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As miners poured into Red Lodge, some slept in shifts at the hotels until other housing became available. The town reeled from the closing of the last coal mine in 1932, but within four years the Beartooth Scenic Highway began to reveal Red Lodge to tourists, and a new era of development began.\r\n\r\nContributing properties not pictured--Frank Church Building</p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/86801b8c4f161526a40963897c37b3f3.jpg","items":[{"id":2186,"title":"Frank Church Building","latitude":45.1876687999999973044396028853952884674072265625,"longitude":-109.246765999999979612766765058040618896484375,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/86801b8c4f161526a40963897c37b3f3.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/86801b8c4f161526a40963897c37b3f3.jpg","subtitle":"Red Lodge Commercial Historic District","address":"20 Broadway Avenue North, Red Lodge, Montana","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":122,"title":"105 North Broadway","latitude":45.18808980000000019572325982153415679931640625,"longitude":-109.2473300999999992200173437595367431640625,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/278fa550dd0e2e943117b34568ae51cb.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/278fa550dd0e2e943117b34568ae51cb.jpg","subtitle":"Red Lodge Commercial Historic District","address":"105 Broadway Avenue North, Red Lodge, Montana","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":123,"title":"Alcazar (Star) Theatre","latitude":45.18653330000000067911969381384551525115966796875,"longitude":-109.247376799999983632005751132965087890625,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/f1e313aa9ebcad8a8b37a31575c76fd9.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/f1e313aa9ebcad8a8b37a31575c76fd9.jpg","subtitle":"Red Lodge Commercial Historic District","address":"9 Broadway Avenue South, Red Lodge, Montana","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":124,"title":"BPOE Lodge #534, Red Lodge","latitude":45.18653119999999745459717814810574054718017578125,"longitude":-109.247255900000027395435608923435211181640625,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/b9e00b84f8cd7df442f768a1e4ed4301.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/b9e00b84f8cd7df442f768a1e4ed4301.jpg","subtitle":"Red Lodge Commercial Historic District","address":"112 Broadway Avenue North, Red Lodge, Montana","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":125,"title":"Charles Antilla Building","latitude":45.18653119999999745459717814810574054718017578125,"longitude":-109.247255900000027395435608923435211181640625,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/7ab7dae99aeeff4667cdf82dccf8dcfa.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/7ab7dae99aeeff4667cdf82dccf8dcfa.jpg","subtitle":"Red Lodge Commercial Historic District","address":"17 Broadway Avenue South, Red Lodge, Montana","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":126,"title":"Carbon County Courthouse","latitude":45.18817390000000244754119194112718105316162109375,"longitude":-109.24668300000001863736542873084545135498046875,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/d974d3c8f395cb1be3f759eed9f6f984.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/d974d3c8f395cb1be3f759eed9f6f984.jpg","subtitle":"Red Lodge Commercial Historic District","address":"100 Broadway Avenue North, Red Lodge, Montana","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":127,"title":"Carbon County Hospital and Sanitarium","latitude":45.189222000000000889485818333923816680908203125,"longitude":-109.24704500000001416992745362222194671630859375,"thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/5e621133b67f2e48825507094ce62903.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/5e621133b67f2e48825507094ce62903.jpg","subtitle":"Red Lodge Commercial Historic District","address":"206 Broadway Avenue North, Red Lodge, Montana","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":128,"title":"A.H. 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