{"id":1984,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:04","latitude":46.008423899999996820042724721133708953857421875,"longitude":-112.53465160000001787921064533293247222900390625,"title":"Tripp & Dragstedt Apartments","subtitle":"Butte National Historic Landmark District","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/7f6bcac9b14d797fcdffa9faa13489a3.jpg","address":"436 South Main Street, Butte, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"The Butte Miner declared this “the largest apartment house between St. Paul and Spokane” when it opened in 1916. The $80,000 building, constructed by Charles C. Goddard, included forty apartments around a U-shaped plan. Each unit was designed so that the living room faced an exterior wall, thus allowing plenty of light. Amenities included built-in bookcases, separate ventilating systems, and refrigerators. The fourth floor housed a ballroom, parlors, restrooms, and kitchen while laundry facilities were located in the basement. The splendid building features a myriad of intricate patterns of Clayton tapestry and Salt Lake bricks offset by granite and ornamental wrought iron. Today, the Tripp & Dragstedt remains untouched by time in both function and appearance: even the original Otis elevator continues to transport residents. The building is still Butte’s largest apartment house and serves as a visual bridge between the mixed commercial and residential elements of the neighborhood.","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/7f6bcac9b14d797fcdffa9faa13489a3.jpg":{"id":2231,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Tripp & Dragstadt Apartments","description":"Tripp & Dragstadt Apartments (PAc 91-51 B3 Roll04 F06). Front to side view of the building, facing northeast on the corner of South Main Street and East Gold Street. B&W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | 1983 | Martha Catlin","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/7f6bcac9b14d797fcdffa9faa13489a3.jpg"},"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/ad01a61f98f8098d97b6522f4860b583.jpg":{"id":2232,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Tripp & Dragstadt Apartments","description":"Tripp & Dragstadt Apartments (PAc 91-51 B3 Roll04 F07). Front to side view (close shot) of the building, facing east on South Main Street near the corner of South Main and East Gold Street. B&W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | 1983 | Martha Catlin","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/ad01a61f98f8098d97b6522f4860b583.jpg"}}}