Two-story brick commercial blocks from 1883 to about 1915, and a 2026 film shot on the street.
What Main Street looks like
Most of the downtown business and hotel blocks are two stories, built up to the property line. They date from 1883 to about 1915. A few one-story buildings and an occasional three- or four-story block break the rhythm of the street, and parking lots interrupt the line in places.
Brick is the most common material, and some fronts have been painted or stuccoed over. The facades are generally symmetrical, with brick or metal cornices and belt courses. Upper floors have regularly spaced tall windows with flat or arched lintels, and the detailing is mostly brick pilasters and blind arches. Two metal pediments remain downtown.
Ground floors have often been remodeled, but some keep their original display windows and glass spandrels. Painted wall signs appear on brick walls downtown, one of them a Coca-Cola sign.
The roadway is asphalt with yellow-painted curbs, and shopfronts run under fabric awnings. Few street trees line the commercial blocks. Snow-capped mountains show above the roofs at the end of some streets.
The , built from 1901 to 1902, sits at the end of Second Street. It is a three-story office and waiting room with terra cotta ornament. The on North 2nd Street dates from 1912 and is one of three classical revival public buildings in the district.
Shot in Main Street
The film was shooting under the working title Pawn Shop. It began filming on Main Street downtown in late September 2026. A section of downtown was closed to traffic for the shoot, and barricades marked the closure on the first day.
Pawn Shop (working title), 2026
Played a fictional Minneapolis pawn shop, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The set featured a fictional Minneapolis pawn shop and a Korean grocery store. It was to vanish from the street when filming wrapped.
What Main Street can double for
Downtown Miles City in Miles City, Montana
Miles City's Main Street Historic District runs from Riverside Park to Prairie Avenue, and most of its 93 buildings are two-story masonry. The Commercial Block at 509 to 515 Main, built in the 1880s, has High Victorian Gothic and Queen Anne detailing and corbelled brick. Its scale and period match these storefronts. Its Victorian blocks have lost their original parapets and towers, so the comparison holds at street level rather than in wide roofline shots. Try searching brick commercial storefronts now.
Downtown Deadwood in Deadwood, South Dakota
Deadwood's Historic District, listed on the National Register in 1966, is built up with late nineteenth-century commercial storefronts. Its downtown is a comparable run of fronts from the same decades. The fronts are classed as Late Victorian and Classical Revival, which is more formal than Livingston's plain upper floors, so tight street-level frames keep the match. Try searching late Victorian storefronts now.
