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 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. 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
|
|
|
|