Butte in Silver Bow County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
923 West Mercury
Butte National Historic Landmark District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 13, 2021
1. 923 West Mercury Marker
Inscription.
In 1896, W. Mead Hanson departed Utah for Butte with his wife, Nellie, and their children. Leaving his job as mail clerk for a short-gauge railroad, the thirty-two-year-old Mead opened a cigar store in the Lewishon Building in the heart of Uptown. By 1900, the family had purchased this home, then a duplex. The Hansons lived on one side and rented the other to machinist Timothy Martin and his family including his wife, sister-in-law, two children, and a nursemaid. Only one other residence stood on the block, even though developers had started selling lots ten years earlier; construction had only just begun on the massive Paul Clark Home across the street. By 1916, the Hansons had converted the duplex into a single-family home and neighbors on both sides crowded their one-story, hipped-roof, four-square cottage. The couple remained in residence until Meadby then working as an insurance agentdied in 1932. An unusual two-story outhouseon site throughout the Hansons residencystill stood behind the home in 1957, a surprising remnant of an earlier time.
Location. 46° 0.65′ N, 112° 33.017′ W. Marker is in Butte, Montana, in Silver Bow County. It is on West Mercury Street near West Girard Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 923 West Mercury 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Paul Clark Home (within shouting distance of this marker); Forestell Flats (within shouting distance of this marker); 100 South Excelsior
Credits. This page was last revised on November 17, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 17, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 201 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 17, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
