Anaconda City Hall

The Anaconda City Hall, located at 401 E. Commercial in Anaconda, Montana, was built in 1895. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is also a contributing building in the Anaconda Commercial Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1998.^[1]

City Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	401 E. Commercial, Anaconda, Montana
Coordinates	46°7′46″N 112°56′51″W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1895
Built by	Jacobson & Co.
Architect	Reber, Collins W.
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	79003722[1]
Added to NRHP	August 10, 1979

It is Late Victorian in style, designed by architectural firm Charles Lane & Company's Collins W. Reber and built by Jacobson & Co. It was asserted in 1896 that Lane and Reber "stated the City Hall would be 'the finest municipal building in the State,' and that it would be built in a 'straightforward manner... using local materials:' Anaconda pressed brick, granite, and trimmed with Anaconda copper." It is a 53 by 102 feet (16 m × 31 m) structure. The city hall facade faces onto Commercial Street and includes a 90 feet (27 m) clock tower; a treasurer's office and fire station were located in the west-facing facade.^[2]

The building was threatened with demolition in 1978 but was saved by a local group led by Alice Clark Finnegan, which pressed a court action, and was aided by a National Trust for Historic Preservation grant.^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Alice Finnegan; Kingston Heath (June 26, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: City Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved October 31, 2017. With two photos from 1978.