Companies that touch this building, and companies that were hoped to. Status is occupancy or ownership of 1316, not whether the firm existed.
Montana SOS portal: https://biz.sosmt.gov/search/business — accessed 2026-08-26. Do not click Request Information (nothing sends). View Filings is disabled for guest. Certified copies: $10 / entity (https://sosmt.gov/business/fees/).
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Depot warehouse | KLEINSCHMIDT & CO. MDSE WARE HO., stone, 76' × 200', Block 25, Bozeman St., NP side track | Sanborn Helena Nov 1884, Sheet 9 — 03_SANBORN.md |
| Downtown store (same family, not this address) | Kleinschmidt Bros & Co., gen’l mdse and commission, west side Main St between Edwards and Price | George B. Staring, Helena directory, 1884, Internet Archive GR_3950 (OCR) |
| Other downtown house | A. Kleinschmidt & Co., wholesale/retail grocers and liquor, cor Main and Grand | same 1884 directory |
| Theodore H. Kleinschmidt | Mayor of Helena (1884 directory line) and ass’t cashier 1st National Bank | same |
| Family firm window | groceries/hardware c. 1879–1896 (Diane / MHS extract) | secondary; the 1884 Sanborn is the primary for this warehouse |
Decision change this pass: earlier packets said Kleinschmidt was “not this building.” That is withdrawn for 1884 occupancy. They are the first named occupant of the stone warehouse on Block 25. Title (whether they owned the lots) is still unproven — Sanborn is use, not deed (01_DEEDS.md).
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1885, Devils Lake, ND — Fred, Edgar, Willis Nash | UND Elwyn B. Robinson, Nash Finch Company Records (Diane held extract) |
| HQ move | Grand Forks → Minneapolis, 13 Nov 1919 | same |
| Incorporation | Delaware, 1921 — Nash Finch Co. + Canadian Nash-Simington | same |
| Later | Merged Spartan Stores 2013 → SpartanNash | corporate history; use UND + SEC for anything legal |
| Archive | UND, acquired 1992-01-10 | same. Ask Series 6 / 8 / 14: “Helena, Montana warehouse / Christie.” |
| Helena | Wholesale grocery office + stone warehouse damaged Oct 1935; $900 repair; “nearly restored” 12 Nov 1935 | Helena Independent — 10_EARTHQUAKE.md |
| Address lock | 1316 Bozeman | Helena As She Was 2020-08-29 (held) |
| Ground operator | Christie Transfer & Storage | same caption + Knudsen/MTHS photo |
SOS foreign-corporation file for Nash Finch in Montana: not retrieved this pass (portal opened; name search not completed for NASH FINCH). They may have been tenants. EagleWeb grantor exact NASH FINCH = 0 (01_DEEDS.md).
Do not confuse with the 1915 Fred Willson Nash-Finch warehouse in Bozeman, Montana (612 E Main). Different city.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| On the Nash-Finch warehouse | Managed 1316; Christie pickup in the 1935 liquor-wreck photo | Helena As She Was 2020-08-29; MTHS PAc 2015-23.19 |
| Own warehouse | “badly shattered, and practically demolished” 19 Oct 1935 | Independent |
| Liquor house west of NP depot | Roof in, walls out, whisky car 20 Oct 1935 | Independent — neighbor, not 1316 |
| Butte company at Logan & 13th | Old Whitmer, 1 Nov 1935 | Independent — not 1316 |
SOS file: not found this pass (grantor search on EagleWeb = 0; biz.sosmt.gov name search for CHRISTIE TRANSFER not completed). Likely a Butte domestic or foreign corp. Search path: biz.sosmt.gov → CHRISTIE TRANSFER.
Live SOS (2026-08-26):
| Entity | File | Status | Facts |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPITAL TRANSFER & STORAGE LLC | C176736 | Active-Good Standing | Domestic LLC, filed 14 Nov 2007, member-managed, formed in Montana. Mailing + registered agent: JOHN L HORNE, 1316 BOZEMAN AVE, HELENA MT 59601. RA# RA00119218. Annual report due 04/15/2027. |
| CAPITAL TRANSFER & STORAGE | A067141 | Inactive-Cancelled | Assumed Business Name, registration 21 May 1998, NO AGENT. Pre-LLC DBA. |
| Marks (active) | T019897 · T1533239 | Active | CAPITAL TRANSFER & STORAGE & DESIGN; LOAD & HOLD |
| Marks (inactive) | T1156294 · T030841 | Inactive | older LOAD & HOLD |
1949–1998: operating company (Horne grandfather + father) — not found as an older Montana corporation under “CAPITAL TRANSFER.” Likely partnership / sole prop with no SOS corp. KTVH + company: founded 1949; John full-time 1971; brother 1974; closed 1 July 2026. https://www.ktvh.com/news/capital-transfer-and-storage-closes-after-76-years
Title: Dorothy M. Horne / Capital Transfer on the mortgages by 26 May 1995; John takes deed from Dorothy’s estate 31 Dec 2007 (01_DEEDS.md).
76 years is the company’s age (1949–2026). A 1949–50 Polk line would lock the first year at this address. Until then: “family firm from 1949; this warehouse is the house they were known from; they closed in it on 1 July 2026.”
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Filed | Montana domestic corporation 3 Sept 1888 | Bizapedia citing SOS: https://www.bizapedia.com/mt/union-mercantile-company.html |
| File | D000745 | same |
| Status | Inactive Expired | same |
| Principal office | Helena, MT 59601 — no street | same |
Decision: keep off the building story. 1884 Sanborn names Kleinschmidt, not Union Mercantile. Diane’s “Sept 1880 service” note is generic — do not use.