{"id":1958,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:04","latitude":46.0136439999999993233359418809413909912109375,"longitude":-112.54919399999999995998223312199115753173828125,"title":"856 West Granite","subtitle":"Butte National Historic Landmark District","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/eaeee18e477c7938700393abc3cea19d.jpg","address":"856 West Granite Street, Butte, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Stone, brick, and wood combine to add texture to this Queen Anne style residence, whose design includes a projecting bay and a small turret topped by a metal finial. Built before 1900, the house originally featured an open front porch. Insurance agent Wilbur Bachelor, his wife Kitty, and their four children lived here in 1900. Sigmund and Emma Schilling purchased the residence by 1904 and added a rear addition and lap-sided back porch (since enclosed) before 1916. Sigmund emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1884, arriving in Butte by 1885. He worked first as a tailor before opening the Sig Schilling Cigar Co., a billiard and pool hall that sold cigars, tobacco, and candy. A member of Butte","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/eaeee18e477c7938700393abc3cea19d.jpg":{"id":2163,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"856 West Granite","description":"856 West Granite (PAc 91-51 B1 Roll24 F33). Front to side view of the house, facing south to southeast on the corner of West Granite Street and North Excelsior Street. B&W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | Sept. 1981 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/eaeee18e477c7938700393abc3cea19d.jpg"}}}