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and ladies' ready-to-wear. By 1922, the company had grown into the third largest general merchandise business in the state. The partnership dissolved in 1922 but Shore remained involved in the venture. The Shore family continued operating a department store late into the twentieth century. Shore and Newcom, like building owner George Miles, were typical of Miles City businessmen who wanted to display their confidence in the city's future through progressive and sophisticated buildings. Construction here represented a visible symbol of the partnership's success as well as the city's. Architecturally, the building is an outstanding example the
Renaissance Revival style's streamlined appearance. One of the best surviving examples in Miles City, the building and its simple lines reflect the desire for a modern business district.
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Reverend J. Forsythe Smith reasoned that a new house of worship would "provide better social advantages, better intellectual advantages, and better moral and spiritual advantages." In addition to a larger worship space, the modern facility would include a Sunday school and choir room. Architect
Brynjulf Rivenes designed the concrete and brick edifice on the same site as the old church, which was sold and relocated to face North Prairie. Western Granite and Marble Works of Miles City donated the cornerstone, laid on November 26, 1914. C. N. Strevell gifted the main stained glass window fronting Montana Avenue. The oak finished, 871-pipe Estry organ was specially designed to fit the organ chamber. Dedicated in 1917, this
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Renaissance Revival style of the building was rare in Miles City and Smith used it to advertise the city's cosmopolitan attributes in the early twentieth century. "1915" appears in a terra cotta rectangle above the windows and the entrance bears a polychrome mosaic tile floor arranged in the image of a pocket watch. Although remodeling obliterated the original facade, the original 1883 corbelling remains on the east side.
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in Miles City in 1885, Arnold served as city treasurer for two terms and achieved the position of secretary in the Custer County building. Designed by Grover C. Pruett, one of Miles City's most successful engineer/architects in the early twentieth century, this structure is Pruett's most significant landmark in the city. The two-story concrete
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as well as mayor from 1889 to 1900. He commissioned architect Byron
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Vreeland's architectural signature. Although the parapets and towers that originally graced the roofline have long been removed, the brownstone windowsills, polychrome tile, soft brick, and cast iron columns survive. The Orschels' landmark business catered to local cowboys at this
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Charter members George and Helen Miles bestowed this land on the church in 1882. Since that time the First
Presbyterian Church has occupied this space. Church trustees met in 1911 to discuss the construction of a larger $ 30,000–$ 40,000 (equivalent to $ 981,000–$ 1,308,000 in 2023) church. Pastor
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facade and the double structure was renamed the Kenney Block. The saloon, occupying half the ground-floor space, is one of the state's best preserved historic interiors. The saloon includes its original pressed tin ceiling, three-pillared back bar, mosaic floor tiles, paddle fans, leather booths,
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The I. Orschel & Brothers clothing firm first located on this site in 1878 in a small wood-frame building. Following a disastrous fire that leveled much of the block, local businessmen formed a syndicate to build this four-part commercial building designed by
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