{"id":965,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:10","latitude":46.8588774670600827221278450451791286468505859375,"longitude":-113.98464118283362722650053910911083221435546875,"title":"Journalism Building","subtitle":"The University of Montana Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/8bd85c93a58decb72d08ec0fc5ec0b6f.jpg","address":"32 Campus Drive, Missoula, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Dean Arthur Stone pitched four tents near the Oval in 1914, thereby founding the University’s School of Journalism. An old bicycle shed and later World War I army barracks served as quarters for this discipline, then considered “non-essential.” After a long struggle, the Public Works Administration appropriated building funds. Architects R. C. Hugenin of Butte and Norman DeKay of Helena designed the 1937 Renaissance Revival-inspired building, adding liberal modern touches and asymmetrically placed windows. Home of the university newspaper, The Kaimin, and dedicated to Dean Stone, this building represents the hard-won acceptance of journalism as an academic discipline.","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/8bd85c93a58decb72d08ec0fc5ec0b6f.jpg":{"id":1279,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Journalism Building","description":"University of Montana Journalism building, built in 1936. Renamed Old Journalism in 2008. Front view of building, facing southeast near the Forestry Building. | <a href=\"https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/18559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Montana History Portal</a> | After 1936 | Stan Healy","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/8bd85c93a58decb72d08ec0fc5ec0b6f.jpg"}}}