{"id":234,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:06","latitude":47.81934112272568881962797604501247406005859375,"longitude":-110.6656157970428466796875,"title":"T.C. Power Building","subtitle":"Fort Benton Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/2a5213d4a50ece7bbd7c6a1288e88f42.jpg","address":"1700 Front Street, Fort Benton, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":18,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"In 1867, merchant T. C. Power, destined to become one of the state’s wealthiest and most influential men, brought his first wagonload of goods to Fort Benton, where he set up shop in a borrowed tent. Still in business in 1916, Power constructed a new grocery and department store to cater to “sodbusters” during the homestead boom. Architect George H. Carsley, who was Power’s neighbor in Helena, designed the stylish, two-story brick building. A flat roof, decorative brackets, and series of second-story windows are architecturally representative of the period.","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/2a5213d4a50ece7bbd7c6a1288e88f42.jpg":{"id":4730,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"T.C. Power Building","description":"T.C. Power Building. Front to side view of the building, facing north near the intersection of Front Street and 17th Street. B&amp;W. | Overholser Historical Research Center, Fort Benton Tour; Fort Benton, MT | Date unknown | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/2a5213d4a50ece7bbd7c6a1288e88f42.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/f4bb84b2d2722862e06110d84d6a749d.jpg":{"id":4729,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"T.C. Power Building","description":"T.C. Power Building. Front view of the building, facing north to northwest on Front Street. | Overholser Historical Research Center, Fort Benton Tour; Fort Benton, MT | July 2020 | Ken Robison","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/f4bb84b2d2722862e06110d84d6a749d.jpg"}}}