National Historic Landmark · ghost town · Dillon, Montana

Meade Hotel

Ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana in Dillon, Montana. Built 1862. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

1st Floor School 2nd Floor Masonic Lodge (24530680903)1st Floor School ~ 2nd Floor Masonic Lodge (24861770810)32 52 - Hotel Meade (6054990800)43331 The Methodist Church
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Bannack, Montana

Bannack is a ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, located on Grasshopper Creek, approximately 11 miles (18 km) upstream from where Grasshopper Creek joins with the Beaverhead River south of Dillon. Founded in 1862, the town is a National Historic Landmark managed by the state of Montana as Bannack State Park.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address22 mi. from Dillon off MT 278, Dillon vicinity, MT
CountyBeaverhead County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000426
Built1862
Type of placeghost town, NRHP district, mine
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources40 buildings, 1 sites
StandingYes

Visiting

Open to the public
Address22 mi. from Dillon off MT 278, Dillon, MT
Websitebannack.org
Coordinates45.16187, -112.99703 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitBig Hole National Battlefield · 46 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyHenneberry House 12 mi · Horse Prairie Cabin 19 mi · Birch Creek Cabin 19 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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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 66000426. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.