Joshua Tree — 1316 Bozeman

The board

Every work item — tap the status to move it

Click the colored tag to cycle Waiting → In review → Done. Date tags cycle to Done. It stays that way when you come back. Reset clears your marks, not the facts.

The can — tick these as they get done

This is the working list you asked for. Same boxes live on the worksite. Check one; it stays checked when you come back.

Call the window shop — written extension past August 27. Get the $5,000 handicap-entrance quote on paper into the packet. Stephen gets a graffiti-wash bid (two spots, not the mural). Stephen gives two headcount numbers. Do not guess. Horne: signature, phone, email, lease with permission to change the outside. Application in — hard stop Friday, August 28. Overhead-door deposit September 8 — only after the application is in.

Number 11 — overhead-door deposit, September 8

The deposit is private and it is after filing. Confirmed: a private deposit after the application is already in does not poison the City match. That is why the application goes in as soon as it can — file first, then the September 8 deposit is clean. Do not pay it before the application is in.

Who is Horne, and what is headcount?

John Horne is the owner of the building — Capital Transfer family, the name on the tax card. The City needs his signature, his phone, his email, and the lease with permission to change the outside. He is not a mystery third person. Headcount is a different question on the City form: how many people work at Joshua Tree now, and how many will work at 1316 Bozeman. Two numbers from Stephen only. Do not guess. The eight people at Capital Transfer were Horne's old company, not Stephen's shop.

FRI AUG 28Hard filing day. Diane hopes to file by Friday, August 28 (she works Wednesday and Thursday). She meets Ellie Monday morning.Diane

AUG 27Window quotes die August 27 — filing is August 28. Call tomorrow and get a written extension. If the price moves after the 27th, the number on the form may be wrong.Stephen · call tomorrow

SEP 8Overhead-door deposit $11,532 — private, after filing. Confirmed: does not poison the match if the application is already in. File first.Stephen

DONEADA / handicap entrance quoted $5,000 — ON the ask. Separate from the handicapped door (that door stays off). Get the paper into the packet.Stephen

WAITINGTwo graffiti spots — washed off, not covered by the mural. Separate line. Bid still needed from Stephen.Stephen

WAITINGJohn Horne — signature, phone, email, and the lease with permission to change the outside.Diane

WAITINGHeadcount — two numbers from Stephen only: people at Joshua Tree now, people planned at 1316 Bozeman. Do not guess.Stephen

DONEBasement windows — glass is priced at $2,704.59. Stephen will install them himself. No separate vendor labor line.Stephen

DONEGutters — $14,100 over the stonework only (not the entire building; not aluminum; steel suspected)Diane

DONEMural restore — $2,500 — separate from the two graffiti wash-offsDiane

DONEDisposal of removed materials — $1,200Diane

DONEAir and water for cyclists — $750. City will count this as matchable exterior work. They were excited it was on the project.City · Diane

DONEBasement will not be used — windows stay only as weather protection for the structureDiane

DONEMan-door replacement, panic bar, and handicapped door — removed from the ask. Ramp stays on.Diane

DONEThis is Railroad District (RURD) only — downtown HURD is a different deal; stripped from this packetDiane

DONEKleinschmidt and Union Mercantile — yes, on the form as fact if Diane wants them stated that way.Diane

DONEEllie is the head person Diane takes the application to — same desk-function as April Sparks, not a new mystery.Diane

IN REVIEWSection 2.k — drafted on the application from her statute (panic-bar language already out)Us

DONEThe application — the City's own form, filled section by sectionUs

DONECost board — working priced total $84,680.59 (handicap entrance $5,000 in; graffiti wash still open)Diane

DONEPrivate financing answered — up to $250,000 home-equity lineDiane's narrative

DONECompletion date — end of 2027Diane's narrative

DONEProperty record verified — 2025 taxes $12,716.16 paid, in-districtUs

DONEOwner permission letter written — awaiting Horne's signatureUs

DONEStatute map — every repair line matched to the law (feeds 2.k)Us

Here's the money

Three places the dollars can come from

Already in

$28,000

Stephen’s own, in the stone

→

This ask

$84,680.59

Priced exterior · graffiti still open

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City can match

up to half

about $42,340 if they match 50%

1. The City match

The main one. Railroad District TIF — up to half the outside work. The City is already in it with Stephen.

2. Not downtown HURD

Helena's downtown urban-renewal money (HURD) is a different district. This building sits on the rail line — Railroad District (RURD) only. Downtown money is not this ask.

3. A jobs fund

The state pays up to $5,000 per new job. That's for the shop expansion, not the stone.

+ Stephen's own commitment

Up to $250,000 in committed private credit, plus his own funds and labor already in the building. The match is real.

Sunday Aug 23 from Diane, plus Carter as of August 23: gutters $14,100, mural $2,500, disposal $1,200, cyclist air and water $750, handicap entrance / ADA ramp $5,000. Handicapped door stays off. Graffiti is a wash-off, not the mural — bid still open. Cyclist $750 will count. Overhead-door deposit September 8 is private and clean if the application is already in. Working priced total $84,680.59. City can match up to half — about $42,340. Hard filing Friday, August 28 — she hopes Monday the 24th.

Open the full money map →

Every line of the budget

The lanes, and the cost board — Diane's sheet, line by line

Source	What it funds	Status
Stephen's private commitment	The match backbone — about $28,000 already spent, plus up to $250,000 home-equity line of credit	Committed — Diane, Aug 23
City Railroad URD TIF	Up to half the exterior restoration	Primary · live · City already engaged
Downtown HURD / BID façade	A different district — downtown, not the rail line	Not this application
Big Sky Trust Fund	Up to $5,000 per net new job	Via Big Sky EDA
MT Historic Preservation Grant	Up to $350k historic rehab, 1:1 match	Next cycle March 2028
Historic tax credits	~20% federal + MT 25% of federal	Owner (John Horne) side

The cost board — Diane's sheet, line by line

Item	Vendor	#	Quote	Where	Bid total
Single-hung windows — Milgard 44″×61″	Custom Glass & Windows	6	$4,938	Office
Single-hung window — Milgard 26″×45¼″	Custom Glass & Windows	1	$622	Office
Labor and materials — in the window bid, not a side note	JTC	7	$1,400	Office	$6,960
Casement windows 31½″×48″ (left)	Custom Glass & Windows	3	—	Front shipping windows
Casement windows 31½″×48″ (right)	Custom Glass & Windows	3	$4,746	Front shipping windows
Labor and materials — in the window bid, not a side note	Custom Glass & Windows	3	$1,200	Front shipping windows	$5,946
Casement craftsman windows 24″×30″ — weather protection only; basement will not be used	Every Window	3	$2,704.59	Basement, front (empty casings; snow)	$2,704.59
Masonry — repointing front and back	Karson Klass		$6,300	Front and back	$6,300
Overhead doors Approved — deposit $11,532 due Sept 8	Overhead Door Co. of Helena	5	$19,220	Front of building	$19,220
Bifold barn / double-hinged doors	JTC	3	$5,400	Back of building	$5,400
Remove concrete from doors, restore doors (one rear barn door is filled)	JTC	2	$6,000	Back of building	$6,000
Window wells	JTC	2	$1,000	Front of building	$1,000
Remove concrete from covered windows	JTC	8	$1,600	Front (3) and back (5)	$1,600
Restore window encasements — frame and glass	JTC	8	$6,000	Front (3) and back (5)	$6,000
ADA / handicap entrance — ramp and landing (door stays off)	Quoted to Carter Aug 23	1	$5,000	Office entrance	$5,000
Gutters — over stonework only; not aluminum (steel suspected)		Over stonework only	$14,100	Over the stone, not the whole building	$14,100
Mural restoration — with John Horne's blessing	JTC	1	$2,500	Front building	$2,500
Disposal of materials removed			$1,200		$1,200
Air and water for cyclists			$750	Sidewalk gift to the district	$750
Working priced total				Graffiti wash still open; get the $5,000 ramp quote on paper	$84,680.59

Restated August 23 from Diane, handicap entrance $5,000 added as of August 23. Window labor is inside the window bid totals. Man-door replacement, panic bar, and handicapped door are off the board. Basement is not a use — basement glass is weather protection only. Graffiti (two instances) still unpriced. Gutters are not aluminum and run over the stonework only — not the entire building. City match, if awarded at half, is about $42,340 of this priced total.

Here's the program

What we're asking the City for

Helena has a Railroad District fund. If a project restores a historic building, the City can match up to half the cost of the outside work — the windows, the wells, the doors, the stone, the gutters, the ramp. Stephen puts private money into the shop inside. The City match is for the face the district sees.

Windows

Restore the glass. Reopen the eight openings that were poured shut with concrete.

Wells & barn doors

Fix the rusted window wells. Restore the rear barn doors — one is filled with concrete. Man-door replacement is off the ask.

Stone & gutters

Repoint the masonry where it has deteriorated. Gutters over the stonework only — not the entire building, not aluminum.

ADA ramp

Rebuild the ramp so the office entrance is actually usable.

The story, in order

How this building got here

~1879

Kleinschmidt and Brothers.

From Diane’s Kleinschmidt history file: groceries and hardware about 1879 to 1896, run by the Kleinschmidt family — notably Theodore H. Kleinschmidt. The warehouse was storage and distribution for that business. Period maps in her file: 1880 and 1884. Hardware and grocery first; then Helena’s grocery holding warehouse. Nash-Finch is a short later chapter, not the life of the building.

1935

The earthquake.

October 1935. The State Liquor Warehouse next door shatters. This stone warehouse keeps standing. The State still owns that liquor-store parcel.

1949

Capital Transfer & Storage.

From Diane’s Capital Transfer file (KTVH / Prism): started 1949 by John Horne’s grandfather and father; grandmother and mother also worked. Horne full-time 1971, his brother 1974, his son also worked. Three generations. Closed July 1 after 76 years at 1316 Bozeman. Eight people employed at the close — Horne’s company then, not Stephen’s shop now.

2026

The doors close.

July 1, 2026. John Horne retires. The stone stays.

Now

Joshua Tree Cabinetry.

Stephen Banker, a Helena cabinetmaker for 30+ years — the building's new lessee and future owner — keeping craft work in the district and opening the windows back up. Work underway in 2026, finished by end of 2027.

The pictures

The building, in real photos

The key views first — then every photograph we hold, all 87, plus Diane’s handwritten pages and the 1890 Sanborn maps.

The building — the site walk

65 photographs — the stone, the sealed openings, the doors, the details the budget above restores.

Diane’s handwritten application pages

15 photographed pages, in her own hand — the application before it was ever typed.

The library research — the 1890 Sanborn maps

6 frames from the research sessions — the fire-insurance maps of this very block, pulled from the archives.

More from the record

2 additional frames — including one extra site photo from Diane’s Historic Home folder that was not in the packet.

Stone wall, scissor lift, overhead doors

Three plain bars, from the numbers already on this page

Start here

1 · The application

2 · The history

3 · The money

4 · The worksite and the photographs

5 · Every document

6 · The checklist

7 · Earlier drafts — not for the City

Every work item — tap the status to move it

The can — tick these as they get done

Number 11 — overhead-door deposit, September 8

Who is Horne, and what is headcount?

One application. This one.

The story — separate from the form

The City's TIF application — filled, current

Three places the dollars can come from

1. The City match

2. Not downtown HURD

3. A jobs fund

+ Stephen's own commitment

The lanes, and the cost board — Diane's sheet, line by line

The cost board — Diane's sheet, line by line

Every document, organized

The City presentation

The building's story

The money map

Stephen's checklist

The window quotes

The whole plan