A look inside the recently renovated Montana Club in downtown Helena
Underground poker tables, ornate tea and unearthed art galore — the Montana Club, once open only to the most wealthy, has reopened four venues to the public in a $2.5 million revival.
Once upon a time, the Montana Club was the Queen City's playground for the rich and powerful. First built in 1885, it was the longest-running “gentlemen’s club” of its kind west of Minneapolis.
A stained glass window inside the Montana Club with the Cathedral of Saint Helena in the background on July 17.
A chair with a hand-embroidered Montana Club logo sits inside the Oval Room on July 17.
Seating is seen inside the Montana Club in Helena on July 17.
A view inside the Montana Club on July 17.
A chandelier hangs from the ceiling inside the Montana Club on July 17.
A yellow napkin sits on a table inside the Garden Room at the Montana Club on July 17.
Montana Club General Manager Samantha DeWit talks about the stained glass inside of 1885 on July 17.
A photo of Julian Anderson hangs on a wall inside The Rathskeller on July 17 inside the Montana Club.
A Rathskeller sign is seen above a stage on July 17.
The Montana Club logo is seen on the side of a lectern inside the Montana Club on July 17.
Tory Vogler, events coordinator at the Montana Club, is seen in the reflection of a mirror in the Garden Room on July 17.
An original copy of a C.M. Russell painting hangs on a wall inside the Montana Club on July 17.
Events coordinator Tory Vogler, left, and Samantha DeWit, Montana Club general manager, look at costume sets inside the Garden Room on July 17 in Helena.
A child's costume set is seen in a box inside the Garden Room in the Montana Club on July 17.
A table is set inside the Garden Room at the Montana Club on July 17.
A dining room sits inside the Montana Club and is seen from a balcony in the Garden Room on July 17.
Various prints of graphics hang on a wall inside the Montana Club on July 17.
The Oval Room is seen on July 17 in the Montana Club.
A Montana Club logo etched into glass casts a logo on a wall inside the Montana Club on July 17.
The Montana Club's 1885 is seen on July 17.
A kitchen is seen inside the Montana Club on July 17.
The Teddy Twain Poker Room is seen on July 17 inside the Montana Club.
The Montana Club, 24 West 6th Ave.
The Montana Club, 24 West 6th Ave.
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One year into its grand reopening, the Original Montana Club is now host to four venues, public visiting hours and private membership for Helena's who's-who.
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