Filed Under Butte

Quartz Street Fire Station

Butte National Historic Landmark District

A catastrophic fire in 1879 destroyed all evidence of Butte’s first commercial district. Wooden buildings were subsequently outlawed on Main Street, but even so, fire has altered the commercial landscape in every decade from 1879 to the present. This indispensable community fire hall, completed in 1900, served as the Butte headquarters until the 1970s. The station, with its three garage bays, housed the fire chief and twenty-two men. A corrugated metal tower above the roof at the rear was used for hanging hoses. The building, rehabilitated in 1992, now houses the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives.

Images

Quartz Street Fire Station
Quartz Street Fire Station Quartz Street Fire Station. Front view of the building, facing north on Quartz Street. Source: Montana State Historic Preservation Office Creator: Photographer unidentified Date: Date unknown

Location

17 West Quartz Street, Butte, Montana | Public

Metadata

The Montana National Register Sign Program, “Quartz Street Fire Station,” Historic Montana, accessed March 28, 2024, https://historicmt.org/items/show/2047.