I walked down Front Street this morning and took another glance at the historical signs at the "female boarding houses."
From the Missoula Downtown Association's historical walking tour (http://www.missouladowntown.com/guide/historical.phtml): Gleim II Building ................ 255 & 257 W. Front The Gleim II was a brothel owned and operated by Mary Gleim, whose splashy career included conviction for attempted murder of a rival and a prison term in Deer Lodge. Built around 1893, after two major fires swept the downtown, this red brick, sage-green building was restored by David Paoli in 1995 and captured the Historic Preservation Award for that effort. This building was one of eight owned by Gleim during the peak years of Missoula's "Red Light District." "Mother Gleim" retained title to this two-story vernacular commercial style brick building until her death in 1914.
Gleim Building ............................. 265 W. Front This classically-styled brick building served as the headquarters for Mary Gleim's bordello businesses along Front Street from the early 1890s to approximately 1914. Original arches were uncovered by James Hoffmann in a1980s renovation. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, this building is an excellent example of Romanesque Revival architecture with its arched windows, brick pilasters, checkerboard banding and granite sills. Through its lifetime, businesses located here included the Pullman Pool Hall (1929), Carroll Nash Cigars (1932), and the Hawthorne Club, a 1940s jazz club.
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Date: 2006-02-14 04:58 pm (UTC)From the Missoula Downtown Association's historical walking tour (http://www.missouladowntown.com/guide/historical.phtml):
Gleim II Building ................ 255 & 257 W. Front
The Gleim II was a brothel owned and operated by Mary Gleim, whose splashy career included conviction for attempted murder of a rival and a prison term in Deer Lodge. Built around 1893, after two major fires swept the downtown, this red brick, sage-green building was restored by David Paoli in 1995 and captured the Historic Preservation Award for that effort. This building was one of eight owned by Gleim during the peak years of Missoula's "Red Light District." "Mother Gleim" retained title to this two-story vernacular commercial style brick building until her death in 1914.
Gleim Building ............................. 265 W. Front
This classically-styled brick building served as the headquarters for Mary Gleim's bordello businesses along Front Street from the early 1890s to approximately 1914. Original arches were uncovered by James Hoffmann in a1980s renovation. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, this building is an excellent example of Romanesque Revival architecture with its arched windows, brick pilasters, checkerboard banding and granite sills. Through its lifetime, businesses located here included the Pullman Pool Hall (1929), Carroll Nash Cigars (1932), and the Hawthorne Club, a 1940s jazz club.