Filed Under Butte

City Hall, Butte

Butte National Historic Landmark District

Butte had over eighty working mines and a teeming population by 1890. The resulting flurry of industrial and commercial activity initiated a building boom, prompting Mayor Henry Mueller to oversee the construction of this handsome three-story Richardsonian Romanesque-inspired municipal building in 1891. The tall, narrow edifice of brick and stone features a clock tower, arched entrance, and arched windows with stained glass transoms. Butte’s last standing example of nineteenth-century civic architecture, this noble hall served as the seat of city government from 1891 until consolidation of city-county governments in 1977.

Images

City Hall
City Hall City Hall, facing southwest, front/side view. Source: MontanaPictures.net Creator: MontanaPictures.net Date: June 2008
Butte City Hall
Butte City Hall Facade Source: Montana Historical Society Creator: Bryan Baldwin Date: August 8, 2011

Location

24 East Broadway Street, Butte, Montana | Public

Metadata

The Montana National Register Sign Program, “City Hall, Butte,” Historic Montana, accessed March 29, 2024, https://historicmt.org/items/show/1867.