Grand Union Hotel

The Grand Union Hotel in Ft. Benton, MT, was one of the first Historic Tax Credit projects funded through the NDC Corporate Equity Fund.  Built in 1882, seven years before Montana became a state, the Grand Union was constructed on the banks of the upper Missouri River when the West was wild and rivers connected the country.  The Grand Union closed its doors in the mid-1980s after a century of service.  Working with the Bear Paw Development Corporation, a non-profit organization created to improve the economic conditions in the region, NDC helped secure financing and tax credit equity to fund hotel renovations.  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Grand Union, Montana's oldest operating hotel, re-opened in 1997.  Today it provides elegant accommodations for guests following the historic trail of Lewis and Clark.