513 North Main
Began as the Belvidere Hotel about 1890 ~ Burned 1983
Photos and Newspaper Articles Courtesy of Calvin Schneckloth, Unless Otherwise Noted

Two 1960s Views


Built about 1890 as the Belvidere House (also recorded as the Belvidere Hotel), the building at 513 North Main St. saw several owners and numerous tenants over the decades. Street-level shops catered mostly to automobile service for many years.

In the 1930s, the building was owned by Albin D. Mitchell (1845-1938), and became known as the Mitchell Apartments or Mitchell Block. In it's final years, it was the Dawn Hotel.

 

Footprint of the Belvidere/Mitchell/Dawn Hotel

 

Destroyed by Fire, 1983


COURTESY OF CAPT. SEAN LOGAN, HELENA FIRE DEPARTMENT

 

 






Many thanks to Calvin Schneckloth for sharing his photos and clippings.