Good news this week from the Montana Heritage Commission as it begins the restoration of the stonewall Hall, the first permanent home of the Montana Territorial legislature in Virginia City from 1865 to 1875. The first image is from 2012.

I next visited the place in May 2023 while planning for the restoration was underway. The images below come from that visit.

As the images document, Stonewall Hall is barely hanging on, with particular damage at the rear corner that threatens to take the entire building with it. The Montana Heritage Commission has raised 3/4 of the funds necessary for the work. Let’s all pitch in and what what we can so this very historical places lives to teach our future generations.