National Historic Landmark · historic district · Virginia City, Montana

Grace Methodist Church

Historic district in Montana, United States in Virginia City, Montana. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

Grace Methodist Church
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What it is

Wikipedia · Virginia City Historic District (Virginia City, Montana)

The Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing Virginia City, Montana, United States. Designated in 1966, the district includes over two hundred nineteenth-century buildings, representing the site of a major gold strike and the capital of Montana for ten years.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressWallace St., Virginia City, MT
CountyMadison County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000435
Type of placehistoric district
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, America's Most Endangered Historic Places
Contributing resources15 buildings
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
AddressWallace St., Virginia City, MT
Coordinates45.29256, -111.94511 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitYellowstone National Park · 84 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyAxolotl Cabin 5 mi · Vigilante Cabin 19 mi · Bear Creek Bunkhouse (Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Mt) 21 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000435. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.