Gladstone Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Gladstone Hotel was a two-story, wood-framed hotel located at 101 Main Street in Circle, Montana, United States. The hotel was built in 1915 and inaugurated at a Christmas party on December 25 of the same year.”
Wikipedia article Gladstone Hotel (Circle, Montana), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for McCone County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 101 Main St., Circle, 59215
When was it listed? August 1980
Category. building
Census division. Circle
National Register reference number. 80004592 - 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

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gladstone Hotel in 2020, burning under an acre in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
3 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	McCone County	UNION - MCCONE

Every fire recorded in McCone County

Storms near this property

60 of 108 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Circle, the town this property stands in, in 108 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 51 thunderstorm wind, 49 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 1996	Hail	Circle	2 hurt, $30,000	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	$1,600,000	Damaging downburst winds blew down 25 steel electric towers as well as 25 wooden power poles. It also caused 100 percent crop damage over a 20 mile long area starting from 10 miles north and northwest of Circle, then southeast along Highway 200 to the Dawson County line. The crop damage ranged from 1 to 5 miles wide. Several farms had significant damage to buildings and property. The town of Circle had the grain elevators crushed in, with significant wind damage to other portions of the elevator buildings. Metal sheeting from the grain elevators was found downstream nearly a mile away. Many houses and vehicles had windows broken or shattered, and large trees were uprooted. The Circle Airport had a measured wind gust of 113 mph.
July 2000	Hail	Circle	$150,000	Baseball sized hail six inches deep fell on the community of Circle breaking windows and destroying area crops.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	$45,000	A small bow echo downed eight power poles along Highway 200 and damaged a few shed roofs. The power was not restored until August 1st.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	$40,000	An airplane hanger housing two airplanes was destroyed as its roof was lifted off and the walls caved in. The airplanes inside were significantly damaged.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	$35,000	Severe thunderstorm winds took down eight power lines in Circle leaving 100 customers without power. Strong winds also took the top off of on of the local grain bins.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	$10,000	Wind tipped camper over on Highway 200 5 miles southwest of Circle.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	$5,000	Awning torn off of a home and flipped up on the roof by severe winds.
June 2025	Hail	Circle	-	Hail up to the size of quarters was reported with wind gusts up to 30 mph.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Public reported, via Facebook, an image of a piece of sheet metal coming off a structure at the McCone County Fairgrounds.
July 2024	Hail	Circle	-	Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of golf balls.
July 2023	Hail	Circle	-	The public reported hail up to the size of quarters.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	The public reported tree branches being knocked down. They estimated the wind was gusting up to 60 mph.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Public reported, via Facebook, an estimated 90 mph thunderstorm wind gust. Time estimated from radar.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Public reported, via Facebook, a grain bin was blown over. Event time was estimated by radar.
June 2019	Hail	Circle	-	Public estimated half-dollar size hail, along with heavy rain.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
June 2019	Hail	Circle	-	McCone County dispatch reported hen egg size hail, along with heavy rain.
June 2019	Hail	Circle	-	Cooperative observer reported hail up to the size of golf balls, off and on for at least 20 minutes.
May 2018	Hail	Circle	-	Public reported hail at least the size of quarters.
May 2018	Hail	Circle	-	Public reported ping pong ball size hail.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Law enforcement relayed a report through McCone County dispatch that five main transmission lines were blown down in the area around the town of Circle.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Public reported a newly-constructed barn destroyed and siding and roof damage to a house in the town of Circle. Time estimated by radar.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Trained spotter reported a barn blown down and a camper rolled over.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts along with pea sized hail.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	A NWS employee reported 60 mph wind gusts, a few large downed tree branches and a power outage.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Public reported 60 mph wind gusts.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph and some tree limbs broken.
July 2014	Hail	Circle	-	Trained spotter reported golf ball-sized hail breaking vehicle windshields.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Trained spotter reported some trees were blown down.
August 2014	Hail	Circle	-	Trained spotter reported ping pong ball-sized hail.
August 2014	Hail	Circle	-	Trained spotter reported hail that ranged from quarter-sized to golf ball-sized.
May 2014	Hail	Circle	-	Trained spotter reported quarter-sized to golf ball-sized hail which persisted for 10 to 15 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of pea-sized hail, and a total of 2 inches of rain in about 45 minutes.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Public reported a 6 to 8 inch diameter tree branch was broken off a large tree in the town of circle.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Public reported a 78 mph wind gust.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Circle	-	McCone County dispatch office reported flash flooding from strong thunderstorms. Water quickly flowing down the street and up over the sidewalks, approaching the doorways.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Public reported that some metal fencing was damaged.
March 2011	Flood	Circle	-	Small creeks and streams as well as the Redwater River were out of their banks.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Spotter reported 60 mph winds.
May 2011	Flood	Circle	-	Many gravel roads became impassible due to the extremely wet conditions.
May 2010	Hail	Circle	-	Spotter reported penny size hail.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Small tree branches breaking out of trees in town.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	One inch diameter tree limbs broken off. Larger dead tree limbs of 6 to 8 inches broken off.
July 2010	Hail	Circle	-	Hail caused some crop damage.
July 2010	Hail	Circle	-	Hail of up to 1.00 was reported.
June 2010	Heavy Rain	Circle	-	Spotter reported heavy rain of an inch in about 40 minutes about 630 to 700 pm MST followed by 1.8 inches the remainder of the night. Two tenths of an inch fell the next day giving a total of three inches. Ponding of water occurred in the adjacent fields.
July 2009	Heavy Rain	Circle	-	A farmer reported 1.5 to 2 inches of rain fell in various gauges around the farm that caused some minor flooding across gravel roads and low lying fields.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Large branches broken in trees.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	Pea size hail also was observed.
July 2009	Hail	Circle	-	Golfball-sized hail destroyed winter and spring wheat fields. Damage estimates were not yet available at publication time but will be added when they are ready.
August 2009	Hail	Circle	-	Heavy rain also was reported.
August 2009	Hail	Circle	-	Five minutes of hail with up to golfball-size. Strong winds also accompanied the storm.
July 2008	Hail	Circle	-	Rainfall was measured at 0.64 inches.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	The wind was accompanied by pea sized hail.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	This report was taken from the Cow Creek DOT site.
May 2006	Flash Flood	Circle	-	2 feet of water running over Highway 200. The highway was closed from mile marker 262 to 263.
June 2005	Flash Flood	Circle	-	6-8 inches of rain fell over Dinnwitte Creek and into Horse Creek from 5 pm through 7 pm. The creek went from dry to 150 feet wide. A family and grain truck driver had to be evacuated.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	60 mph wind gust reported by spotter 18 miles southeast of Fort Peck.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Circle	-	80 mph wind reported by spotter 8 miles north of Circle.

Every storm recorded in McCone 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80004592 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
McCone County	All 2 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.
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.