Driver’s Saloon and Café, Listed!

Driver’s Saloon and Café represents a significant residential and commercial property associated with the history of Black Montana. Lee Pleasant Driver, a Fisk graduate and 25th Infantry veteran, operated a saloon and eatery from the street-level of the Starr Block—an 1889 brick two-story commercial building prominently situated near the intersection of Main St. and Commercial Avenue. He and his wife Pearl Payne Driver, and their toddler son Lee Jr. from around 1909 to 1915, lived above the café.