Butte in Silver Bow County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
School District #1 Administration Building
Butte National Historic Landmark District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2021
1. School District #1 Administration Building Marker
Inscription.
School District #1 Administration Building. Butte National Historic Landmark District. William A. OBrien, architect of the Leonard Apartments and the Kelly and Hennessy mansions, designed this handsome building of brown brick veneer in 1919. In 1920, the offices of District #1 moved from their longtime quarters at Butte High School to the new facility. At that time, Superintendent W. E. Maddock administered twenty-four schools including the high school, a junior high school, an industrial school, seventeen elementary schools, and four ungraded rural schools. The 311 district employees, 286 of them women, served a total of 19,296 students. This familiar Butte landmark, significant for its attractive architecture as well as its long service, well represents the solid foundations of Buttes public school system. Doric columns and an eighteen-light transom frame the entrance, while glazed terra cotta finishes the multi-paned windows, cornice, and parapet. The buildings historic appearance extends to its well-maintained interior, which features the original plaster walls and oak trim.
William A. OBrien, architect of the Leonard Apartments and the Kelly and Hennessy mansions, designed this handsome building of brown brick veneer in 1919. In 1920, the offices of District #1 moved from their longtime quarters at Butte High School to the new facility. At that time, Superintendent W. E. Maddock administered twenty-four schools including the high school, a junior high school, an industrial school, seventeen elementary schools, and four ungraded rural schools. The 311 district employees, 286 of them women, served a total of 19,296 students. This familiar Butte landmark, significant for its attractive architecture as well as its long service, well represents the solid foundations of Buttes public school system. Doric columns and an eighteen-light transom frame the entrance, while glazed terra cotta finishes the multi-paned windows, cornice, and parapet. The buildings historic appearance extends to its well-maintained interior, which features the original plaster walls and oak trim.
46° 0.837′ N, 112° 32.374′ W. Marker is in Butte, Montana, in Silver Bow County. It is on North Montana Street near West Granite Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 111 North Montana Street, Butte MT 59701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in andspecifically outhwest Montana, in Gold West Country, in Mining Country. It is also in the American Mountain West and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
2. School District #1 Administration Building and Marker
The marker in mounted on a post at the bottom right of the stairs.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2021
3. School District #1 Administration Building
Credits. This page was last revised on October 18, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 210 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on October 18, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
