Power Block

 

  1. Power Block
    1. Sources at the Lewis & Clark Public Library
    2. Sources at the Montana Historical Society
      1. Research Center
      2. State Historic Preservation Office
    3. On-line resources

 

The Power Block is located at 58-62 North Last Chance Gulch. This building was built in 1888-1889 by T. C. Power of Helena. It was designed by Willets & Pashley of Chicago and built by Shaffer & Read. The Power Block is six stories high and built in the Romanesque Revival style. (Photo)

 

 

Sources at the Lewis & Clark Public Library

 

  1. Baucus, Jean. Gold in the Gulch. Helena, Montana: Bar-Wineglass Pub. Co., 1981. 42.
  2. Paladin, Vivian A. Helena: An Illustrated History. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press, 1983. 73, 75, 81, 150, 159.
  3. Robinson, Willard B. "Helena's Fabulous Business Blocks." Montana the Magazine of Western Histroy 18 (1): 58ff. [Shelfmark Helena Winter 1968 V18 N1]
  4. Liffring, Bob. Tour Train Companion. Helena, Montana: Manx Publishing Co. 83-85. [Shelfmark M 978.66 L]
  5. Jiusto, Chere. The Heart of Helena: a Historical Tour. Helena, MT: City of Helena, 1989. 12.
  6. Campbell, William C. From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch, Vol. 1. Helena, Montana: Montana Record Pub. Co., 1951-1964. 221, 238.
  7. Campbell, William C. From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch, Vol. 2. Helena, Montana: Montana Record Pub. Co., 1951-1964. 7, 9, 12-13, 124, 264, 267.

 

Sources at the Montana Historical Society

 

Research Center

 

  1. Helena, Montana - Buildings (Vertical File).
  2. Paladin, Vivian A. Helena: An Illustrated History. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press, 1983. 73, 75, 81, 150, 159.
  3. Baucus, Jean. Gold in the Gulch. Helena, Montana: Bar-Wineglass Pub. Co., 1981. 42.
  4. Helena (Mont.). Board of Trade. Helena, Illustrated, Capital of the State of Montana. Minneapolois: Frank L. Thresher, Publisher, 1890. 37.
  5. Helena Board of Trade. Report for 1887. Helena, Montana: The Board, 1888. 27, 35, 53.
  6. Ide, Arthur W. and W. D. Rumsey, Helena, Montana: Its Past, Present and Future. Helena, Montana: Arthur W. Ide and W. D. Rumsey, 1891. 18-19.
  7. Schulz, James G. The Geology of the Architecture of Historical Buildings in Helena, Montana. Thesis (M.S.), Northern Arizona University: 1998. 69-70.
  8. Campbell, William C. From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch, Vol. 1. Helena, Montana: Montana Record Pub. Co., 1951-1964. 221, 238.
  9. Campbell, William C. From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch, Vol. 2. Helena, Montana: Montana Record Pub. Co., 1951-1964. 7, 9, 12-13, 124, 264, 267.
  10. Liffring, Bob. The Tour Train Companion: A Trivia Guide to Helena, Montana's Capital City. Helena, Montana: Manx Pub. Co., 1992. 83-85.
  11. Robinson, Willard B.  "Helena's Fabulous Business Blocks. Montana:  The Magazine of Western History.  18(1): 58-59.

 

State Historic Preservation Office

 

  1. Helena Historic Survey.  Historical and Architectural Inventory.
  2. McAlester, Virginia and Lee, "Victorian Houses 1860-1900:  Richardsonian Romanesque," A Field Guide to American Homes, New York:  Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. 
  3. Jacobson and Shope, Architects. Historic Architecture: Helena, Montana. No date.  44, 45. 

 

On-line resources

 

  1. Ide, Arthur W. and W. D. Rumsey, Helena, Montana: Its Past, Present and Future. Helena, Montana: Arthur W. Ide and W. D. Rumsey, 1891. 18-19.
  2. The Power Block  http://www.helenahistory.org/helena_last_chance_gulch.htm


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