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As I've mentioned before, I hope to spend the whole day in Butte the next time I'm through. https://buttetour.info/
https://www.buttemuletours.com/
UPPER PHOTO: some renovated houses from a past era of Butte; a lot of them on hillsides. Many of Butte’s older homes have more in common with those in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, or San Francisco than with other parts of Montana. Hundreds of Victorian homes on Butte’s West Side were built during building booms from 1888 to 1910 as Butte emerged from its beginnings as a ramshackle gold and silver mining camp of log cabins to an urban metropolis built from fortunes founded on copper mining. Vast wealth accrued to those who extracted the vast mineral resources of “The Richest Hill on Earth,” and much of it went to build lavish homes on Butte’s West Side. https://mainstreetbutte.org/see-do/historic-homes/
LOWER PHOTO: The Mike Mansfield Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse has a colorful history that spans more than 100 years. The frontier town of Butte began as a mining camp, but grew quickly and was incorporated in 1879. By the beginning of the twentieth century, Butte was a vibrant copper-mining center. The mining industry attracted numerous immigrant groups, and Butte developed into a "melting pot" of the frontier. Butte became the site of the government's fourth largest immigration office and consequently needed a federal building.
The Mike Mansfield Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Butte, Montana, is located within an area that was once the core of Butte's bustling business district and is also close to local mining activity. Early drawings indicate the presence of tunnels and mine shafts on the building site. Architect James Knox Taylor expertly adapted the building design to the sloping terrain. https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/ ... e-butte-mt
https://www.buttemuletours.com/
UPPER PHOTO: some renovated houses from a past era of Butte; a lot of them on hillsides. Many of Butte’s older homes have more in common with those in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, or San Francisco than with other parts of Montana. Hundreds of Victorian homes on Butte’s West Side were built during building booms from 1888 to 1910 as Butte emerged from its beginnings as a ramshackle gold and silver mining camp of log cabins to an urban metropolis built from fortunes founded on copper mining. Vast wealth accrued to those who extracted the vast mineral resources of “The Richest Hill on Earth,” and much of it went to build lavish homes on Butte’s West Side. https://mainstreetbutte.org/see-do/historic-homes/
LOWER PHOTO: The Mike Mansfield Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse has a colorful history that spans more than 100 years. The frontier town of Butte began as a mining camp, but grew quickly and was incorporated in 1879. By the beginning of the twentieth century, Butte was a vibrant copper-mining center. The mining industry attracted numerous immigrant groups, and Butte developed into a "melting pot" of the frontier. Butte became the site of the government's fourth largest immigration office and consequently needed a federal building.
The Mike Mansfield Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Butte, Montana, is located within an area that was once the core of Butte's bustling business district and is also close to local mining activity. Early drawings indicate the presence of tunnels and mine shafts on the building site. Architect James Knox Taylor expertly adapted the building design to the sloping terrain. https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/ ... e-butte-mt
Aug 05 2022