Butte in Silver Bow County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Powers Residence
Butte National Historic Landmark District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2021
1. Powers Residence Marker
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Powers Residence. Butte National Historic Landmark District. For almost one hundred years, members of a single family lived in this Queen Anne style cottage. Carpenter R. R. Williams, who lived in the duplex next door, built the residence in 1898. By 1900, Irish immigrants John and Catherine Powers had purchased the home, where they lived with their infant daughter Margaret. John worked as a miner before going into real estate. By 1916, the Powers had improved the residence, replacing the outhouse with indoor plumbing, adding a rear screen porch, and installing a gambrel dormer to expand the attics storage capacity. After John and Catherines deaths, Margaret inherited the home. She lived here into the 1990s, joined for many years by her friend Virginia Orton. The seven-hundred-square-foot home features a projecting bay and many other Queen Anne style embellishments. These include stained glass, fish-scale shingles, turned wooden porch supports, a turned balustrade, and a spindle frieze, all mass produced and thus affordable to Buttes working class. Such architectural ornamentation helped transform small houses like this one into much loved homes, as the Powers long residence testifies.
For almost one hundred years, members of a single family lived in this Queen Anne style cottage. Carpenter R. R. Williams, who lived in the duplex next door, built the residence in 1898. By 1900, Irish immigrants John and Catherine Powers had purchased the home, where they lived with their infant daughter Margaret. John worked as a miner before going into real estate. By 1916, the Powers had improved the residence, replacing the outhouse with indoor plumbing, adding a rear screen porch, and installing a gambrel dormer to expand the attics storage capacity. After John and Catherines deaths, Margaret inherited the home. She lived here into the 1990s, joined for many years by her friend Virginia Orton. The seven-hundred-square-foot home features a projecting bay and many other Queen Anne style embellishments. These include stained glass, fish-scale shingles, turned wooden porch supports, a turned balustrade, and a spindle friezeall mass produced and thus affordable to Buttes working class. Such architectural ornamentation helped transform small houses like this one into much loved homes, as the Powers long residence testifies.
Location. 46° 0.827′ N, 112° 32.813′ W. Marker is in Butte, Montana, in Silver Bow County. It is on West Granite Street near North Clark Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 724 West Granite 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Boucher-Walker Home (within
Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 198 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on October 23, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
