{"id":153,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-08-12 00:33:55","latitude":45.1910146999999966510586091317236423492431640625,"longitude":-109.2496419000000287269358523190021514892578125,"title":"McCleary House","subtitle":"Hi-Bug Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/77672a8b1ab7d13d916af0b30a56f3e9.jpg","address":"119 7th Street West, Red Lodge, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"A four-square plan, tapered porch pillars, and flared overhanging eaves reflect the Craftsman style influence that affords this distinctive home a more modern appearance than its contemporary neighbors. Decorative cresting and leaded glass add exterior elegance while fine interior appointments include paneled oak pocket doors, Tuscan columns, an oak staircase, and decorative moldings. Businessman Frank McCleary, who served as  assessor, state representative, and senator, built the home circa 1910 for his wife Ella and two children. In 1914, The Red Lodge Picket reported that a profusion of flowers and potted plants adorned the McCleary home as Ella, always a gracious hostess, entertained sixty ladies at a “floral whist party” followed by a midnight supper.<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/77672a8b1ab7d13d916af0b30a56f3e9.jpg":{"id":5117,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"McLeary House, Red Lodge, MT","description":"View of facade | iPhone 8 image capture, jpeg | May 2021 | Martha Kohl, photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/77672a8b1ab7d13d916af0b30a56f3e9.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/cfc3b2fb4f543d85084a87f3c4371a87.jpg":{"id":2967,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"McCleary House","description":"McCleary House (PAc 91-51 Red Lodge/Hi-Bug HD R02 F22). Front view of the house, facing north to northeast near the intersection of 7th Street West and Word Avenue North. 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/cfc3b2fb4f543d85084a87f3c4371a87.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/original/90177dbf88bd4a1c53b953687cac7719.pdf":{"id":6760,"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/90177dbf88bd4a1c53b953687cac7719.jpg"}}}