The Acme Building is a historic three-story building in Billings, Montana. It was designed in the Western Commercial style with Classical Revival and American Craftsman features on the facade, and built in 1911-1912. It was known as the Acme Theater in 1912 and the Broadway Theater from 1912 to 1916, followed by the Regent Theater until the 1930s.
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The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse–Billings, in Billings, Montana, was built in 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
It includes Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals architecture and Second Renaissance Revival architecture. Also known as Billings Post Office and Courthouse and as Billings Downtown Station, it served historically as a courthouse of the United States District Court for the District of Montana, and as a post office. The courthouse functions were later relocated to the James F. Battin Federal Building.
The building's construction was touted as a great thing for Billings, and its opening was a matter of great pride for the city. The building was expanded and renovated in 1932.
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The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Billings is a high-rise hotel in the Downtown Business District of Billings, Montana, United States. At 245 feet, it is the second-tallest building in the northern Rocky Mountain region and was the tallest from 1980 to 1985 until the completion of the First Interstate Center, also in Billings. It is the tallest hotel in Montana. Upon its completion in 1980, the building was declared the tallest load-bearing brick structure in the world by the Brick Institute of America. However, the Guinness World Records awards that title to Chicago's Monadnock Building.
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Northern Hotel is a historic hotel located at 19 North Broadway in the downtown core of Billings, Montana, United States.
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The Billings Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in Billings, Montana. It is the largest city police force in Montana with 177 sworn officers & 80 civilian employees covering 41 square miles and a population of about 122,000. The city is divided into four police response zones, which are subdivided into 9 police beats. Organizationally the department is broken up into the Operations Division and the Investigations Division. Specialized units include Special Weapons and Tactics Team, Drone Unit, Hostage Negotiators & a Bomb Unit.
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Billings is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Montana. The population was 117,116 at the 2020 census, while the Billings metropolitan area has an estimated 193,000 people. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County. Billings is the trade and distribution center for much of Montana east of the Continental Divide and has one of the largest trade areas in the United States. It is also the largest retail destination for much of the same area. The Billings Chamber of Commerce claims the area of commerce covers more than 125,000 square miles.
Billings was nicknamed the "Magic City" because of its rapid growth from its founding as a railroad town in March 1882. The nearby Crow and Cheyenne peoples call the city Ammalapáshkuua and É'êxováhtóva respectively, meaning 'where they cut wood', named as such because of a sawmill built in the area by early white settlers. The city has experienced rapid growth and maintains a strong economy. From 1969 to 2021, the Billings area population growth was 89%, compared to Montana's overall increase of 59%. With more hotel accommodations than any area within a five-state region, the city hosts a variety of conventions, concerts, sporting events, and other rallies. It provides services to the Bakken oil development 250 to 350 miles to the east, as well as the Heath Shale oil discovery north of Billings.
Attractions in and around Billings include ZooMontana, the Yellowstone Art Museum, Pompey's Pillar, Pictograph Cave, Chief Plenty Coups State Park, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Bighorn Canyon, Red Lodge Mountain, and the Beartooth Highway. The northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park is a little over 100 miles from Billings.
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 9, 2005.
