This unique four story masonry structure was the fulfillment of a dream of a small number of Anaconda Montana business men, among them Marcus Daly, one of the famed Copper Kings of the Montana Territory. He himself underwrote one-half of the cost of the building and its fittings. The hotel was designed by Architect W.W. Boyington of Chicago in a composite style of French Renaissance and Romanesque. It is built of local red brick with terra cotta trim and decoration. The terra cotta was shipped by train from Chicago to Anaconda. During the great political battles of the 1890s, Marcus Daly made every effort to have the capitol of Montana moved to Anaconda, but his dream was never realized. The hotel was too big for the town in which is was located, and was often empty. The building was renovated to much of its early granduer after suffering years of neglect, however the upper two stories were removed. Most of the original contents were sold at auction in the 1970s. Its name has been changed from the Montana Hotel to the Marcus Daly Hotel. The images here were taken in 1965 and 1979 for the Historic American Building Survey, except for the postcard from around the 1910s.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:54:34 +0000
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