Hennessy's

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D.J. Hennessy Company

Company type	Department store
Industry	Retail
Founded	1898; 126 years ago (1898) Butte, Montana
Defunct	1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Fate	Acquired by Dillard's
Headquarters	Billings, Montana
Products	Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.

Hennessy's was an American

in 1998, the 100-year-old name was retired in favor for Dillard's.

History

Hennessy's history began when "

to sell goods to miners in Butte and lumbermen in Missoula. He found fellow businessman, Daniel Hennessy. Hennessy owned and operated a successful store in Butte. With financial backing from Daly, Hennessy hired Frederick Kees, an architect from Minneapolis, to design one of Butte's most elegant buildings.

Hennessy's department store opened for business in 1898. Inside, shoppers encountered marble staircases, oak counters, and solid bronze balustrades. Customers found every type of merchandise in 17 different departments from the basement level, up through the first three floors. At its opening, the Butte Hennessy's store employed 200 people. The upper floors of the original Hennessy Building in Butte became the headquarters for the

Anaconda Company

.

Hennessy's stores expanded from Butte into locations in Missoula,

and the Hennessy's brand was dropped in favor of Dillard's. At this time Hennessy's operated three stores in Helena, Billings, and Missoula.

The Hennessy building in Butte later was owned by the Montana Power Company, which dissolved and became Touch America, a telecommunications entity. When Touch America went out of business, the building was purchased in 2003 by Lawrence C. and Cynthia K. Farrar of Butte, Montana. It now is office space for multiple businesses and where Paramount placed offices during the filming of 1923, the sequel to the popular series, Yellowstone.

References

• "Capital Hill Shopping Center Will Open Its Doors Thursday." The Independent Record (Helena) vol. XXII No. 83 February 28, 1964 26 - 46. 8 Aug 2007
• "Hennessy's native Montana store." The Billings Gazette vol 90 No. 131 10 Sep 1975 5.