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Photograph of Grand Hotel
Photograph by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Grand Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Grand Hotel in Big Timber, Montana, located at 139 McLeod, was built in 1890. Its building was financed by Jacob Halverson, a Sweet Grass County sheep rancher.”

Wikipedia article Grand Hotel (Big Timber, Montana), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Sweet Grass County · listed in 1985 · 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. 139 McLeod, Big Timber, 59011
  • When was it listed? September 1985
  • Category. building
  • Census division. South of the Yellowstone
  • National Register reference number. 85002424 - 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

21 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Grand Hotel between 2000 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural4
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweet Grass CountyI90 MM 367
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweet Grass CountyFEATHERBED RD
4 August 2020Natural2.0 acresSweet Grass CountyAIRPORT
4 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSweet Grass County4 MAIN BOULDER ROAD
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSweet Grass CountyI-90 MM 367
2 August 2014Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestHORSE
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweet Grass County16 MCLEOD ST
4 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeBUSHA

Every fire recorded in Sweet Grass County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Grand Hotel: 1 prospect, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Platinum. 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
Whittaker PropertyNickel, PlatinumProspect
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sweet Grass County

Storms near this property

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Timber, the town this property stands in, in 63 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 50 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1994Thunderstorm WindBig Timber$500,000Many trees and powerlines down north, east and south of Big Timber.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBig Timber-Mesonet station gw0007 near Big Timber.
June 2025HailBig Timber-Hail report.
July 2022FloodBig Timber-Minor street flooding reported by broadcast media.
June 2013Funnel CloudBig Timber-A funnel cloud was reported over the Big Timber Airport.
June 2013Flash FloodBig Timber-A mudslide was reported just north of Big Timber on Highway 191. There were additional reports of flash flooding from Big Timber to Melville.
August 2013HailBig Timber-The winds were estimated at 60 mph. The hail and wind combination broke skylights and windows.
June 2010HailBig Timber-Damage from hail resulted in windows being knocked out of a two-story house, as well as a broken vehicle windshield.
May 2007HailBig Timber-Soft hail with heavy rain and light winds were reported.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBig Timber-3 inch diameter Willow branches down. 30 foot dead Cottonwood tree also knocked down.
May 2005Heavy RainBig Timber-2.80 inches of rain 6S Big Timber (24-hour total)
August 1999HailBig Timber-Spotter report of dime size hail.
July 1995HailBig Timber-Cars were dented, windshields broken, and house windows broken by golf ball size hail.
July 2022HailBig Timber-no account filed
September 2022Thunderstorm WindBig Timber-no account filed
August 2019HailBig Timber-no account filed
August 2019HailBig Timber-no account filed
August 2019HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2018HailBig Timber-no account filed
July 2016HailBig Timber-no account filed
July 2016HailBig Timber-no account filed
July 2016HailBig Timber-no account filed
July 2016HailBig Timber-no account filed
July 2016HailBig Timber-no account filed
May 2014HailBig Timber-no account filed
May 2014HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2013HailBig Timber-no account filed
August 2013HailBig Timber-no account filed
August 2013HailBig Timber-no account filed
August 2013HailBig Timber-no account filed
August 2013HailBig Timber-no account filed
August 2013HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2011HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2011HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2011HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2011HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2010HailBig Timber-no account filed
September 2010HailBig Timber-no account filed
September 2010HailBig Timber-no account filed
July 2010HailBig Timber-no account filed
July 2010HailBig Timber-no account filed
August 2009HailBig Timber-no account filed
May 2007HailBig Timber-no account filed
May 2007HailBig Timber-no account filed
May 2007HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2007HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2007HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2007HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBig Timber-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBig Timber-no account filed
June 2005HailBig Timber-no account filed
July 2005HailBig Timber-no account filed
July 2005HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2004HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2004HailBig Timber-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBig Timber-no account filed
May 2000HailBig Timber-no account filed
May 2000HailBig Timber-no account filed
July 2000HailBig Timber-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBig Timber-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sweet Grass 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

4 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
Big Timber Town Hallunder 500 feet1998
Carnegie Public Library0.2 miles2002
St. Mark's Episcopal Church0.2 miles1995
John Otto Spannring Family Farm5.9 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85002424 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sweet Grass CountyAll 8 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.