{"id":149,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-08-12 00:28:11","latitude":45.19255410000000239278961089439690113067626953125,"longitude":-109.24951379999998835046426393091678619384765625,"title":"L. Chapman Rental","subtitle":"Hi-Bug Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/e6b41453d927e5df00c37cf8e4cd92da.jpg","address":"118 5th Street West, Red Lodge, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"One of seven side-gabled cottages built in this neighborhood at the turn of the twentieth century, the Craftsman style tri-arched façade later added to the porch and front window make this charming example unique. The first owner was Louis Chapman, who purchased several lots on this block and built three rental homes. This was the first constructed between 1901 and 1907. Chapman had a varied career in hardware, lumber, and oil, but he is remembered for surviving a well-publicized appendectomy performed by Dr. Souders in 1903. City Treasurer George Mushback was one of Chapman’s first tenants at this address; another was Paul Lehrkind, secretary of the Red Lodge Brewing Company. Exceptional preservation of the appealing home belies its long rental history. The interior features an unusually spacious first floor planned around a central staircase and lovely oak finishing. The original water closet fixtures, including vintage tub, commode, and copper-lined wooden flush box with pull chain, are remarkably intact and functional.<br />","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/5ff6bfd7-37b4-41ed-a5b3-e52f26f0d5a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Hi-Bug Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/df68c3c8-b71d-4f93-b2ad-e271ac5c6e00/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Hi-Bug Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/e6b41453d927e5df00c37cf8e4cd92da.jpg":{"id":2956,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"L. Chapman Rental","description":"L. Chapman Rental (PAc 91-51 Red Lodge/Hi-Bug HD R01 F15). Front view of the house, facing south on 5th Street West. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | July/Aug. 1985 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/e6b41453d927e5df00c37cf8e4cd92da.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/original/5c1bd4df1a452ca0aae6678bfecf4983.pdf":{"id":6756,"mime-type":"application/pdf","title":"Hi Bug Historic District","description":"Nomination Documentation. This document is an accessible remediation of the original 1986 scanned nomination form. | <a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/5ff6bfd7-37b4-41ed-a5b3-e52f26f0d5a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Original NPS Hi Bug Historic District nomination</a> | 2026 | Montana Historical Society","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/5c1bd4df1a452ca0aae6678bfecf4983.jpg"}}}