Link & Haire was a prolific architectural firm in Montana, formally established on January 1, 1906. It designed a number of buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
John Gustave Link was born in Bavaria on May 13, 1870, emigrating to the United States in 1887. He practiced architecture in Denver and St. Louis before relocating to Butte in 1896. He soon formed the partnership of Link & Donovan with William E. Donovan, which was dissolved in 1900. He then formed Link & Carter, with Joseph T. Carter. In 1902 Link went to Billings, a city 228 miles east of Butte, where he established the firm's second office, leaving the Butte office under Carter's supervision. After Carter departed in 1905, Link had to find a new architect to manage the Butte office. He found his man in the form of the older Charles S. Haire, a prominent Helena architect. The two men formally established their partnership on January 1, 1906, with Link in Billings and Haire in Butte.
Upon Haire's death in 1925, his place was taken by his son, Thomas. Link departed soon after, relocating to Spokane, Washington, where he established Link & Rasque with George M. Rasque. He returned to Billings in 1926, and his firm became J. G. Link, Inc. In 1935 Link's son John G. Link, Jr. was admitted to the firm. He retired in 1936, handing the firm over fully to his sons, John and Elmer F. Link. John G. Link, Sr. died in Billings in January 1954.
Charles Sidney Haire was born in Hamilton County, Ohio on June 4, 1857. He attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati, graduating in 1876. It was in Ohio that he studied architecture, from 1879 to 1886. He then worked as a draftsman for the Union Pacific Railroad at Pocatello, Idaho and the Great Northern Railway in Butte, ultimately relocating to Helena in 1893, where he established his own office. Haire practiced alone until he formed a partnership with J. G. Link in January 1906.
Haire was elected to the American Institute of Architects in 1921, and died February 3, 1925 in Olympia, Washington, while en route to Montana from California. At the time of his death, his last completed work, the Montana Life Insurance Building at Helena, was regarded as his greatest.
1896 - Montana State Soldiers' Home, Veterans Dr, Columbia Falls, Montana
1899 - St. Mary of the Assumption R. C. Church, Laurin Lp Rd, Laurin, Montana
1901 - Detention Hospital, Lewis and Clark County Hospital, 3404 Cooney Dr, Helena, Montana
1901 - First Unitarian Church, 325 N Park Ave, Helena, MontanaNow the Grandstreet Theatre
1901 - Parmly Billings Memorial Library, 2822 Montana Ave, Billings, Montana
1902 - Dillon City Library, 121 S Idaho St, Dillon, Montana
1902 - Silver Bow County Poor Farm Hospital, 3040 Continental Dr, Butte, Montana
1902 - Ursuline Convent of the Sacred Heart, 1411 Leighton Blvd, Miles City, Montana
1903 - Carnegie Library, 35 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman, Montana
1898 - Largey Flats, 405 W Broadway St, Butte, Montana
1899 - Mountain View M. E. Church, 301 N Montana St, Butte, Montana
1900 - Butte Miner Building, 69-71 W Broadway St, Butte, MontanaDemolished
1901 - Masonic Temple, 314 W Park St, Butte, Montana
1901 - Thornton Hotel, 65 E Broadway St, Butte, Montana
1902 - Billings City Hall, 2812 1st Ave N, Billings, MontanaDemolished
1902 - Kohrs Memorial Library, 501 Missouri Ave, Deer Lodge, Montana
1902 - Austin North House, 622 N 29th St, Billings, Montana
1903 - Montana Building, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, MissouriDemolished in 1904
1904 - Ignatius D. O'Donnell House, 105 Clark Ave, Billings, Montana
1905 - Stapleton Block, 104 N Broadway, Billings, Montana
1906 - St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Billings, Montana (J.G. Link Project)
1907 - Main Hall (West Wing), Montana State Normal School, Dillon, Montana
1908 - Adams Hotel, 1 Main St, Lavina, Montana
1908 - Bank of Commerce Building, 158 N 9th Ave, Forsyth, Montana
1908 - Post Office Building, 14 N 7th St, Miles City, Montana
1908 - Terry Grade School, Towne Ave, Terry, Montana
1909 - Elks Building, 112 N Pattee St, Missoula, Montana
1909 - Burr Fisher House, 712 S Willson Ave, Bozeman, Montana
1909 - Masonic Temple, North 28th Street and Third Avenue, Billings, Montana.
1909 - Masonic Temple, 120—136 E Broadway Ave, Missoula, Montana
1910 - First National Bank Building, 519 Main St, Miles City, Montana
1910 - Holy Rosary Hospital, 310 N. Jordan Ave, Miles City, Montana
1910 - John M. Keith House, 1110 Gerald Ave, Missoula, Montana
1910 - Masonic Temple, 2806 3rd Ave N, Billings, Montana
1912 - Cell Block No. 1, Montana State Prison, 925 Main St, Deer Lodge, Montana
1912 - Granite County Courthouse, 220 N Sansome St, Philipsburg, Montana
1913 - Carnegie Library, 314 McLeod St, Big Timber, Montana
1913 - Rosebud County Courthouse, 1250 Main St, Forsyth, Montana
1914 - Montana Power Building, 113-115 Broadway, Billings, Montana
1916 - Fallon County Jail, 723 S Main St, Baker, Montana
1916 - John C. Huntoon House, 722 W Water St, Lewistown, Montana
1916 - Rundle Building, 208 5th St S, Glasgow, Montana
1916 - St. Leo's R. C. Church, 124 W Broadway, Lewistown, Montana
1919 - Algeria Shrine Temple, 340 Neill Ave, Helena, Montana
1921 - Mausoleum at the Mountview cemetery, Billings, Montana.
1923 - Montana Life Insurance Building, 404 Fuller Ave, Helena, Montana
1923 - Sundance School, 108 N 4th St, Sundance, Wyoming
1924 - Renovations to Lake Hotel, Yellowstone National Park. (Grand Lady of the Lake: The Remarkable Legacy of Yellowstone's Lake Hotel By Michelle Tappen)
1926 - Benton County Courthouse, 620 Market St, Prosser, Washington
1927 - Richland County Courthouse, 201 W Main St, Sidney, Montana
1931 - Jackson County Courthouse, 10 S Oakdale Ave, Medford, Oregon
1932 - Administration Building, Montana State Prison, 925 Main St, Deer Lodge, Montana
1935 - Industrial Building, Montana State Prison, 925 Main St, Deer Lodge, Montana
1935 - Nurses' Home, St. Luke's Hospital, 1000 Fountain Ter Dr, Lewistown, Montana
1936 - Washakie County Courthouse, 1000 Big Horn Ave, Worland, Wyoming
1936 - Big Horn County Courthouse, 121 3rd St W, Hardin, Montana
1937 - Main Building, Lewis and Clark County Hospital, 3404 Cooney Dr, Helena, Montana
1939 - Musselshell County Courthouse, 506 Main St, Roundup, Montana
1946 - Billings Gas Building, 2603 2nd Ave N, Billings, MontanaDemolished
1948 - St. Jude Thaddeus R. C. School, 430 7th Ave, Havre, Montana
1949 - Butte Civic Center, 1340 Harrison Ave, Butte, Montana
1949 - Custer County Courthouse, 1010 Main St, Miles City, Montana
1949 - McCone County Courthouse, 1004 C Ave, Circle, Montana
1950 - Granite County Hospital, 310 S Sansome St, Philipsburg, Montana
1951 - Education Building, Eastern Montana College, Billings, MontanaDemolished in the 1980s
1954 - A. J. M. Johnson Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
1954 - North and South Dormitories, Montana Training School, Boulder, Montana
1961 - Dawson County Courthouse, 207 W Bell St, Glendive, Montana
1962 - U. S. Federal Building (Old), 316 N 26th St, Billings, Montana
