, please let
me know.
These wonderful
photos, courtesy of Wendi Kottas Peterson, show the buildings
in use as sort of salesmen's sample rooms, with hand-painted
canvas signs tacked into the mortar above the front doors. Represented
are the Wright, Barrett & Stilwell Co., the Gotzian Shoe
Co., and Forman Ford & Co.
Historian
and "Helena As She Was" website contribuor Patty Dean
says about this business block:
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"Interestingly,
all 3 businesses in the brick buildings in the foreground
were based in St. Paul (Gotzian Shoes, whose building
was designed by Cass Gilbert who did the Montana Club
& other Helena buildings, the Wright stationery store
was also there) & Minneapolis in the case of Forman
& Ford, a hardware company. Just another nice example
of how tied Montana & Minnesota were & still are!"
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The
block housed numerous business over the decades. They were apparently
demolished in 1992. If anyone can verify that date, please let
me know.
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Site
of 140-150 East Sixth
Wright, Barrett & Stilwell Co. Storefront, ca. 1910
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OF WENDI KOTTAS PETERSON • CLICK ON IMAGE
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Gotzian
Shoe Storefront, ca. 1910
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OF WENDI KOTTAS PETERSON • CLICK ON IMAGE
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Forman Ford & Co. Storefront, ca. 1910
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OF WENDI KOTTAS PETERSON • CLICK ON IMAGE
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Forman
Ford & Co. Store Interior, ca. 1910
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Drinking
a Toast in the Store
The
ladies had fruit punch while the men had beer
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Wendi Kottas
Peterson writes:
"Raymond
C. Grant was my Grandfather, but I never knew him because he
died when my mom was young; my grandmother is Eva Gay ( Lord)
Grant. My grandfather was a sales representative; he traveled
the state, and was very successful, I understand."
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Read
the 1989 Historical Survey of the Building
Click
on Image to Open PDF File
SURVEY
PREPARED BY CHERE JUISTO -- SHARED HERE BY PAM ATTARDO
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