{"id":2035,"featured":1,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:05","latitude":46.012205212556551714442321099340915679931640625,"longitude":-112.54170835018157958984375,"title":"Masonic Temple Annex / Mother Lode Theatre","subtitle":"Butte National Historic Landmark District","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/05887a1ae5bb6fb2a424c87270ab59bf.jpg","address":"316 West Park Street, Butte, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana Historical Society"],"description":"An overabundance of copper on the world market all but halted building activity in Uptown Butte during the 1920s. This splendid, long-established theater is one exception, completed in 1923. Following the example of Butte’s most significant twentieth-century buildings, the Masons commissioned the architectural firm of Link and Haire to create the impressive Beaux-Arts style structure. Four colossal engaged columns with Ionic capitals, lions’ heads, decorative iron work, and multi-colored terra cotta highlight its monumental façade. Today the Mother Lode Theatre continues to provide entertainment to the public.","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/05887a1ae5bb6fb2a424c87270ab59bf.jpg":{"id":2382,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Masonic Temple Annex (Fox Theatre)","description":"Masonic Temple Annex (Fox Theatre) (PAc 91-51 B3 RollJK09 F33). Front to side view of the building, facing south to southeast on South Washington Street near the corner of South Washington and West Park Street. The Masonic Temple is visible in the photograph and is situated to the left of the Fox Theatre building. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | 1984 | Jeff Kestle","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/05887a1ae5bb6fb2a424c87270ab59bf.jpg"}}}