England natives James C. and Amy Phillips built this classic Craftsman style home in 1909. Its heavy stone porch columns, steep roof, and imposing height belie its modest size. Initially, the house had a lower profile. Soon after the Phillips moved in, the city drastically re-graded all the streets in the neighborhood, leaving the Phillips’ house about nine feet higher than it was originally. The Phillips and numerous neighbors sued the city asking for funds to build retaining walls and stairs. Despite (or perhaps because of) James’s prominent position as copper king William A. Clark’s auditor, he only received $250 in damages. In 1918, Louis and Metta Quigley purchased the home. Louis was assistant superintendent of the Timber Butte Mine, and Metta raised their children and helped lead Chapter G of Butte’s P.E.O. Sisterhood, a nonprofit organization helping women advance through education. In 1929, blowing embers from a fire next door at 1133 spread to the Quigleys' roof, causing $3,000 damage. Respected physician and surgeon Dr. Thomas Shanley lived here with wife Anne and two children beginning in 1931.
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