Florence House, Missoula

The original Florence Hotel, built on this site in 1888, offered weary railway travelers and settlers a comfortable night’s lodging. When it burned in 1913, the Florence was rebuilt as a major 106-room hostelry and was a longtime regional gathering place until it, too, was destroyed by fire in 1936.

Drawing of the original Hotel Florence and Eddy Block, Missoula, Montana. View of a drawing of the Hotel Florence and Eddy Block, Missoula, Montana. Drawing from the Missoula Souvenir Edition of the Columbus Memorial, Jan. 1, 1893. Source: 949-430, Montana Historical Society Research Center Photograph Archives, Helena, MT. Creator: Krause, E. L. Date: January 1, 1883.

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