The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards are intended to promote responsible preservation practices that help protect our Nation’s irreplaceable cultural resources. Choosing the most appropriate treatment for a building requires careful decision-making about a building’s historical significance as well as its relative importance in history, physical condition, proposed use, and mandated code requirements.

To learn more about the standards and guidelines for Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction, visit the Secretary of Interior’s web site at www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/standguide/ or download the guidelines.

Historic Preservation Ordinance

The City recognizes that our community contains irreplaceable Historic Resources that significantly enhance our sense of place and cultural heritage. In 2010, the City Council of Missoula adopted historic preservation regulations that apply to sites that are individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places. A complete list of sites in the City of Missoula can be found below. Historic preservation regulations and standards are established to:

A. Promote and safeguard the City's heritage;

B. Enhance the City's ability to visually convey its history;

C. Stimulate revitalization and enhance property values in the City;

D. Increase economic and financial benefits to the City and its inhabitants;

E. Attract tourists and visitors to the City; and

F. Promote civic and neighborhood pride and a sense of identity.

Relationship to Other Provisions.

The designation of a resource as an Historic Resource does not change the underlying zone classification of the Historic Resource and does not exempt Historic Resource owners from complying with other city building and zoning regulations. A designation may place further restrictions upon the Historic Resource than the building or zoning regulation requires. Actions subject to review require an historic preservation permit and shall follow the review procedures described in Chapter 20.85.085 of the City zoning ordinance, Title 20, Missoula Municipal Code.

A. Actions Subject to Review[MBM1] are development activities that require review by the Historic Preservation Commission and/or the Historic Preservation Officer prior to the issuance of a zoning compliance permit. Ordinary maintenance that does not require zoning compliance permit, like painting, repairing siding or window repair, does not require review. [p2] Per State of Montana codes, public development activity on government owned property is not subject to compliance under this ordinance. Those reviewable development activities are:

1. Alteration to an Historic Resource, which includes any addition, removal, reconfiguration or modification to the Historic Resource that changes the design, material, or character defining features, and changes to or removes character defining architectural features;

2. New Construction in Historic Overlay Districts where the standards apply, which includes any free standing building, structure, object or feature that was not a part of an Historic Resource at the time of designation;

3. Relocation of an Historic Resource, which includes the removal of an Historic Resource from its historic context; and

4. Demolition of an Historic Resource, which includes the razing, destruction, or dismantling of an Historic Resource to the degree that its character defining features are substantially obliterated.

Standards And Criteria For An Historic Preservation Permit.

Generally speaking, standards for approval for an historic preservation permit are the following:

The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, which are intended to promote responsible preservation practices that help protect our Nation’s irreplaceable cultural resources. (see above on this page)

Designation of an Historic Resource

The City recognizes that within its jurisdiction there exist significant Historic Resources that should be protected. Accordingly, any property individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is automatically classified as an Historic Resource that is subject to this ordinance and included in the Local Inventory. The City also recognizes that the federal process of listing a property in the National Register does not require that the property be protected, thus creating the need for local protection of Historic Resources.

The City may also choose to classify any contributing or non-contributing property in an Historic District listed in the NRHP as an Historic Resource through adoption of a Neighborhood Character Overlay.

The Federal Criteria for evaluating whether a resource is an Historic Resource are the following:

The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and:

A. That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or

B. That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or

C. That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or

D. That have yielded or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

National Register of Historic Places		City of Missoula					January, 2011

Reference	Resource	Address	State	County	City	Listed	Multiple
Number	Name					Date
90000644	Apartment Building at 116 Spruce Street	116 W. Spruce St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
90000652	Atlantic Hotel	519 N. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
96000120	Bellows House	1637 S. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19960222
83001071	Belmont Hotel	430 N. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19830420
96000881	Bluebird Building	220--224 N. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19960808	Missoula MPS
90000645	Brunswick Hotel	223 Railroad St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
82003174	Carnegie Public Library	335 N. Pattee St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19820430
95000251	Christie, Thomas J., House	401 McLeod Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19950316
90000654	Dixon--Duncan Block	232--240 N. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19971017	Missoula MPS
89000768	East Pine Street Historic District	Roughly bounded by E. Pine St., Madison St., E. Broadway, and Pattee St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19890713
92000782	Florence Hotel	111 N. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19920618	Missoula MPS
84000570	Forkenbrock Funeral Home	234 E. Pine St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19841227
87000865	Fort Missoula Historic District	Reserve St. and South Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19870429
90000660	Garden City Drug	118 N. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
80002427	Gibson, A. J., House	402 S. 2nd St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19800416
90000653	Gleim Building	265 W. Front St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
95000143	Gleim Building II	255--257 W. Front St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19950309	Missoula MPS
83001072	Grand Pacific Hotel	118 W. Alder	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19830929
90000646	Hammond Arcade	101 S. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
96000547	Headquarters Building and Daily Company Annex	113--119 W. Front St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19960517	Missoula MPS
90000661	Hellgate Lodge 383 BPOE	120 N. Pattee St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
85002164	Herzog, J. M., House	1210 Toole Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19850912
79003720	Higgins Block	202 N. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19791001
90000648	Independent Telephone Company Building	207 E. Main St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
84002502	Johnston, John S., House	412 W. Alder St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19840802
83001073	Keith, John M., House	1110 Gerald Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19830707
87000608	Knowles Building	200--210 S. Third St. W	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19870409
90000650	Labor Temple	208 E. Main St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
00000874	Lenox Flats	300-306 West Broadway	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	20000808	Missoula MPS
97000500	Lincoln School	1209 Lolo St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19970603
99000697	Lower Rattlesnake Historic District	Roughly bounded by Vene St., Greenough Park, Elm St., and Pierce St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19990610
90000656	Lucy Building	330 N. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
90000655	Marsh and Powell Funeral Home	224 W. Spruce St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
90000649	Masonic Lodge	120--136 E. Broadway Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
04000460	McCormick Neighborhood Historic District	Roughly bounded by River Rd., S. 6th W, S. Orange St., and Bitterroot Line of the railroad	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	20040519
82003175	Milwaukee Depot	250 Station Dr.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19820430
76001125	Missoula County Courthouse	220 W. Broadway	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19760901
10000765	Missoula County Fairgrounds Historic District	1101 S Ave W	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	20100916
07000647	Missoula Downtown Historic District	Roughly bounded by Northern Pacific RR, Clak Fork R, Little McCormick Park and Madison St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	20090821
90000651	Missoula Laundry Company	111 E. Spruce St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
90000647	Missoula Mercantile	114 N. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
04000266	Missoula Mercantile Warehouse	221, 229 and 231 E. Front St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	20040406	Missoula MPS
91000334	Missoula Southside Historic District	Roughly bounded by the Clark Fork R., S. Higgins Ave., S. 6th St. W. and Orange St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19910322
90000657	Model Laundry and Apartments	131 W. Alder St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
90000659	Montgomery Ward	201 N. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS
10000042	Moon-Randolph Ranch	1515 Spurlock Rd.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	20100301
00000335	Mrs. Lydia McCaffery's Furnished Rooms	501 West Alder	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	20000406	Missoula MPS
85000644	Northern Pacific Railroad Depot	Railroad and Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19850328
95000532	Northside Missoula Railroad Historic District	Roughly bounded by Worden Ave., 6th St., I-90, C St. and the Northern Pacific RR tracks	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19950504
	Orange Street Underpass	Orange Street and Northern Pacific BNSF Railway	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula		2011
82000594	Palace Hotel	147 W. Broadway	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19821025
86002935	Paxson, Edgar, House	611 Stephens Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19861106
85002515	Prescott, Clarence R., House	University of Montana	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19850926
03001297	Reid House	526 E. Front	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	20031218
00000047	Simons Block	314 N. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	20000218	Missoula MPS
82003176	St. Francis Xavier Church	420 W. Pine St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19820428
83001074	Sterling, Fred T., House	1310 Gerald Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19830707
97000355	Studebaker Building	216 W. Main St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19970417	Missoula MPS
83004308	Toole, John R., House	1005 Gerald Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19830425
79001406	U.S. Post Office	200 E. Broadway St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19791130
85000645	University Apartments	400-422 Roosevelt Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19850328
00001523	University Area Historic District	Roughly bounded by S 4th East St., Beckwith Ave., Arthur Ave., and Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	20001213
92001284	University of Montana Historic District	Roughly bounded by Arthur, Connell and Beckwith Aves. and the ridge lines of Mt. Sentinel	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19921002	Increase, 2011
79001407	Wilma Theatre	113 S. Higgins Ave.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19791231
90000658	Zip Auto	251 W. Main St.	MONTANA	Missoula	Missoula	19900430	Missoula MPS

	Sites in color in this column are subject to the historic preservation ordinance

[MBM1]Both this definition and the next one are numbered “1”.

[p2]Montana state law exempts government development activity on government owned property from enforcement of local zoning rules.