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Nuggets From Helena: A history of the former Western Life building


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If you have lived in Helena for any amount of time, you may be familiar with the building on 560 N. Park Ave. But do you know how it got there? It is the former Western Life building. In today s Nuggets From Helena, we are going to learn more about how the Western Life building got there.
Before it was Western Life, it was called The Montana Life, an insurance company. The name was changed because, in 1938, the company then served a larger area than Montana, also selling insurance in California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and North Dakota. It was located on 404 Fuller from 1923 to 1956 until it moved to the newly built Park Avenue building. ....

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