Moss Mansion Museum

  • NRHP Name: Preston B Moss House

  • Address: 914 Division St
  • Vicinity: Clarke Ave
  • Hours: Guided tours by trained docents 1:00 to 4:00 pm each first Sunday in May through November (except Labor Day weekend) and every Thursday from July 5 through September 27
  • Phone: (406) 256-5100
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Activity Category: Tour
  • Available for private functions

The Moss Mansion Historic House Museum, located in Billings, Montana, is a 1903 mansion built for businessman Preston B Moss, Missouri. The well preserved red-stoned mansion is open to the public and features original draperies, furniture, fixtures, Persian carpets and oil paintings by the owner. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1903/00/00 Preston B Moss Home Moss Mansion is built of Lake Superior Sandstone by E H Gagnon for P B Moss.
1903/00/00 Ernest H Gagnon Contractor Moss Mansion is built of Lake Superior Sandstone by E H Gagnon for P B Moss.
1903/00/00 Henry J Hardenbergh Architect Moss Mansion is built of Lake Superior Sandstone by E H Gagnon for P B Moss.
1986/00/00 Billings Preservation Society buys the Moss Mansion from Marjorie Moss (granddaughter of PB Moss) and her daughter, Marilyn and Minnie Anderson Moss.

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Particulars for Moss Mansion Museum:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Other Description English Renaissance
Museum Type Historical Museum
Building Material Jacobsville Sandstone
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling
Private Event Wedding Venue



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 30th April 1982

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Moss, Preston B., House
Registry Address: Address Restricted
Registry Number: 82003181
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Hardenbergh,R.J.; Gagnon,E.H.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: English Renaissance
Area in Acres: 2
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1902, 1903
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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Activity
Activity Category Tour

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