{"id":961,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:10","latitude":46.86267506447300235095099196769297122955322265625,"longitude":-113.98246544539000524309813044965267181396484375,"title":"Central Heating Plant","subtitle":"The University of Montana Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ceea105c3368f9d3b2116c2d5f5917ea.jpg","address":"32 Campus Drive, Missoula, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Red-brown brick, cream terra cotta, and huge Tudor style windows belie the utilitarian function of this lofty building. Missoula architects Ole Bakke and Clarence Forbis ingeniously applied the Renaissance Revival style of other contemporary campus buildings, completing the plant in 1922. The smokestack, boilers, mechanical works, and the tall coal-storage structure tucked onto the building’s east side were designed by the engineering firm of Charles L. Pillsbury Company of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Though situated just outside the edge of the plan designed by Carsley and Gilbert, the building’s design makes an important contribution to the overall quality of the university’s historic architecture.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Public","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/20813bab-709f-4f3e-a723-150e7c0dbd3f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the University of Montana Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/36b2236f-1a00-41f0-b8f2-e9474c588162/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the University of Montana Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ceea105c3368f9d3b2116c2d5f5917ea.jpg":{"id":1225,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Heating Plant","description":"Heating plant at the University of Montana, Missoula. Mt. Sentinel in background. | <a href=\"https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/15749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Montana History Portal</a> | ca. 1922 | Rollin H. McKay","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/ceea105c3368f9d3b2116c2d5f5917ea.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/29c53e6f4b6eacb7c97bd3d50a3e13c2.jpg":{"id":1226,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Heating Plant Construction","description":"Heating plant at the University of Montana, Missoula. Facing north near present-day Aber Hall and the University Center. | <a href=\"https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/15736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Montana History Portal</a> | ca. 1922 | Rollin H. McKay","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/29c53e6f4b6eacb7c97bd3d50a3e13c2.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/51fa33cdd4140b5f4f5912f883bafecc.jpg":{"id":3155,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Central Heating Plant","description":"Central Heating Plant. Front to side view of the building, facing northwest on the University of Montana campus near Washington-Grizzly Stadium (to the northeast, right), McGill Hall (to the west, left) and Aber Hall (to the south, behind). Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/51fa33cdd4140b5f4f5912f883bafecc.jpg"}}}