Elk’s Temple Demolition – Helena MT

City:
Helena, MT

Site Type:
Civic Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1938

Completed:
1938

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

The Big Timber Pioneer newspaper reported in 1938:

“Without warning, the old abandoned Elk’s Temple at Helena recently sagged and partially collapsed into one of the city’s principal streets. … WPA crews under an emergency project … [razed] from behind the damaged building…”

The structure was located on Broadway Street near Last Chance Gulch in the southwest corner of the city.

Source notes

"WPA Demolishes Old Helena Landmark"; Big Timber Pioneer, Sept. 8, 1938 (page 2).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 3, 2014.

Location Info


Broadway Street
Helena, MT Lewis and Clark County

Location notes: Approx. coordinates

Coordinates: 46.586746, -112.03955

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