Those Wayfinding Signs!
Wayfinding signs - another joint effort of the Montana Main Street project as designed by Roundup resident Morgan Belveal. These signs point people to different attractions, important and historic buildings in town. They also point tourists and out-of-towners to important natural attractions.
Johnny Chavez, Pronto Construction, and Morgan were instrumental in placing these signs in very specific intersections. Johnny of Pronto Construction generously donated part of his cost and labor for placing the signs in precise locations. The Montana Main Street project grant paid for producing the signs.
All walkers, bikers and drivers, please be careful at all intersections as all of us get used to these new sight lines.
Facelift Downtown
Another corner of 2nd Ave and Main Street is getting a facelift. This old building at 201 Main Street used to be a bank and amazingly still has three bank vaults remaining inside.
Purchased a while ago by Mr. Bill Tieszen, the space is being refurbished slowly and carefully, inside and out. The ground level will have about 4,00 square feet of retail space. The basement walk-out space will have about 1,000 square feet of usable space. He is calling the space 'The Cattleman' in honor of the cowboy and cattle of Musselshell County. He's acquired an amazing mural of the Bull Mountains painted by Lyman Rice. It will be a focal point in the large room.
The front has a stunning new entry with new steps, columns and will be getting light fixtures designed specifically for this building. Around the south side, there is a new concrete sidewalk and steps with fittings for more lighting, along with the entry to the basement space.
Mr. Tieszen stressed to me that he is just a builder, and is not interested in running a business from either of these spaces. Although from Billings, he is quite enamored with Roundup. He wants the Main Street area to succeed. Perhaps bit by bit this is going to happen.
Note:
Lyman Rice is a notable artist. He was born in Nebraska in 1906 and died in Billings in 1979. I found some biography information here: http://www.oldcottonmill.com/Research/biographies/R/Rice,%20Lyman.pdf
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