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Heritage Living Center
Take a Tour of the Construction Phase
The Heritage Living Center provides a safe and independent facility for Cheyenne elders, close to their family and friends. It also offers jobs to tribal members.
The photographs below show the architect's model and building construction phase. See also our Dedication Day photos and photos of the finished Center. You can also view the rooms of the Center.
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Architect's Model of the Heritage Living Center, Ashland, Montana This is Michael Burke's [architect] model of the Heritage Living Center. Elders of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe will live here in safety, well fed and cared for according to each one's needs. Your gifts and generous support are helping to make this miracle happen. |
The Heritage Living Center building on Tongue River Road, Ashland, Montana The Center covers 48,000 square feet and is located on five acres of land overlooking the Tongue River Valley. | ||
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Father Emmett inspects the road construction up the hill to the Center. The facility is approximately 3,000 feet above sea level. |
The Paintbrush Wing nears completion. (Insert: Oak cabinets have been installed in the apartments.) The two-story Paintbrush and Bitterroot Wings provide 40 apartments for elders. | ||
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Clarence "Bisco" Spotted Wolf with the building contractor representative and the architect. Clarence "Bisco" Spotted Wolf has become a "guiding light," as he faithfully watched over the construction of the Heritage Living Center. Bisco, on the left, meets with Andy Wick and Michael Burke. |
Dolly One Bear (left) and Lena Gray in one of the apartments. In September 2001 Cheyenne elders like Lena were upset when we had to eliminate 50 windows from the Heritage Living Center contract. Thanks for helping us restore many items cut from the original contract. | ||
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The Standby Generator is hoisted to its Pad. The standby generator provides the necessary electricity for emergencies, which are common in the sub-freezing Montana winters. |
The 18,000-gallon propane tank is hoisted into place. The gas tank reduces our heating costs by 71%, and just as important, there will be sufficient propane to keep the elders warm when heavy snow and icy roads delay shipments of fuel from the refinery. | ||
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Moving day! The Ashland community volunteered to help move furniture into the Heritage Living Center. Even the very young wanted to help. The picnic-like atmosphere made it a community celebration, which ended with a lunch of bologna sandwiches, chips and soda. |
A beautiful vista The Heritage Living Center is located on a pine-studded bluff above the Tongue River Valley in Ashland, Montana.
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