Butte in Silver Bow County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
125 West Copper
Butte National Historic Landmark District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2021
1. 125 West Copper Marker
Inscription.
125 West Copper. Butte National Historic Landmark District. 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 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 Margarets 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.
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 Margareta native of Kerry, Irelandhad 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 Margarets 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.
46° 0.964′ N, 112° 32.332′ W. Marker is in Butte, Montana, in Silver Bow County. It is on West Copper Street near North Montana Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 125 West Copper 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.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 288 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on October 30, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
