{"id":755,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:09","latitude":46.58588340000000016516423784196376800537109375,"longitude":-112.04102149999999937790562398731708526611328125,"title":"Uncle Sam&#039;s Block","subtitle":"Helena Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/78e46c5233597af94c76b960a1ef78af.jpg","address":"62 South Last Chance Gulch, Helena, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"The Montana National Bank, the first bank chartered in Montana Territory, was located on this site in 1866. A housing shortage during the 1880s prompted the construction of this three-story rooming house in 1887. The French Second Empire-inspired style features a straight mansard roof with caboose dormers and heavily pedimented windows. The first floor originally housed small shops, then served as a warehouse for the Kessler Brewery. Weggenman’s Market occupied the space from the 1940s until the building was extensively remodeled during Urban Renewal in the early 1970s.","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/78e46c5233597af94c76b960a1ef78af.jpg":{"id":3232,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Uncle Sam&#039;s Block","description":"Uncle Sam&#039;s Block. Front to side view of the building, facing west to northwest on South Last Chance Gulch near the intersection of South Last Chance and Wong Street. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/78e46c5233597af94c76b960a1ef78af.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/f851512085903bed1174fd59b50fa94d.jpg":{"id":3233,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Uncle Sam&#039;s Block","description":"Uncle Sam&#039;s Block. Front to side view of the building, facing north on Wong Street from the Lewis and Clark County Library parking lot. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/f851512085903bed1174fd59b50fa94d.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/6bd750441dc48891e9dc5895ae500bd5.jpg":{"id":3234,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Uncle Sam&#039;s Block","description":"Uncle Sam&#039;s Block. Front to side view of the building, facing northeast on Wong Street from City Lot 9 South. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/6bd750441dc48891e9dc5895ae500bd5.jpg"}}}