Butte in Silver Bow County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Owsley Block
Butte National Historic Landmark District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2021
1. Owsley Block Marker
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Owsley Block. Butte National Historic Landmark District. A pair of two-story projecting bays, rounded balconies, and slender columns with ornate bracketing give this former hotel a delightful nineteenth-century charm. Built in 1889 by early settler and former Butte mayor William Owsley, the Owsley Block housed the Hoffman Hotel which offered rooms to let on the upper two floors and ground-floor commercial space. A variety of early tenants included a drugstore, liquor store, restaurant, the Scotch Woolen Mills tailor shop, and Albert Keene shoes. In 1929, Hoffmans still offered upstairs lodging. The bays have been faithfully restored to their turn-of-the-twentieth-century appearance and mock windows painted on the buildings sides indicate original window placement.
A pair of two-story projecting bays, rounded balconies, and slender columns with ornate bracketing give this former hotel a delightful nineteenth-century charm. Built in 1889 by early settler and former Butte mayor William Owsley, the Owsley Block housed the Hoffman Hotel which offered rooms to let on the upper two floors and ground-floor commercial space. A variety of early tenants included a drugstore, liquor store, restaurant, the Scotch Woolen Mills tailor shop, and Albert Keene shoes. In 1929, Hoffmans still offered upstairs lodging. The bays have been faithfully restored to their turn-of-the-twentieth-century appearance and mock windows painted on the buildings sides indicate original window placement.
Location. 46° 0.779′ N, 112° 32.074′ W. Marker is in Butte, Montana, in Silver Bow County. It is on East Park Street near North Main Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 41-45 East Park 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 November 2, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 397 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 2, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
