{"id":1879,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:02","latitude":46.01362759999999951787685859017074108123779296875,"longitude":-112.53894919999999046922312118113040924072265625,"title":"J.L. Morris Building","subtitle":"Butte National Historic Landmark District","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/78f3e4b44efe6d9efba63c6dac285243.jpg","address":"129-135 West Broadway Street, Butte, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"H. M. Patterson designed this residential building for J. L. Morris in 1898, replacing an earlier dwelling. A year later, Morris commissioned J. A. Riddell to add a storefront to the east at a cost of $9,000. Danish immigrant L. M. Brobeck rented the building in 1900, opened a grocery business on the ground floor, and lived upstairs with his family. The first floor, with its cast-iron storefront, reflects the 1899 commercial addition, while the upper floor displays Patterson’s lively creativity. Arches of quarry-faced stone, oriel windows, and decorative brickwork distinguish this pleasing building, which today continues its residential-commercial function.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["Read about the Butte National Historic Landmark District","See photos of the Butte National Historic Landmark District"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/78f3e4b44efe6d9efba63c6dac285243.jpg":{"id":2476,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"J.L. Morris Building","description":"J.L. Morris Building (PAc 91-51 B1 RollCBD03 F12). Front to side view of the building, facing northeast on the corner of West Broadway and Montana Street. B&W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | 1985 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/78f3e4b44efe6d9efba63c6dac285243.jpg"}}}