{"id":2036,"featured":1,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:05","latitude":46.0125759092397146332586999051272869110107421875,"longitude":-112.54250326723678199414280243217945098876953125,"title":"Y.M.C.A.","subtitle":"Butte National Historic Landmark District","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/1bfe81d071bd5b119d586d15cbc5ae99.jpg","address":"405 West Park Street, Butte, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"The cornerstone was laid in 1917 for this multi-purpose facility, designed by international Y.M.C.A architects. All contracting, however, went to local firms. The $350,000 building opened in 1919, entirely paid for by citizens’ contributions and built by local laborers. It was “in a very real sense a workingmen’s club.” The six-story landmark included a bowling alley, temperance bar, dormitory rooms, a cork-carpeted running track, and two-story gymnasium. Skylights originally brightened both the second-floor swimming pool and locker rooms, and the library was specially wired to accommodate a “moving motion picture machine” for use by mine rescue and first aid personnel. Following early-twentieth-century conventions, boys and men were strictly separated as the North Washington Street entry inscription “Boys Entrance” demonstrates. Today, the Y.M.C.A. is a fully integrated, co-educational facility.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Public","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/1bfe81d071bd5b119d586d15cbc5ae99.jpg":{"id":2372,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Y.M.C.A.","description":"Y.M.C.A. (PAc 91-51 B3 RollJK13 F27). Front to side view of the building, facing northwest on the corner of West Park Street and South Washington Street. 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/1bfe81d071bd5b119d586d15cbc5ae99.jpg"}}}