Hecla House

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]

Hecla House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Melrose, Montana
Coordinates	45°36′13″N 112°55′44″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1881
Architectural style	rustic
NRHP reference No.	05000885[1]
Added to NRHP	August 10, 2005

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

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. 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