In 2013 I wrote about the poor condition of the Gladstone Hotel, a landmark from the homesteading era in Circle that had been listed in the National Register over 40 years ago.
This one didn’t make it. A reader of the blog told me that on September 21, 2023 it burned to the ground.
That’s two important historic Eastern Montana hotels, both from the homesteading era, lost in the last couple of years, first the Graves in Harlowton and now the Gladstone in Circle.
During the 1984 historic preservation survey of Montana, I had spent the night at both. Those days are now gone up in smoke.
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Sad for the loss. Circle is a town of fond (if brief) memories for me, and any diminishing of the place diminishes us who treasure the town.