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Link and Haire, Architects, records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-152

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of outgoing correspondence (1904-1907, 1918-1919) and general correspondence (1920-1926). The correspondence is concerned with the day-to-day business of the firm and includes information on construction of specific buildings. This information is scattered among correspondence with the owner of the building, the contractors, and materials suppliers. In addition there are personal comments by the architects discussing the architectural profession, letters with Frank Linderman which deal with Masonry, etc. Also included are one court document (1922) ads, and list of school buildings they planned.

Dates

  • Creation: 1904-1926

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Historical Note:

Link and Haire, Architects, was formed in 1906, when Charles Haire joined with J. G. Link to create the firm. Link was born in Bavaria on May 13, 1870, and attended the Royal Academy at Landau before immigrating to the United States. He taught for three years before going to work for the Union Pacific Railroad in 1886, and for the Great Northern Railroad the following year. While working for these railroads he studied architecture, and was later hired by the firm of Wallace and Thornburn, a real estate and building company.

Link and Haire, Architects, provided the plans for a variety of Montana jails, court houses, schools, and state buildings, in addition to designing buildings for Yellowstone Park Hotel Company and Yellowstone Park Transportation Company. Their buildings include dormitories at Montana State University in Missoula and Montana State College in Bozeman, the Kline Hotel in Livingston, the Post Office Block in Miles City, St. Mary's Academy in Deer Lodge, a gymnasium for Mount St. Charles [Carroll] College in Helena, the Usuline Convent in Great Falls, and the Methodist Episcopalian Church in Bozeman. They also designed private homes and businesses.

Charles S. Haire died in 1925, and was succeeded in the firm by his son Thomas Haire. J.G. Link retired in 1926, and E.B. Benson, an employee, became a partner. The firm became Haire and Benson, Architects.

J. G. Link was head of the Montana Board of Architectural Examiners, and a member of the Silver Bow and Montana Clubs, and the Scottish Rite in which he attained the thirty third degree honorary.

Extent

2 linear feet

Abstract

Link and Haire, Architects, was a firm founded by J.G. Link and Charles Haire that designed public and private buildings throughout Montana, including jails, courthouses, schools, hotels, etc. Records (1904-1926) include correspondence about architectural jobs, Scottish Rite Freemasonry, and social life; court papers; and miscellany.

Arrangement

Arranged by series.

Physical Location

7:4-5

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquisition information available upon request

Title
Guide to the Link and Haire, Architects, records 1904-1926
Author
Finding aid prepared by Tom Merfes, 1982; rewritten by Ellie Arguimbau, 2006
Date
2006
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2nd Edition)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Repository Details

Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository

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