Blackstone
Apartments
206 West Lawrence - since 1915
Blackstone
Apartments, circa 1930 and 2011
COURTESY
OF TOM MULVANEY • CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN
A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
PHOTO
BY KENNON BAIRD • CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN
A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
The Blackstone
was built in 1915 by the Lawrence Company, a subsidiary of the
local Lewis Penwell Company. The Penwell Company was heavily
invested in sheep and cattle ranching, water and real estate.
Montana native Lewis Penwell (1869-1948) was also President
of the Independent Publishing Co., publishers of the Helena
Independent newspaper, and served as U. S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for Montana for fourteen years. Naturally,
he was also involved in state politics, and from 1932 to 1937
published The Western Progressive, a liberal farm-labor
weekly newspaper.
Penwell died in Tempe, Arizona in 1948, and is buried
in Helena's Forestvale Cemetery. |
Opening Announcemnet, 1915
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The
Blackstone Withstood the 1935 'Quakes
West
Lawrence Entryway, 2011
PHOTO
BY KENNON BAIRD • CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN
A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
PHOTO
BY KENNON BAIRD
Blackstone
Apartments Hallway, Date Unknown
