Filed Under Butte

135 East Park

Butte National Historic Landmark District

A row of one-story frame shops including a harness maker, two carpenters, a cobbler, a saloon, a bakery, and a millinery filled this block in the 1880s. By 1890, most had been replaced. The present two-story storefront and lodging house replaced a blacksmith shop. A grocery store was the first ground-floor tenant; furnished rooms were upstairs, and a stable stood at the rear. Seven rooftop skylights well illuminated the second story where, in 1900, Josephine Stacy had fifteen male lodgers and a female cook in her furnished rooms. Tenants included a carpenter, house painter, plumber, and five copper miners. Stacy and a string of other lodge-keepers after her leased the second floor. Various businesses occupied the storefront including the Western Meat Company from 1928 to 1958. The building’s fine cast-iron storefront, once a common element in Butte, incorporates fluted iron pilasters with floral designs, a scalloped metal cornice, and corner brackets. Elaborately embellished window hoods with a central scroll and circle ornament the upper story.

Images

135 East Park Street
135 East Park Street 135 East Park Street (PAc 91-51 B1 RollCBD05 F32). Front view of the building, facing north near the corner of East Park Street and North Arizona Street. B&W. Source: Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society Creator: Photographer unidentified Date: 1985
135 East Park
135 East Park Google Streetview Image ~ Date: August 2021 Creator: Google Date: August 2021

Location

135 East Park Street, Butte, Montana | Private

Metadata

The Montana National Register Sign Program, “135 East Park,” Historic Montana, accessed March 29, 2024, https://historicmt.org/items/show/2025.