Livingston Memorial Hospital opened in February 1955 and became a prominent part of life in Livingston, standing as a local landmark and enduring symbol of public-private investment. In earlier decades, healthcare in the community had been provided by the Park County Poor Farm (1889), Saint Luke’s Hospital (1901), Park Hospital (1913), and several other private maternity and religious hospitals. After World War II, demand for modern facilities led to state and federal aid programs to improve public infrastructure. In December 1946, the Livingston Community Hospital Association formed to plan and raise funds for a new hospital, and that same year Congress passed the Hill-Burton Hospital Act, a federal aid program that ultimately built or improved twenty-nine rural Montana hospitals. Community members in the Livingston area donated about $400,000 for the building, and the project also received $276,645 in federal funds, the largest hospital grant given in Montana. Architects Ralph Cushing and Everett Terrell of CTA Architects used key Modernist features including long expanses of light and dark brick, deep roof overhangs, and minimal ornamentation. Sixty years later, federal loan funds and private donations supported Livingston HealthCare, a new hospital facility east of town. In 2019, non-profit developer Homeword, Inc., reused the building with state grants and federal tax credits, converting it into thirty-four affordable housing units.