Montana State Training School Historic District Explained

Montana State Training School Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by Montana Highway 69, Riverside Road, and the Boulder River, Boulder, Montana
Coordinates:46.2278°N -112.1193°W
Added:November 24, 2014
Area:30.86acres
Refnum:14000957[1]

The Montana State Training School Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It is a complex of buildings set around an oval green and a central administrative building named Griffin Hall. Griffin Hall was built in 1912 and is the oldest building. Many former buildings of the complex were demolished in the 1970s and 1980s.[1]

It has also been known as the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, as the State School for Deaf, Blind, and Backward Children, as the Boulder River School and Hospital, and as the Montana Developmental Center, and it has been denoted by 24JF1991. It includes 13 contributing buildings, a contributing structure, and a contributing object, as well as three non-contributing sites.[2]

It is associated with architects Link & Haire and Norman J. Hamill.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Program: Montana State Training School Historic District . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Montana State Training School Historic District . National Park Service. Chelsea D. Chamberlain . 2014 . July 3, 2017. With maps, historic photos, and 39 photos from 2014.