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 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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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. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 9, 2005.
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The Western Heritage Center is a regional museum located in historic downtown Billings, Montana, United States. The museum is housed in the historic Parmly Billings Memorial Library, built in 1901. The building is a stately Richardsonian Romanesque structure with twin towers, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Western Heritage Center displays original exhibits about south-central Montana and the Northern Plains and houses oral histories and artifacts about the history of the Yellowstone River Valley. The museum celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2021.
The Western Heritage Center, a former affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The museum opened in 1971 after an organized group of leading citizens prevented the building from being torn down. The founders established the museum as an interpretive center with an emphasis on changing exhibits, outreach programming, and the incorporation of new technologies.
In 2001, the Western Heritage Center received the Montana Governor's Humanities Award, the second organization to receive an honor usually reserved for individual contributions to the Humanities. In 2002, the WHC became the first Smithsonian Institution affiliated museum in the Northern Plains. Beginning in 2004, and running through 2009, WHC received federal appropriations from the United States Department of the Interior for the American Indian Tribal Histories Project, a program contributing to the preservation of Crow and Northern Cheyenne tribal histories. The museum is one of six museums in Montana accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
The Western Heritage Center programs include a monthly High Noon lecture and video series, a walking tour program, fourteen traveling exhibits, partnerships with regional museums, schools, and businesses, and active participation in local events. The WHC displays six to seven exhibits annually, most based on original research. The Western Heritage Center publishes books, video materials, and education kits relating to regional history. The museum cares for 40,000 artifacts illustrating and documenting Yellowstone River Valley history. The museum is open to the public between early March and late December, Tuesday-Saturday, 10–5. The museum receives annual funding and support from Yellowstone County.
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The Oliver Building is a historic building in Billings, Montana. It was built in 1910 as a warehouse for Oliver Chilled Plow Works, a manufacturer of tractors and plows. It was remodelled by architect Chandler C. Cohagen in 1930. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 19, 2008.
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Skypoint is a tent-like structure over the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Broadway in downtown Billings, Montana, USA. Its highest point is 73 feet above ground level. There are five "sails" that make up the structure. The largest sail stays in place while the four smaller ones can move on a track and "stack" under the large one to let the sun through or to cover the intersection if it rains. Skypoint is part of the plan to revitalize downtown Billings and attract more people to downtown.
Skypoint was completed in 2002 and was originally named the "Defining Element" until it got its current name in a naming contest. It was built as a new icon for the city of Billings and to hold events such as the Strawberry festival, the Christmas Stroll, and other events.