Donaldson Hall has a long history at Northern

By Kelsey Doncaster

One of the most recent projects of the Havre-Hill County Historic Preservation Commission was a collaboration with Montana State University-Northern to nominate Donaldson Hall to the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register is the official list of historic properties worthy of preservation. They hired me, Kelsey Doncaster of Doncaster Consulting in Choteau, Montana, to complete this nomination.

In completing a National Register nomination many hours are spent in the research process, finding primary documents. In this project, I found a treasure trove in...