When we first came across the Red Lodge Canning Co., we saw a dilapidated, old building sadly lost to its aging, structural problems, lack of use and plagued environmental issues.

However, it was hard not to see the importance, nor the potential, in what this adrift building could become. Despite the long list of issues, we believed that it had the potential to return to a beautiful expression of great American architecture and an iconic monument to Montana’s history.