{"id":2742,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:14","latitude":46.58708191307510304568495485000312328338623046875,"longitude":-112.015294467237282560745370574295520782470703125,"title":"Fish and Game Department","subtitle":"Montana State Capitol Campus Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/89774927e728e886cc8f92920a43391a.jpg","address":"1420 East 6th Avenue, Helena, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"In 1865, Montana’s territorial legislature passed its first conservation law, limiting the capture of trout to rod or pole. By 1901, Montana had eight deputy game wardens, which grew to twenty-four by 1917. Hunting and angling became increasingly popular leisure activities after World War II, and Fish and Game’s growing number of Helena-based employees worked in rented offices scattered across town. In 1976, the department built itself a permanent home. Designed by the Helena architecture firm of Campeau and Crennen, the building still houses the offices of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Campeau and Crennen’s design rejects the austerity of Modernism; instead, it borrows from styles associated with the natural world to reflect the agency’s mission. Stucco walls ornamented with false vigas (brick colored blocks meant to mimic beams) reference the Pueblo style of the Southwest. The entryway, covered with rubble stone, echoes the Rustic style popular in the national parks. Inside, carvings of native wildlife adorn office doors and a vaulted ceiling supported by huge exposed beams gives the lobby a rustic look.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Public","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/16000033.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Montana State Capitol Campus Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/89774927e728e886cc8f92920a43391a.jpg":{"id":3452,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Fish and Game Department","description":"Fish and Game Department. Close view of the front entry of the building, facing north on East 6th Avenue. Digital photograph. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | 2006 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/89774927e728e886cc8f92920a43391a.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/d4332985ff0c497d4937c2487a9ebf1a.jpg":{"id":3453,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Fish and Game Department","description":"Fish and Game Department. Front view of the building, facing north on East 6th Avenue. Digital photograph. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | 2006 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/d4332985ff0c497d4937c2487a9ebf1a.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/70b7df4581cf8dc94c4e47c75d08754e.jpg":{"id":3454,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Fish and Game Department","description":"Fish and Game Department. Side view of the building, facing west on North Sanders Street. Digital photograph. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | 2006 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/70b7df4581cf8dc94c4e47c75d08754e.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/61a206c17f46a0b019aba879b65b7f41.jpg":{"id":3455,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Fish and Game Department","description":"Fish and Game Department. Close view of the front entry to the building, facing northeast on East 6th Avenue. Digital photograph. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | 2006 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/61a206c17f46a0b019aba879b65b7f41.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/921073ef33aa2a62aae136570ab8046b.jpg":{"id":3456,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Fish and Game Department","description":"Fish and Game Department. Side view of the building, facing east to northeast from the employee parking lot off of East 6th Avenue. Digital photograph. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | 2006 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/921073ef33aa2a62aae136570ab8046b.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/02456ae8029e92c6fc97fe9956cee677.jpg":{"id":3457,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Fish and Game Department","description":"Fish and Game Department. Rear to side view of the building, facing south to southeast from the employee parking lot off of North Sanders Street. Digital photograph. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | 2006 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/02456ae8029e92c6fc97fe9956cee677.jpg"}}}