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Constructed in 1864, Stonewall Hall is Montana’s oldest standing capitol building. From 1865 to 1875, when Virginia City was Montana’s territorial capital, the Territorial Legislature met on the second floor of this stone building. The second floor also housed the Virginia City Lyceum, a small library for “civilized” young men. Greenhood, Bohm & Company, a national clothing chain whose salesmen traveled by stage across Montana, occupied the first floor. After 1882, R.O. Hickman, then Jacob Albright, operated the clothing store. In 1914, part of the 1890’s storefront was removed and the building was converted into the Dudley Garage.
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