Mountain West

Helena

Lewis and Clark County, MT

Population

32,529

Walk Score

94 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$969

Median home value

$331,700

Founded

1864

On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Badger-Two Medicine TCP (Boundary Increase)
  • Grant-Marshall Lime Kiln Historic District, The · listed 2017
  • Forestvale Cemetery · listed 1990
  • Fort Harrison Veterans' Hospital Historic District · listed 2016
  • Gehring Ranch · listed 2017
  • Helena Historic District · listed 1972
  • Helena Historic District (Boundary Increase II) · listed 1993
  • Helena Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1990
  • Helena Railroad Depot Historic District · listed 2004
  • Helena South-Central Historic District · listed 1986
  • Helena West Main Street Historic District · listed 1996
  • Hilger, Joe and Carrie, Ranch · listed 2001
  • Home of Peace · listed 2006
  • Lewis and Clark County Hospital Historic District · listed 2002
  • Lewis and Clark County Hospital Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2024
  • Mann Gulch Wildfire Historic District · listed 1999
  • Montana Powder and Equipment Company
  • Montana State Capitol Campus Historic District · listed 2016
  • Mount Helena Historic District · listed 1997
  • MTARNG Cantonment
  • Western Clay Manufacturing Company · listed 1985

Notable landmarks

  • African-American Heritage Places in Helena, Montana MPS
  • Williams I Rock Rings Site
  • Algeria Shrine Temple · listed 1988
  • Appleton House No. 13 · listed 1982
  • Appleton House No. 9 · listed 1995
  • Armitage, Joshua and Martha, House · listed 2005
  • Benton Avenue Cemetery · listed 2003
  • Broadwater, Charles A., House · listed 2008
  • Cathedral of Saint Helena · listed 1980
  • Childs Carriage House · listed 1995
  • Crum, William C., House · listed 1997
  • Crump-Howard House · listed 2017
  • Cuthbert, D. H., House · listed 1995
  • Donovan-Mayer House · listed 2005
  • Dorsey Grocery and Residence · listed 2017
  • Drennen Log House
  • Eagle's Site · listed 1993
  • Evans, Christmas Gift, House · listed 1980
  • Fisk, Robert and Elizabeth, House · listed 2007
  • Former Montana Executive Mansion · listed 1970
  • Gilpatrick-Root House · listed 2005
  • Haight-Bridgwater House · listed 2014
  • Hauser Mansion · listed 1979
  • House of the Good Shepherd Historic District · listed 1993
  • Huseby, John H,. House · listed 2012
  • …and 34 more

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