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After 1911, the Lewistown Brick and Tile Company produced distinctive “Lewistown Red” brick from nearby clay deposits that masons respected for its strength and uniformity. Despite the homestead “bust” of the late teens, Lewistown has continued to grow slowly and serve as a regional commercial, educational, social, and transportation center. Although many first-floor storefronts sustained “fashionable” 1960s and 1970s modifications, the district remains an architectural and historical anchor in central Montana.</p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ce24fcf9ddf33f1836dac9fb97cbe03d.jpg","items":[{"id":344,"title":"Knerr-Tubb Block / Armory Hall","latitude":47.0666341343817151710027246735990047454833984375,"longitude":-109.42457074188229171340935863554477691650390625,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/ce24fcf9ddf33f1836dac9fb97cbe03d.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ce24fcf9ddf33f1836dac9fb97cbe03d.jpg","subtitle":"Lewistown Central Business Historic District","address":"116 West Main Street, Lewistown, Montana","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":346,"title":"521 West 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