Butte in Silver Bow County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Silver Bow Club
Butte National Historic Landmark District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2021
1. Silver Bow Club Marker
Inscription.
Silver Bow Club. Butte National Historic Landmark District. The elegance of Renaissance Revival-inspired details conveys the extravagance of Butte’s first men’s social club, established in 1882. The prestigious Helena architectural firm of Link and Haire designed the club’s new quarters, completed in 1907, which provided an opulent meeting place for Butte’s mining and commercial barons. With the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s, however, lifestyles changed and the club ceased to exist. Since the 1950s, the building has served as the Butte Miners Union facility. This magnificent structure thus came to serve, in turn, both owners and workers of Butte’s mines.
The elegance of Renaissance Revival-inspired details conveys the extravagance of Butte’s first men’s social club, established in 1882. The prestigious Helena architectural firm of Link and Haire designed the club’s new quarters, completed in 1907, which provided an opulent meeting place for Butte’s mining and commercial barons. With the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s, however, lifestyles changed and the club ceased to exist. Since the 1950s, the building has served as the Butte Miners Union facility. This magnificent structure thus came to serve, in turn, both owners and workers of Butte’s mines.
Location. 46° 0.87′ N, 112° 32.288′ W. Marker is in Butte, Montana, in Silver Bow County. It is at the intersection of West Granite Street and North Alaska Street, on the right when traveling west on West Granite Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 125 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 Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
The marker is at the top of the step to the right.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2021
3. Silver Bow Club Building
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2021
4. Silver Bow Club Building
Credits. This page was last revised on January 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 314 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 27, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
