Hecla House
Hecla House | |
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Nearest city | Melrose, Montana |
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Coordinates | 45°36′13″N 112°55′44″W / 45.60361°N 112.92889°WCoordinates: 45°36′13″N 112°55′44″W / 45.60361°N 112.92889°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1881 |
Architectural style | rustic |
NRHP reference No. | 05000885[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 10, 2005 |
The Hecla House, in Beaverhead County, Montana near Melrose, was built in 1881. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
It is a one-story 18 by 28 feet (5.5 m × 8.5 m) log building, built of squared logs with dovetail notching upon a dry fieldstone foundation. It is the last standing building in the former townsite of Hecla, a company mining town below the glacial cirque headwall of Lion Mountain.[2]
It is located about 11 miles (18 km) west of Glendale on Trapper Creek Rd. #188.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Tom Gignoux; Kimberly Lugthart; Rachel Manley (April 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hecla Residence". National Park Service. Retrieved February 11, 2019. With accompanying two photos from 1981
Categories:
- Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
- National Register of Historic Places in Beaverhead County, Montana
- Houses completed in 1881
- Rustic architecture in Montana
- Log houses in the United States
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
- Montana Registered Historic Place stubs