{"id":2051,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:05","latitude":46.010198099999996657061274163424968719482421875,"longitude":-112.54392930000000205836840905249118804931640625,"title":"Lynch Residence","subtitle":"Butte National Historic Landmark District","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/5b6e4779ad533c50584ffed0448843d8.jpg","address":"517 Silver Street, Butte, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"In 1900, Sixth Ward alderman and assayer Albert G. Sienbenaler lived here, in what was then a one-story residence. The characteristic Queen Anne style home boasted a polygonal bay and open front porch. Some time before 1916, owners added a second story along with new ornamentation, including decorative wood paneling between the first- and second-story bay windows and a basket-arched window in the gable end. Paul Alberton owned the residence between 1906 and 1918. Alberton was co-proprietor of the famed M &amp; M, a twenty-four-hour saloon and eatery that catered to off-shift miners. Margaret Lynch and her husband, federal district court judge Jeremiah Lynch, purchased the residence in 1918. In a classic rags-to-riches story, Judge Lynch emigrated from Ireland in 1890 and worked as a carman in the Anaconda Mine to earn money for law school. In 1906, he was elected to the district court. He served as a judge for thirty-seven years before retiring at age seventy-seven. Renowned for her hospitality, Margaret raised seven children here. Judge Lynch passed away in 1961, nine months after his ninetieth birthday.","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/5b6e4779ad533c50584ffed0448843d8.jpg":{"id":2199,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Lynch Residence","description":"Lynch Residence (PAc 91-51 B1 RollCA03 F08). Front view of the house, facing north on West Silver Street. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | 1984 | Chris Amos","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/5b6e4779ad533c50584ffed0448843d8.jpg"}}}