The Montana Deaconess School
Children's Home - Now Known as Intermountain
THE
DAVID HULL COLLECTION
| The original
home of the Montana Deaconess School was in a converted building
on the disused Wesleyan University campus, which was located at
the present-day intersection of North Montana Avenue and Sierra
Drive. Opened in 1909, the Deaconess School, now known as Intermountain,
has nurtured countless children. Click
here for a short history of the school on the Intermountain
website. |
Deaconess
Children, circa 1910
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THE DAVID HULL COLLECTION
Montana
Deaconess School Pageant, 1919
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Earthquake
Damage, November 1935
KENNON
BAIRD COLLECTION
| Following
the first damaging earthquake, Deaconess children were temporarily
sheltered in the "Shanty", a nearby Helena Valley dancehall.
They were later transferred to the large vacant Salvail home,
which stood at the corner of Madison and Wilder, where they lived
for two years. |
Distillery
Sends Aid
A
New Home in 1937
|
This building,
still standing on 11th Avenue, was originally the second Mills
Hall, part of Intermountain Union College. It served as the
Deaconess Home from 1937 until 1971, when the current South
Lamborn St. facility opened.
Many thanks
to Intermountain Communications Manager Maggie Long for the
following images from the Intermountain archives...
|
Deaconess
Winter Fun, early 1950s
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On
the Teeter-totter, 1950s
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Deaconess
Lamborn Street Campus, 1970s
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