Draft:Wold Barn



The Wold Barn, in Melrose, Montana in Silver Bow County, Montana, dates from 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

It is a mountain horse horse barn what is that vs a stable?

It was deemed significant"for its association withthe development and endurance of the town of Melrose. The town's status as a shipping center allowed it to weather the demise of the mining industry that decimated the larger, more renowned settlements that spawned it. The Wold Barn is perhaps the single biggest testament to the endurance of the town as a transportation hub, being, as it is, a large urban livery barn built after the collapse of mining and during the ascendance of agriculture. No other building in town conveys this historic context as forcefully. It retains sufficient integrity to clearly convey its historical association. The building gains additional significance...as an important and well-preserved example of a highly distinctive style of barn architecture. It is all the more exceptional for being an urban example of the Mountain Horse Barn, a type that developed and proliferated in rural areas surrounding Melrose in response to the particular ranching conditions in the region. The high quality of craftsmanship, associated with the log building traditions of the Norwegian immigrant who built the barn, makes the Wold Barn all the more worthy of listing...."

The property also includes fencing and a round corral, deemed non-contributing, but likely similar to historic ones that likely stood in their places.

The "Mountain Horse Barn" is apparently a thing, in 2 counties at least.

There is an article on Wold family reaching centennial farm status in farming, behind paywall, at this Billingsgazette article. Billings Gazette.

This urban barn, at date of NRHP listing in 2008, was owned by Linda Cue.

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