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Miners Union Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“Miners Union Hall, located east of Philipsburg, Montana in Deerlodge National Forest, is a historic building built in 1890. Also known as Granite Miners Union Hall, it served as a meeting hall.”

Wikipedia article Miners Union Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Granite County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. E of Philipsburg in Deerlodge National Forest, Philipsburg, 59858
  • When was it listed? December 1974
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Philipsburg
  • National Register reference number. 74001096 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Miners Union Hall between 1994 and 2020, burning about 298 acres in total. 16 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural16
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestFRANKLIN FIRE
1 September 2004Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
9 August 2020Naturalunder an acreGranite CountyGRANITE
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 August 2008Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestTOWERS
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
4 August 1994Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreButte Field OfficeFRED BURR
3 August 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Granite County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 193 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 193 workings within 5 miles of Miners Union Hall: 105 past producers, 43 unknowns, 32 occurrences, 7 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Manganese, Gold, Silver, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Algonquin MineSilver, Manganese, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1865, 1878
Billie Goat MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, AntimonyOccurrenceVein
Billie Goat ProspectChromium, AntimonyOccurrence
Cadgie Taylor MineSilver, Zinc, Silica, Copper, Gold, Lead, Barium-BariteProducerArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chlorargyrite
Cadgie-Taylor MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Cliff MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Contact Mining Custom MillGold, Lead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Copper Jack MineCopper, Iron, GarnetOccurrence
Dissett MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, AluminumPast Producer1920, 1949
Franklin Hill Iron DepositSilica, Manganese, IronPast Producer1900, 1904

Every working recorded in Granite County

Storms near this property

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Philipsburg, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2008HailPhilipsburg$12,000State employee 14 miles south of Philipsburg near Georgetown Lake reported 1.75 inch hail.
July 2014Heavy RainPhilipsburg-Weather observer reported 1.27 of rainfall.
June 2011FloodPhilipsburg-Boulder creek near Maxville flooded and isolated one resident. A road flooded near the east fork of Rock creek. Debris piled up against many bridges across the county. Many residents protected their property with sandbags.
July 2009HailPhilipsburg-Weather spotter reported quarter size hail in Philipsburg. Eight miles northwest of Philipsburg, a camper reported half inch diameter hail at 5500 feet.
July 2009HailPhilipsburg-Report of dime sized hail in Philipsburg.
August 2005HailPhilipsburg-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindPhilipsburg-no account filed
July 1997HailPhilipsburg-no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindPhilipsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Granite County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Superintendent's House0.2 miles1974
Ringeling House2.1 miles1986
M. E. Doe House2.2 miles1986
Granite County Jail2.3 miles1980
Philipsburg Grade School2.4 miles1986
Philipsburg Historic District2.5 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74001096 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Granite CountyAll 12 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.