Brynjulf Rivenes

Brynjulf Rivenes (1874–1929), generally known as B. Rivenes, was a Norwegian-American architect practicing in Miles City, a city in sparsely settled eastern Montana.

Rivenes was born in Norway in 1874, and was educated there. In 1904, he and his brother David immigrated to the United States, settling in Glendive, Montana. Brynjulf went to Helena, the state capitol, in 1905, where he worked as a draftsman for John H. Kent. He then returned to Glendive, where he and his brother established an architect's office.

After a brief practice in Glendive, Rivenes moved his office to Miles City in 1906, with David staying behind to operate the Glendive office as a branch. At the time, Miles City was undergoing a period of major economic growth, and Rivenes had the opportunity to design many of the new buildings that the expanding city required.

Rivenes practiced as an architect in Miles City until his unexpected death four days before Christmas of 1929. In face of a severely depressed economy, the Rivenes family had become poor, and returned to Norway after the burial. In order to raise money, what remained of the business was sold off.

Brynjulf Rivenes is buried in the Custer County Cemetery in Miles City.