{"id":632,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:08","latitude":46.332170300000001361695467494428157806396484375,"longitude":-113.2922588999999788939021527767181396484375,"title":"Morse Hall","subtitle":"Philipsburg Historic Disctrict","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/008b6f62c31579a619dc6baad5ec5d48.jpg","address":"217 East Broadway Street, Philipsburg, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Colonel J. W. Morse built Morse Hall in 1887. This elaborately detailed public lecture hall also served as county courthouse after 1893, as well as an opera house, town hall, library, and general community center. Its splendid second-story dance floor was the scene of many gala community dances as well as basketball games. The pressed metal cornice, hood moldings, and full storefront supported by cast-iron columns make this building a fine example of commercial vernacular architecture.","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/008b6f62c31579a619dc6baad5ec5d48.jpg":{"id":1091,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Morse Hall","description":"Morse Hall, facing north on Broadway Street, front view of façade, digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | June 2019 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/008b6f62c31579a619dc6baad5ec5d48.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/8511421e033ecc101d54e706dc66f2a1.jpg":{"id":1090,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Morse Hall","description":"Morse Hall, 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/8511421e033ecc101d54e706dc66f2a1.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/4cd7f5eed94f66cd946817b368c541b5.jpg":{"id":1092,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Morse Hall","description":"Morse Hall, facing northwest 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/4cd7f5eed94f66cd946817b368c541b5.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/3286394148a88b7055b165f9a1c473d0.jpg":{"id":3466,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Morse Hall","description":"Morse Hall. Facing northwest on Broadway Street, front/side 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/3286394148a88b7055b165f9a1c473d0.jpg"}}}