Butte in Silver Bow County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
St. Mary's Church
Butte National Historic Landmark District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2021
1. St. Mary's Church Marker
Inscription.
St. Mary's Church. Butte National Historic Landmark District. Catholic church, which long represented the heart and soul of Butte’s Irish community. St. Mary’s Parish, founded in 1902 by Bishop John Brondel, encompassed a neighborhood of miners and tradesmen. Fire destroyed the original St. Mary’s Church on Wyoming Street in August of 1931. Pastor J. M. Nolan and his congregation laid the cornerstone for this church the following December on land donated by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The new St. Mary’s remained an integral part of community life until the parishes of St. Lawrence O’Toole and St. Mary combined in 1978. Today St. Mary’s houses the headquarters of Our Lady of the Rockies Foundation.
Catholic church, which long represented the heart and soul of Butte’s Irish community. St. Mary’s Parish, founded in 1902 by Bishop John Brondel, encompassed a neighborhood of miners and tradesmen. Fire destroyed the original St. Mary’s Church on Wyoming Street in August of 1931. Pastor J. M. Nolan and his congregation laid the cornerstone for this church the following December on land donated by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The new St. Mary’s remained an integral part of community life until the parishes of St. Lawrence O’Toole and St. Mary combined in 1978. Today St. Mary’s houses the headquarters of Our Lady of the Rockies Foundation.
Location. 46° 1.018′ N, 112° 32.156′ W. Marker is in Butte, Montana, in Silver Bow County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street and East Gagnon Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 440 North Main 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 the foreground is not the one referred to above.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 1, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 672 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on November 1, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
