{"id":223,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:06","latitude":47.81871228006995266923695453442633152008056640625,"longitude":-110.6663453578948974609375,"title":"Choteau House","subtitle":"Fort Benton Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/708e7e7ad77b92228dc159402d240144.jpg","address":"1614-16 Front Street, Fort Benton, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"I.  G. Baker and T. C. Power built the original Twing House in 1868. Under the watchful eye of Mrs. Twing, this “downtown” hotel competed with the Overland. The hotel closed in 1870 and was rented as military officers’ quarters. It reopened as the Choteau House in 1879, owned and operated by dapper Irishman Jere Sullivan. His glib tongue promoted both his hostelry and Fort Benton. Sullivan gradually rebuilt the structure in brick and added the third story during the homestead days.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/d3c6e9a5-b840-497a-a601-6986671c1bad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Fort Benton Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/b28d7f01-2242-47fa-a565-8ac14f9adeba/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos in the Fort Benton Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/708e7e7ad77b92228dc159402d240144.jpg":{"id":4743,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Choteau House","description":"Choteau House. Front view of the building, facing north on Front Street. | Overholser Historical Research Center, Fort Benton Tour; Fort Benton, MT | Date unknown | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/708e7e7ad77b92228dc159402d240144.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/3e933fe20bd5719ac08d4114d80ea6cf.jpg":{"id":4744,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Choteau House","description":"Choteau House. Front view of the building, facing northwest on Front Street. | Overholser Historica Research Center, Fort Benton Tour; Fort Benton, MT | July 2020 | Ken Robison","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/3e933fe20bd5719ac08d4114d80ea6cf.jpg"}}}