{"id":1973,"featured":1,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:04","latitude":46.01553081681900181365563184954226016998291015625,"longitude":-112.535564955119980368181131780147552490234375,"title":"Tuttle Building","subtitle":"Butte National Historic Landmark District","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/08bd48e58e3be8ea52ecb10fd6ce8a4b.jpg","address":"304 North Main Street, Butte, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Shelley Tuttle began a Butte foundry and machine shop business in 1881. By 1890, the expanded Tuttle Manufacturing and Supply Company had a plant in Anaconda and employed twelve machinists, blacksmiths, molders, and pattern makers. Tuttle supplied parts and machinery for local mining operations, including the immense smelter works of Marcus Daly, who was a major stockholder in Tuttle’s company. In 1892, Tuttle built this business block as an outlet for his foundry products and to house an inventory of hardware goods. Butte builder J. C. Martin designed the three-story brick building with graceful brick arches and rusticated stone trim. Besides mining supplies and machinery, Tuttle’s foundry manufactured cast-iron storefronts and architectural ornamentation like the metal brackets that support the cornice displayed here. He also sold home furnishings and Garland stoves. Daly bought out the company in 1896 and changed its name to the Anaconda Copper Mining Company Hardware Department. The descendent of Tuttle’s foundry still operates in Anaconda today.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/b2694698-4c33-4e3d-b1f9-d8b8740bf6dc/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Butte National Historic Landmark District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/9ecb5fd7-e392-42a7-a16e-94df0f020422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Butte National Historic Landmark District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/08bd48e58e3be8ea52ecb10fd6ce8a4b.jpg":{"id":1205,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Tuttle Manufacturing Building, Butte, MT","description":"View of west elevation.  | July 12, 2019 | Christine Brown","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/08bd48e58e3be8ea52ecb10fd6ce8a4b.jpg"},"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/0b6cca579086684661c0a343d7b73bd3.jpg":{"id":2177,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Tuttle Building","description":"Tuttle Building (PAc 91-51 B1 RollCBD02 F06). Front view of the building, facing east on North Main Street near the corner of North Main and East Quartz Street. B&amp;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/0b6cca579086684661c0a343d7b73bd3.jpg"}}}