{"id":1989,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:04","latitude":46.00540389999999746351022622548043727874755859375,"longitude":-112.53435419999999567153281532227993011474609375,"title":"668 South Main Street","subtitle":"Butte National Historic Landmark District","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/148cc2e15be28d8a92e60e10a68a41e1.jpg","address":"668 South Main Street, Butte, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"South Butte was home to miners, small businessmen, and workers who rented and owned the district’s modest dwellings. This one-story Queen Anne cottage, built circa 1897 with a front entrance and bay, well represents the late-Victorian period housing that characterized the neighborhood. The first owner, a cobbler by trade, had his shop on the property. He also did some mining on the side, and built the home at odd angles around his mining claim. A basement entrance to the mine shaft, according to local lore, allowed the clandestine removal of gold.","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/148cc2e15be28d8a92e60e10a68a41e1.jpg":{"id":2327,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"668 South Main Street","description":"668 South Main Street (PAc 91-51 B4 RollDM04 F33). Front view of the house, facing east on South Main Street near the corner of South Main and East Aluminum Street. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | 1984 | Dale Martin","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/148cc2e15be28d8a92e60e10a68a41e1.jpg"}}}