Located on the SW corner of Park Ave. and Clarke St., this ornate building had apartments on the upper floors, and offices on the ground floor. Dressmakers, physicians, lawyers, music teachers and others rented commercial space there over the years. From 1906 to 1915, the Christian Science Reading Room was located in the Homer Block.

Beginning about 1932, the building was named the Central View Apartments. It stood until 1971, when it was one of the first Victorian structures in Helena to fall to the Urban Renewal wrecking ball. Older Helenans will remember the carved griffins above the corner doors...