2 25 2273 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 1047 South Wyoming, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1047 South Wyoming Type The nature or genre of the resource fraternal lodges building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Deed records indicate that a Knights of Labor Hall stood here by 1887. Open to both skilled and unskilled workers, the Knights helped found the 1886 Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly. The influential organization advocated for an eight-hour day; it also organized against Chinese immigration and businesses that employed Chinese workers. A one-story brick building replaced the earlier structure sometime between 1888 and 1890. By 1897, that brick building had become home to carpenter George Selfridge and his wife Elvira. The Selfridges shared their home with their children, including son Bert (a machinist) and daughter Gertie (a seamstress). Both children contributed to the family economy by paying room and board. Sometime before 1916 owners added a small rear addition and a second story with a large front porch tucked underneath. By 1920, Irish-born Dan Holland had purchased the enlarged residence. A time keeper for various mines before becoming chief deputy county clerk and recorder, Holland lived here with his wife, Bridget, their four children, and two widowed roomers, both of whom worked as clerks at the nearby Depot News Stand. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Carbon county District Red Lodge Commercial Historic District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 105 North Broadway, Red Lodge, Montana Latitude and Longitude Latitude and longitude are geographic coordinates which specifies a site's position on the Earth's surface. Record coordinates in decimal degrees (not degrees, minutes, and seconds). 45.188161, -109.247254 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 105 North Broadway Type The nature or genre of the resource commercial buildings building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Local physician Dr. Samuel Souders owned this commercial lot in 1909, when Dan Davis, an advocate for the construction of a fancy opera house, proposed it for the construction of his vision. The newspapers reported weekly for several months on Davis’ progress toward securing financial backing, but it was not until 1920 that the fabulous Theatorium was finally constructed elsewhere at 11th and Platt Street. Jeweler A. H. Davis purchased the lot from Souders as an investment in 1910, constructing the present building four years later. The one-story masonry building, which originally housed a dry goods store, features brick piers with recessed panels and a glass block and tile transom spanning the front façade. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 105 West Center Street, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 105 West Center Street Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource William and Ellen Burt owned this L-shaped residence free and clear in 1920, but not the ground upon which it sat. As with many Centerville homes, the Anaconda Company kept ownership of the land, retaining the right to extract or explore for ore “in, on, or beneath the surface of the Property.” Understandably, Centerville homeowners tended to build functional, no-frill houses; leases like this one provided a disincentive to invest heavily in a home. The threat of eviction was real as residents of nearby Meaderville learned when the Berkeley Pit swallowed their neighborhood in the 1960s. Yet, despite the implied impermanence, Centerville was a congenial place for families like the Burts, who wanted affordable, single-family dwellings, compatible neighbors, and easy access to work in the mines. William and Ellen Burt, who emigrated from England in 1908, would have felt particularly welcomed by Centerville’s large Cornish population. And the streetcars that passed their house every twenty minutes provided William with reliable transportation when he was not working at one of the mines in walking distance. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Dawson county District Merrill Avenue Historic District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 107 West Bell Street, Glendive, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 107 West Bell Street Type The nature or genre of the resource commercial buildings building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Contractor John Holm constructed this small two-story building for the Dion family in 1929 after he had remodeled the Dion Block on one side and built the J.C. Penney Building on the other. This final addition to the five-building Dion Block shares walls with both its neighbors. The simple design is an excellent expression of the more subdued commercial styles of this later period and complements the architecture of its neighbors. Holm, who came to Glendive in 1906 from Norway, contributed substantially over several decades to the local residential and commercial streetscapes. Harold Wester’s electrical contracting business and appliance outlet was one of the first main-floor tenants, followed by Prefer Millinery in the 1930s. Dr. A. A. Baker, a former Glendive mayor and state senator, practiced general dentistry upstairs. Over the years, the Dions modernized their five buildings. Improvements have included new electrical, heating, and air conditioning systems. An addition with a basement enlarged this building in 1970. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 107 West Center Street, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 107 West Center Street Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource A gable-topped polygonal bay and small porch add charm to this brick hip-roofed cottage. Built in 1912, it was home to English (undoubtedly Cornish) miner Edward Dower and his wife Clara in the 1910s. The Gilmore family occupied the house by 1923, and members of the family continued to live here until 1992. A miner and then a janitor at the Hennessy building, Martin Gilmore emigrated from Ireland in 1891. He and his wife, Mary, also from Ireland, raised seven children in this house. A religious and close-knit family (five of the Gilmores’ adult children shared their home in 1940), the Gilmores were also clearly passionate about education. Most of the Gilmore children attended college; some received advanced degrees. In 1940, daughters Gertrude, Florence, and Marjorie were teachers, and daughter Dorothy worked as a laboratory technician. Their sons were also successful: Martin Jr. became a doctor; Emmett served as an officer in the Marine Corps, and Edward, ordained a Catholic priest in 1931, was elevated to monsignor in 1958. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Fergus county District Judith Place Historic District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 108 Hawthorne Avenue, Lewistown, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 108 Hawthorne Avenue Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource The Empire Land Company constructed many of Judith Place’s most fashionable residences, including this one-and-one-half-story Craftsman style home circa 1914. Reflecting the Progressive Era’s emphasis on efficiency, the company adopted the relatively new “systems approach” to building, which used standard-sized studs and joists to expedite construction. Advertising themselves as “Lewistown’s Home Builders,” the Empire Land Company promised to “furnish plans, use first class materials and guarantee workmanship.” Despite its commitment to standardization, the company varied details to give each home an individual flare. In the case of this house, a full-length porch tucked under the upper attic story, exposed rafter tails, a W-truss tracery, and decorative barge boards distinguish the exterior. Attorney W. R. Kirk briefly owned the home before selling it in 1916 to Charles and Daisy McClave. The McClaves lived here with their two children, a maid, and Daisy’s mother through the early 1920s. The now defunct town of McClave was named for Charles, who served as president and manager of Montana Flour Mills. His company’s slogan, “It’s the wheat,” reflected his connection to area farms.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Cascade county Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 10th Street, Great Falls, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 10th Street Bridge Type The nature or genre of the resource bridges (built works) building Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource When this critical link between Great Falls and Black Eagle opened in December of 1920, the Great Falls Tribune described the Tenth Street Bridge as “a carved monument above the water.” Reflecting the pride and optimism of the community and the vision of Paris Gibson, the founder of Great Falls, the imposing structure of eight sweeping arches spans 1,130 feet across the Missouri River. It is Montana’s longest and oldest reinforced concrete, open-spandrel, ribbed-arch bridge. Cascade County could not consider citizens’ pleas for a new bridge until state legislation in 1917 authorized use of county funds with city limits. Voters approved more than $224,000 for construction of the bridge in 1918. When bids exceeded available funds, county commissioners held a design competition. Spokane structural engineer Ralph Adams and Great Falls architect George Stanley collaborated on the winning plans. State Highway Commission engineer Evarts Blakeslee supervised construction. Crews built a railroad trestle across the river and used handcars to transport the mixed concrete to wooden forms for the cast-in-place arches. When completed in 1920 it represented “the most advanced ideas of modern bridge building” according to the Montana Highway Commission. Construction of the access to the south end of the bridge proved a major financial problem for the city, while the county completed the north approach as part of a federally aided project. Historically and aesthetically important, the Tenth Street Bridge combines skillful engineering with graceful elegance to complement Great Falls’ most significant natural resource: the Missouri River. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 111 West Copper Street, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 111 West Copper Street Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Built in the shadow of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company’s sprawling Original and Gagnon mines, boarding houses and apartments once crowded along this block. The Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal Church occupied the second story of a rooming house on the corner of Copper and Alaska, reflecting the neighborhood’s ethnic mix. This shotgun style duplex, constructed in 1916, represents the last phase of Butte’s growth when housing was at a premium and copper miners had received a twenty-five cent per day pay raise. Buff-colored terra-cotta brick veneer with a striking, diamond-patterned, crenellated parapet and a two-story walk-up porch with simple wood railings make a visually stunning statement. A row of ornamental red brick above the doors and windows and quoin-like corners accent the buff-colored façade. By the 1920s, copper miner Albert L. Bush was the owner and ground floor occupant while Fannie Dreyfuss, widow of copper miner Julius, was his long-term upstairs tenant. An innovative roll-away bed stored beneath the adjacent bathroom floor slides out from a built-in buffet, maximizing the small second-floor living space. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Missoula county District Lower Rattlesnake Historic District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 1112 Vine Street, Missoula, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1112 Vine Street Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource The Shingle style was just past its prime when an unknown architect designed this stellar example in 1901. The style, a uniquely American adaptation of several architectural traditions, achieved its distinctive look by emphasizing an asymmetrical shape sheathed in a smooth cover. A gabled roof with sweeping slopes, shingles covering the wall surfaces, and a one-story gabled porch distinguish this striking style. The eaves are set close to the wall and the windows are unadorned so that, in theory, visual disruption of the continuous shingles could be kept to a minimum. Missoula valley farmer E. M. Ratcliffe and his wife, Mary, were likely the builders and first owners. Ratcliffe died in 1903 and Mrs. Ratcliffe moved to town. She occupied one half of the dwelling, renting the other to tenants until her death in 1912. Among Mrs. Ratcliffe’s tenants were granddaughter Ernestine Geiger and the Fred Reid family. The home was originally constructed as a duplex; a third apartment was added after 1945. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 1115 Lewisohn, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1115 Lewisohn Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource New York capitalist Leonard Lewisohn—a principal in both the Boston and Montana and the Butte and Boston mining companies—invested heavily in Butte even though he never lived here. Among his other business ventures, he and business partner Simon Jacobs platted the Waukesha Addition in 1891. The street named for his family was alternately spelled Lewisohn and the more easily remembered Lewishon—sometimes on the same map. Many of the neighborhood’s homes were built between 1900 and 1915, including this one-story bungalow, which Dan and Mary Crowley constructed in 1915 for approximately $1,000. The flared roof, inset porch, horizontal lines, and front dormer are typical of bungalows, a housing style of unmatched popularity in 1915. The Crowleys lived here only a year. Frank and Lillian Stanaway owned the home from 1926 to 1936. Frank worked as a bookkeeper for the Montana Hardware Department of the Anaconda Company. He and Lillian moved to Billings in 1936, where he became branch manager of the Crawley Motor Supply Company. Agnes Callahan, who worked at the courthouse, lived here from 1936 to 1982. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 1116 South Nevada Avenue, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1116 South Nevada Avenue Type The nature or genre of the resource apartments duplex apartments building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Platted by 1881, Nevada Street was part of the rare Butte neighborhood more oriented toward the railroad (which paralleled Front Street) than toward the mines. The bustling community was home to railroad and warehouse workers, as well as streetcar conductors like Peter Taylor and Albert Dockstader, who lived here with their families in 1910. The flat roof (rarely seen on single-family homes) and off-center entrance are clues that this small brick residence was then a two-family flat. Unified by a full-width front porch, the shotgun duplexes matched the building next door until at least 1957. Grace and Joseph McCauley purchased the duplex, installing indoor plumbing in 1913. The long-time manager of the Stevens and Manley grocery and meat market, Joseph worked only three blocks away. Twenty years his junior, Grace worked as a waitress in 1930. That year, they lived in 1116. They rented the neighboring unit (1118) for $30 to zinc miner Harry Jacobs, his wife Chester, and their lodger, unemployed hotel clerk Edison Carey.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 1117 North Emmett, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1117 North Emmett Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource “Let us help you breathe the air of freedom by selling you a home on the monthly payment plan.” So advertised the Butte Land and Investment Company, which sold William and Louvia Rowe this lot in 1919. Home ownership offered the Rowes a piece of the American dream, even as they struggled financially—William worked variously as a miner, meat cutter’s helper, and even a peddler during the Great Depression. In 1937, Jim and Stella Hollow purchased the three-room home, with an outhouse out back, for $750, payable in $50 monthly installments. Working nights at the Original mine, Jim spent his days building a second home around the original residence. The family lived here during the construction, moving out only when it came time to demolish the original structure. No sheetrock was available because of the war, so the Hollows finished the interior in 1941 by installing the paperboard walls that remain today. Stella, known locally as Grandma Stella, volunteered for decades at Kennedy School. The couple lived here until their deaths, his in 1952 and hers in 2000. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 1117 West Broadway, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1117 West Broadway Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Norwegian-born carpenter Albert Broadland arrived in Butte in 1912. The prolific builder constructed nearly half the homes in the Rowe Addition on the Flats, the elegant Finlan Hotel, and many Craftsman style bungalows in Uptown. Built circa 1916, this one-story Broadland bungalow features wide overhanging eaves, an exterior brick chimney, substantial porch piers, and a shed-roof dormer. The low-pitched roof covers even the full-length front porch, projecting the feeling of sheltering comfort for which bungalows were known. In 1917, the recently widowed Ellen Downey purchased the residence, where she lived with four grown children: twenty-seven-year-old Tim, an attorney; twenty-five-year-old Madge, a music teacher; and twenty-two-year-old Helena and nineteen-year-old John, both bookkeepers. In 1928, she sold the house to attorney John Emigh and his wife, Vivian, who wanted a comfortable home to raise their two daughters. It was one of the most expensive residences on the block, with an assessed value of $6,500 (approximately $87,600 in 2011 dollars). The Emighs lived here into the 1940s. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 1129 Lewisohn, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1129 Lewisohn Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Craftsman style bungalows were phenomenally popular in the 1910s, nationally and in Butte. A low-pitched gable roof, open porch, exposed rafter tails, and decorative knee braces identify this well-preserved example of the style. Constructed between 1900 and 1915, the home boasts its original windows, which feature a diamond pane motif. Built-in bookcases serve as room dividers; oak floors, a beamed ceiling, and a prominent fireplace ornament the living room. Architects lauded bungalow designs for their symbolism and efficiency. Low-pitched roofs gave “an impression of comfort and security.” The central hearth provided a symbolic focus for the family, and the interior use of wood (such as the ceiling beams in this house) brought nature into the home. According to architects, the open floor plans reflected a healthy informality and provided an efficient use of space. Homeowners like Herman and Barbara Smith, who lived here from 1915 through 1949, also embraced the bungalow style. Usually costing between $1,500 and $3,000 to build, bungalows put fashionable homes within financial reach of skilled craftsmen like Smith, who worked variously as an ironworker, ropeman, contractor, depot supervisor, and salesman. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 1135 West Mercury, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1135 West Mercury Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Irish immigrant Charles Jenks was the first resident of this elaborate Craftsman style bungalow. Jenks, his wife Lena, and their small daughter moved into the new residence in 1916. As a cashier at the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Jenks was a skilled accountant, but his ambitions stretched beyond the company and he moved to California in 1918. Subsequent owners included Stewart A. Leggat, owner of an automobile garage, and the Richard E. Sawyer family. Sawyer came to Butte from Great Falls in the mid-1920s to become the general manager for the Ardsley Butte Mines Corp. By 1930, the Sawyers and their nine-member extended family filled the modest home. In 1938, Sylvanus and Marie White and their two daughters moved in. Mrs. White, an officer of the Butte Garden Club, landscaped the yard with many perennials that survive today. The home displays all the characteristics of the bungalow style: a gable roof, exposed rafters, bracketed eaves, rusticated chimneys, and varied surface textures. The decorative brick of the stairway repeats in the retaining wall shared with its contemporary neighbors. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 119 West Daly, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 119 West Daly Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Joseph Walker, president of the Alice Gold and Silver Mine, platted the streets near his mine to provide convenient housing for mine workers. However, when he sold the lots, he kept the mineral rights. By separating mineral rights from property rights, the mining company retained permission to tunnel beneath area homes, a fact that deterred home owners from investing heavily in their houses. By 1891, a shotgun house stood here, part of a crowded residential block. Saloonkeeper John French purchased the property in 1892, which soon accommodated a one-story hipped-roof cottage. A second small home and an outbuilding with an attached chicken coop stood behind the main house. By 1910, French had left the saloon business to deliver coal and wood by wagon. He and his wife Cassie occupied the front house while brothers Dan and James Caddigan, both miners, lived in the back house. After John died in 1912, Cassie remained in residence until 1921, when she sold the property to Ursulla Hawthorn. During the 1960s, as part of “urban renewal,” the city demolished the rear house and outbuildings. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte Historic District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 1200 West Steel Street, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1200 West Steel Street Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Copper was a primary component in warships, ammunition casing, and tanks. No wonder Butte’s economy boomed during World War I. The city’s population more than doubled between 1910 and 1918, and real estate developers scrambled to meet the demand for housing, building over 700 residences between 1915 and 1918. Not all of Butte’s new residents were miners, and among the middle-class enclaves that grew up during the war was the Corona Addition, surveyed by James King in 1915. Most of the new homes were Craftsman style bungalows, but there were exceptions, including this grand Colonial Revival house, prominently situated on a corner lot. The singular gambrel-roofed residence features shuttered windows, two shed dormers, and a welcoming gable-roofed entryway. Attorney Joseph Griffin lived here in 1918, but from 1926 through 1944, the distinctive residence was home to Lee and Myrtle Smith, their three children, and a live-in housekeeper. A prominent ear, nose, and throat doctor, and vice president of Murray Hospital, Dr. Smith was also an “ardent sportsman,” a “scattergun artist,” and devoted member of the Butte Trap and Skeet Club. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 1201 North Alabama, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1201 North Alabama Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Well-known Butte realtor E. Sterrett Shields and his family were the longtime residents of this interesting home, built just after the turn of the twentieth century. Shields was secretary/treasurer of the Butte Land and Investment Company and a nephew of its founder, S. V. Kemper. The firm developed much of the West Side, specializing in “installment sales.” Shields, who lived here from 1908 to 1941, had established his own real estate business by 1917. He advertised opposite his uncle in the city directory, “We court investigation. If we haven’t what you want, we’ll find it.” The Colonial Revival style home features a full-front gambrel roof, gambrel gable, and open porch with Tuscan columns. Bay and diamond-paned windows are reminiscent of the Victorian-era Queen Anne style. A band of windows above the porch and square sloping column supports reflect the newer Craftsman style. This adventurous mixture is an attractive bridge between the architecture of late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Park county District Livingston Westside Residential Historic District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 122 South Yellowstone, Livingston, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 122 South Yellowstone Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures boardinghouses hotels (public accommodations) building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Hand-cut local sandstone showcases the fine craftsmanship of master stonemason Martin Rolfson, who built this Colonial Revival style home in 1900. A hipped roof with front-facing gable and off-center frame porch create balanced asymmetry, while a graceful semicircular window in the gable, denticulated eaves, and multi-paned windows with leaded beveled glass add rich elegance to the dignified stone façade. Interior finishing reflects discriminating turn-of-the-twentieth-century taste: Corinthian columns, maple hardwood floors, and oak pocket doors. One of the district’s five stone residences, the home has served primarily as a private dwelling, although for a time it was a boarding house and, more recently, an inviting bed and breakfast inn. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Granite county District Philipsburg Historic Disctrict Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 123 East Broadway, Philipsburg, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 123 East Broadway Type The nature or genre of the resource commercial buildings printing firms building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Local rancher Lee Degenhart financed the construction of this building in 1910. Fred Haverty, a contractor from Hall, Montana, who later ran a car dealership here in Philipsburg, was the builder. Design features include the original ornamental leaded glass and a decorative brick cornice. This and other commercial structures of like vintage illustrate the economic boom Philipsburg enjoyed between 1900 and 1914. The community’s weekly newspaper The Philipsburg Mail has been headquartered in this building since 1941. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 123 North Main Street, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 123 North Main Street Type The nature or genre of the resource commercial buildings building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Cast-iron pilasters, a metal cornice, interior hardwood paneling and a pressed metal ceiling are reminders of the varied remodelings of this early commercial building, constructed before 1884. In 1895, architect H. M. Patterson remodeled the building for $5,000, adding a cast-iron storefront. By 1910, Clerke’s Clothing Store occupied both this building and the one next door. Store president Samuel Clerke installed the metal cornice joining the two buildings. During the 1930s at this address Butte’s immensely popular Spokane Cafe served a sizeable clientele. The building’s most significant use, however, occurred in 1905. During that year the Woman’s Protective Union (W.P.U.), predecessor of today’s Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union and the nation’s first union for women, met upstairs. This pivotal organization was founded in Butte in 1893 so that women would not “…be behind their brothers in demanding their rights.” Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 125 East Center Street, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 125 East Center Street Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Approximately 77 percent of Centerville’s male residents worked in the mines, and William Berryman, who owned this one-story, wood-frame, hipped-roof cottage, was no exception. One of the more common house types in Centerville, these four-square homes cost about $750 to build in 1900. An English (undoubtedly Cornish) miner, William Berryman arrived in the United States in 1879 at age 17. Mary emigrated from England three years later at age 14. The two married in 1890 and purchased the land on which to build this house in 1897. The Berrymans still lived here in 1910, along with their 19-year-old daughter Anne, a music teacher. Centerville’s substantial Cornish population attracted families like the Berrymans. These working-class emigrants from Cornwall socialized together at the Hall of the Order of St. George and worshipped together at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, both an easy walk from the Berrymans’. Though its architecture speaks more to utility than ethnicity, the Berryman cottage stands as a reminder of all the Cornish mining families who made Centerville their home. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 125 North Main Street, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 125 North Main Street Type The nature or genre of the resource commercial buildings building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource Like its immediate neighbors, this is one of Butte’s earliest substantial buildings. Dating before 1884, it documents various periods of use through a distinct sequence of visible alterations. The ground floor commercial space was originally occupied by a jeweler and a tailor. Furnished rooms were available at the back and upstairs, accessed by an interior stairway. The upper windows with their graceful brick arches are typical of this earliest period. A dry goods/notions and millinery shop next shared the commercial storefront. Butte architect H. M. Patterson designed a new façade in 1895, connecting this address with the two buildings to the south. The cast-iron pilasters of that remodeling remain visible next door. In 1900, an inner doorway opened into J. V. Harmon’s saloon at 123 North Main. Clothing store owner Samuel Clerke installed the metal cornice in 1910, further linking numbers 123 and 125. By 1930, Hoenck’s Fur Shop occupied this building, once again separating the two addresses. Art Deco style metal sheathing, added circa 1940, further chronicles the building’s alterations as its function changed over time. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 125 West Copper, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 125 West Copper Type The nature or genre of the resource residential structures building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource A row of small one-story dwellings occupied the west half of this block in 1884. By 1900, the James McBride family was in residence. Like most of his immediate neighbors, James was a miner born in Ireland. He and his wife Margaret—a native of County Kerry, Ireland—had four children. By 1910, mining had taken its toll leaving Margaret a widow. The family took in boarders and, like many miners’ widows, Margaret worked as a laundress and ironer to support her family. By 1920, she owned the property. After Margaret’s death in 1948, extended family continued housekeeping here into the 1950s. Despite its small size, the frame cottage housed numerous family members on the first floor, in the daylight basement, and in a tiny cabin that once stood at the rear. The unfinished attic also likely served as sleeping space. Although the neighborhood is now much more sparsely populated, the steel headframe towering behind West Copper Street is a sober reminder of the industry that bound its first residents together. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Register of Historic Places Signtext Description An account of the resource This collection includes every property on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana that has a sign describing the historical and architectural significance of the building. Sites A resource which refers to a building, structure, or place with evidence of human impact. County The county the property is located in. Silver Bow county District Butte National Historic Landmark District Street Address A detailed street/mailing address for a physical location. 126-134 South Main Street, Butte, Montana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 126-134 South Main Street Type The nature or genre of the resource commercial buildings building | contributing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Montana National Register Sign Program Description An account of the resource When this five-storefront corner business was built between 1918 and 1923 for Montana Leather Company owner MacPherson, it stood on the very fringe of respectability. The “female boarding house” that was then immediately next door on Mercury Street was the first in a series of like establishments literally lining the block. Legitimate businesses occupied these commercial spaces, but turnover was frequent and they were also vacant much of the time. During the 1920s and early 1930s at the height of the neighborhood’s red light activity, tenant businesses included Peter Ike’s fruit store, Theo Foley’s Midway Cigar Store, and the Rainbow Cafe run by Irene Cartulis. The building’s fine design, attributed to architect Herman Kemna, features a stepped parapet on the Main Street façade and gray stone trim against tan brick. It must have appeared strikingly modern compared to its older and infamous Mercury Street neighbors. The building remained in the MacPherson family until the early 1990s.