{"id":344,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:06","latitude":47.0666341343817151710027246735990047454833984375,"longitude":-109.42457074188229171340935863554477691650390625,"title":"Knerr-Tubb Block / Armory Hall","subtitle":"Lewistown Central Business Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ce24fcf9ddf33f1836dac9fb97cbe03d.jpg","address":"116 West Main Street, Lewistown, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Rubble stone construction with brick veneer became Main Street’s preferred design after 1909. The elegant façade of this business block is an early example of the newer style, constructed before 1911 when locally produced bricks became available. Ground-floor businesses offered food and libation at the Montana Buffet or pool and billiards next door at Spring and Eldred’s. Upstairs, dance enthusiasts “tripped the light fantastic” at charity and dress balls, weekly dances, and dance classes. In 1914, Professor Oswald of Seattle taught the latest steps like the Hesitation Waltz and the tango. The exaggerated height, arched windows, and decorative sheet metal cornice of the upper floor appear today as they did in 1909.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/b09cf6c6-c3ae-461a-96cb-fe666d2474b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Lewistown Central Business Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/7b2f6b95-a90a-465a-b4ad-22427de8c337/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Lewistown Central Business Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ce24fcf9ddf33f1836dac9fb97cbe03d.jpg":{"id":1160,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Knerr-Tubb Block/Armory","description":"Knerr-Tubb Block/Armory, front view of the building, facing north on West Main Street. | <a href=\"https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/87610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Montana History Portal</a> | 1910 | Unknown","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/ce24fcf9ddf33f1836dac9fb97cbe03d.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/1b494ffcb613a4aa2b5b18bc08064838.jpg":{"id":2055,"mime-type":"image/png","title":"Knerr-Tubb building, Lewistown, Montana","description":"Group of painters on the north side of the 100 block of Main Street. The Knerr-Tubb building was built in 1909. | <a href=\"https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/87609\">Montana History Portal</a> | ca. 1910-1919 | Photographer, unknown","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/1b494ffcb613a4aa2b5b18bc08064838.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/426097665bb5ca8d5ed941800cbfef3e.jpg":{"id":2053,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"116 West Main St., Lewistown","description":"View looking northeast at Knerr-Tubb block.  | Aug 2019 | Christine Brown, Montana Historical Society","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/426097665bb5ca8d5ed941800cbfef3e.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/18e52e8a36b80e56910d56f2ea2dd700.jpg":{"id":2054,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"116 West Main St., Lewistown","description":"View looking northwest at Knerr-Tubb block. | Aug 2019 | Christine Brown, Montana Historical Society","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/18e52e8a36b80e56910d56f2ea2dd700.jpg"}}}