Historical sites and museums Butte, Montana

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copper king mansion, built between 1884 , 1888 magnate william a. clark.


butte home numerous museums , other educational institutions chronicling city s history. in 2002, butte 1 of twelve towns in america named distinctive destination national trust historic preservation. butte silver bow public library, located @ 226 w. broadway in uptown butte (bsb library has 2 branches, 1 in mall (south branch) , part-time branch in town of melrose) dedicated preserving town s history. butte library created in 1894 antidote miners proclivity drinking, whoring, , gambling, designed promote middle-class values , promote image of butte cultivated city. additionally, butte-silver bow public archives stores , provides public access documents , artifacts butte s past.



digenite-pyrite specimen old leonard mine, display @ mbmg mineral museum.


several museums , attractions dedicated city s mining history, including mbmg mineral museum (located @ university of montana s montana tech campus), , world museum of mining located @ orphan girl mine in uptown butte, features hell roarin gulch, mockup of frontier mining town. berkeley pit, gigantic former open pit copper mine, open public viewing. other museums dedicated preserving cultural elements of butte: dumas brothel museum, former brothel located in venus alley, butte s former historical red-light district, longest-running house of prostitution in united states. notable site rookwood speakeasy, prohibition-era speakeasy features underground city, , mai wah museum, dedicated preserving asian heritage in rocky mountains.


the 34-room copper king mansion in uptown butte constructed in 1884 william a. clark, 1 of city s 3 copper kings. mansion functions bed-and-breakfast , local museum, , reported haunted site. art chateau, @ 1 time home clark s son, charles, designed in image of french château, , contemporarily houses butte-silver bow arts foundation.


located above butte on northeast edge of city our lady of rockies statue, 90-foot (27 m) statue of blessed virgin mary, dedicated women , mothers everywhere, situated on top of continental divide. statue air-liftedto site on december 17, 1985, after 6 years of construction. butte home u.s. high altitude speed skating center, outdoor speed-skating rink used training location world cup skaters.


throughout uptown , western butte on ten underground mine headframes remnants town s mining industry. these include anselmo, steward, original, travona, belmont, kelly, mountain con, lexington, bell/diamond, granite mountain, , badger. part of community project started around 2004, several headframes repainted , outlined led lights illuminated @ night.








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