Baatz Block in Great Falls, Listed!

Located on the southeast corner of 2nd Avenue South and 4th Street South in Great Falls, the Baatz Block represents an early commercial building associated with the development of the actively growing city in the early 1910s. The colorful past of the building only enhances the role it played providing long- and short-term accommodations, concurrently as a hotel and as apartments. The Baatz Block hosted both working class visitors and long-term residents. It also gained notoriety for housing one of the first cabaret establishments in Montana with subsequent use of the space for several bars and taverns through the decades. In addition, the ground floor provided a venue for several smaller businesses to operate. 

Architecturally, the Baatz Block embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Western Commercial style with its roots in later 19th and early 20th century neo-classical styles, sometime referred to as Early 20th Century Commercial Block style of architecture; the significant architectural elements of the building remain predominantly unchanged from their original appearance.