First National Bank of Ekalaka and Rickard Hardware Store Building

103 & 105 N. Main St., Ekalaka, Montana. County/parish: Carter.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 19, 2015. NRIS 15000815.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

• Ekalaka Townhall--Library

From Wikipedia:

First National Bank of Ekalaka and Rickard Hardware Store Building

The First National Bank of Ekalaka and Rickard Hardware Store Building, in Ekalaka, Montana, was built in 1940. In 2015 it became the first-listed historic site in Carter County to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Carter was the last of Montana's 56 counties to get one.

It was designed and built by contractor V.E. Figg. (1893–1984).

It is the only Streamline Moderne building in Ekalaka. It now serves as the town's town hall and public library.

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