Daniels County Courthouse

Daniels County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Daniels County Courthouse
Location	213 Main St., Scobey, Montana
Coordinates	48°47′27″N 105°25′12″W / 48.79083°N 105.42000°WCoordinates: 48°47′27″N 105°25′12″W / 48.79083°N 105.42000°W
NRHP Reference #	95000535
Added to NRHP	May 4, 1995[1]

The Daniels County Courthouse, located at 213 Main Street in Scobey, is the county courthouse serving Daniels County, Montana. The building was built in 1913, the same year Scobey was relocated to a site on the Great Northern Railway, and originally functioned as a hotel. The two-story building, which had a false front, was the largest in the city at the time. Over the next seven years, the hotel passed through several hands; it became known as "One-eyed Molly's House of Pleasure" after its most notorious proprietor, a glass-eyed woman known as One-Eyed Molly who supposedly ran a brothel from the hotel.^[2] When Daniels County was established in 1920, the newly formed county purchased the hotel to use as its courthouse.^[3]

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 1995.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Graetz, Rick and Susie (2005-08-06). "Prairies and progress: Exploring northcentral, northeastern Montana". Billings Gazette. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
3. Tande, C. William; Jiusto, Chere (January 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Daniels County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved September 15, 2015. Accompanied by photos.