Butte in Silver Bow County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal (South) Church
Butte National Historic Landmark District
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2021
1. St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal (South) Church Marker
Inscription.
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal (South) Church. Butte National Historic Landmark District. Noted architect William White designed this majestic, multi-gabled church of stone and brick, built at a cost of $10,000 in 1899. Gothic lancet windows, stained glass, Romanesque arches, and wood tracery in the gable windows showcase White’s meticulous attention to fine detail. A steeple above the entry and pyramidal roof once crowned the two corner towers. By 1918, the church housed the Butte Daily Bulletin, a radical newspaper voicing policies of the anti-corporate Nonpartisan League, published by William F. Dunne. The office was also a known stronghold of the incendiary Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). On September 14, 1918, local police and federal troops under Major O. N. Bradley raided the Bulletin, arresting twenty-four men and thwarting a miners’ strike. A fine example of turn-of-the-twentieth-century ecclesiastic architecture, quiet commercial use of the building today more closely follows its original function.
Noted architect William White designed this majestic, multi-gabled church of stone and brick, built at a cost of $10,000 in 1899. Gothic lancet windows, stained glass, Romanesque arches, and wood tracery in the gable windows showcase White’s meticulous attention to fine detail. A steeple above the entry and pyramidal roof once crowned the two corner towers. By 1918, the church housed the Butte Daily Bulletin, a radical newspaper voicing policies of the anti-corporate Nonpartisan League, published by William F. Dunne. The office was also a known stronghold of the incendiary Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). On September 14, 1918, local police and federal troops under Major O. N. Bradley raided the Bulletin, arresting twenty-four men and thwarting a miners’ strike. A fine example of turn-of-the-twentieth-century ecclesiastic architecture, quiet commercial use of the building today more closely follows its original function.
0.693′ N, 112° 32.44′ W. Marker is in Butte, Montana, in Silver Bow County. Marker is at the intersection of South Idaho Street and West Galena Street, on the left when traveling north on South Idaho Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 South Idaho Street, Butte MT 59701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal (South) Church and Marker
The marker is to the right of the corner entrance.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 73 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 7, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
