{"id":723,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:09","latitude":46.5886751000000032263415050692856311798095703125,"longitude":-112.0373756000000184940290637314319610595703125,"title":"Lockey &amp; Leiser Building","subtitle":"Helena Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/bbf277e2b945fbf80983739112d96c3a.jpg","address":"110 1/2 East 6th Avenue, Helena, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Merchant-turned-real-estate-developer Richard Lockey built this three-story commercial building in partnership with Jacob Leiser in 1891. The brick structure features two first-floor storefronts with a central entrance providing access to the upper floor apartments. A rounded arch at the parapet bears the inscription “L &amp; L,” with the first “L” written backwards. A photograph of the building, circa 1895, reveals the economic slowdown Helena experienced during the 1890s—a sign in the window indicates the building is for sale at less than cost.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/3fca4448-c79e-4066-a62a-fe552a5d23e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Helena Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/d8c79c92-0567-4c6d-8d35-cf378fb0b7ce/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Helena Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/bbf277e2b945fbf80983739112d96c3a.jpg":{"id":3264,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Lockey &amp; Leiser Building","description":"Lockey &amp; Leiser Building. Front view of the building, facing north on 6th Avenue. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/bbf277e2b945fbf80983739112d96c3a.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/9a1ff666aa16dd44cfa5216ff6ac9eb9.jpg":{"id":3265,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Lockey &amp; Leiser Building","description":"Lockey &amp; Leiser Building. Front to side view of the building, facing north to northwest at the intersection of 6th Avenue and Cruse Avenue. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/9a1ff666aa16dd44cfa5216ff6ac9eb9.jpg"}}}