Westgate Village Shopping Center, Listed!

The 1957 mid-twentieth century Westgate Village Shopping Center represents a mainstay of the Montana State University area and the populace of Bozeman. Designed by Hugo Eck, a locally famous architect and professor at Montana State University, the building represents the first small neighborhood multi-unit retail shopping center built in Bozeman as a response to major post-World War II population and economic growth of the community. The original design of the building, which remains largely intact, included spaces for five business separated by interior common walls, under one roof structure, with a single continuous façade and automobile parking focused on the building.