{"id":631,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:08","latitude":46.33241508209999892642372287809848785400390625,"longitude":-113.29387728714999639123561792075634002685546875,"title":"J.K. Merrill and Sons Dry Goods","subtitle":"Philipsburg Historic Disctrict","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/e48349d65cfc6c996f515a3d635d0e7c.jpg","address":"105 West Broadway Street, Philipsburg, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"The excellent design and spacious interior of this two-story commercial building represents Philipsburg’s prosperity and substantial population during the 1890s. Constructed for J. K. Merrill and Sons between 1892 and 1894, Freyschlag, Huffman and Company took this location for its general merchandise emporium in 1893. Dry goods, clothing, groceries, hardware, and wholesale liquors were displayed in the 12,000 feet of floor space. By 1897, it had become BiMetallic Mining’s company store. A three-bay façade and second-story pressed metal colonnade visually reinforce the structure’s proportions.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/6d67f5f6-60b5-43ca-81d2-c1ca4972ee02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Philipsburg Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/df9ccd24-a7c0-4ecc-9c6b-ea13416853f0/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Philipsburg Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/e48349d65cfc6c996f515a3d635d0e7c.jpg":{"id":1093,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"J.K. Merrill and Sons Dry Goods","description":"J.K. Merrill and Sons Dry Goods, facing northwest on Broadway Street, front view of the building, digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | June 2019 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/e48349d65cfc6c996f515a3d635d0e7c.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/d35410185956fcdb6abf446dcfe82e75.jpg":{"id":1094,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"J.K. Merrill and Sons Dry Goods","description":"J.K. Merrill and Sons Dry Goods, facing northeast on Broadway Street, front/side view of the building, digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | June 2019 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/d35410185956fcdb6abf446dcfe82e75.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/7ecb22438d1f7e4285b851d239caef1f.jpg":{"id":3468,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"J.K. Merrill and Sons Dry Goods","description":"J.K. Merrill and Sons Dry Goods. Facing north on Broadway Street, front view of the building. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | 1980-1984 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/7ecb22438d1f7e4285b851d239caef1f.jpg"}}}