The Daniels County Courthouse, located at 213 Main Street in Scobey, is the county courthouse serving Daniels County, Montana. The building was erected in 1913, the same year Scobey was relocated to a site on the Great Northern Railway, and originally functioned as a hotel. The two-story building, which had a false front, was the largest in the city at the time. Over the next seven years, the hotel passed through several hands; it became known as "One-eyed Molly's House of Pleasure" after its most notorious proprietor, a glass-eyed woman known as One-Eyed Molly who supposedly ran a brothel from the hotel.[2] When Daniels County was established in 1920, the newly formed county purchased the hotel to use as its courthouse.[3]
Daniels County Courthouse | |
 Daniels County Courthouse | |
  Daniels County Courthouse  Daniels County Courthouse | |
| Location | 213 Main St., Scobey, Montana |
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| Coordinates | 48°47′27″N 105°25′12″W / 48.79083°N 105.42000°W |
| Architectural style | Western false front |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000535 |
| Added to NRHP | May 4, 1995[1] |
The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 1995.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Graetz, Rick and Susie (2005-08-06). "Prairies and progress: Exploring northcentral, northeastern Montana". Billings Gazette. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
- ^ Tande, C. William; Jiusto, Chere (January 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Daniels County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved September 15, 2015. Accompanied by photos.