Montana - Beaverhead County - Historic Districts
Beaverhead County Montana (Historic Districts) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bannack Historic District and Birch Creek CCC Camp, Canyon Creek Charcoal Kilns, Elkhorn-Coolidge Historic District and Van Camp--Tash Ranch.

The famous person William R. Allen is associated with one of more of the Beaverhead County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Beaverhead County places including Department of the Army, John Streb, G.M. McLain and Xavier Renois. Prominent architectural styles found in Beaverhead Country are .

Bannack Historic District (added 1966 - - #66000426)
22 mi. from Dillon off MT 278 , Dillon
Mpeinadopa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal, State
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Extractive Facility, Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Birch Creek CCC Camp (added 1982 - - #82000591)
N of Dillon on US FS Rd. 98 , Dillon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Department of the Army
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Conservation, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Other
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Education, Vacant/Not In Use
Canyon Creek Charcoal Kilns (added 2005 - - #05000511)
Also known as 24BE804
Approx. 5 mi. NW of Glendale on Forest Rd. 187 , Glendale
Magicpiano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Streb, John, McLain, G.M.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Social History, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Processing Site, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Elkhorn-Coolidge Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000884)
Also known as Town of Coolidge, 24BE997, Elkhorn Mine, Boston and Montana Mill
Forest Service Rd. #2465, approximately four miles SE. of jct. with MT 43 , Wise River
Magicpiano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
William R. Allen
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Domestic, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Extractive Facility, Processing, Rail-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Van Camp--Tash Ranch (added 2008 - - #08000312)
Also known as Amede Bessette & Xavier Renois Ranch;Isaac Van Camp Ranch, William S. Tash Ranch;Tash Livestock Inc. Lower Ranch
1200 MT 278 , Dillon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Renois, Xavier
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Storage
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