Warehouse Transformed into Commerical Spaces with the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program

Imagine a historic Art Deco school turned into low-income apartments, or a warehouse transformed into commercial spaces for small businesses. Since 1997, the Montana State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has helped to facilitate through the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program the rehabilitation of 81 historic buildings across the state.

Administered by the National Park Service, the Internal Revenue Service, and all 50 SHPOs, this tax incentive program offers a 20% income tax credit to owners of income-producing properties who apply the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation in their development projects to bring historic buildings back into use, or to keep them in use for decades to come.

From Great Falls to Philipsburg, Missoula to Fort Benton, the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program has resulted in several success stories that have helped to preserve the historic landscape of communities across the state.

The images below show the Arvon Block on First Avenue in Great Falls, both pre- and post-rehab. The Arvon Block project was certified by the National Park Service in 2015.

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