{"id":2074,"featured":1,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:06","latitude":46.0139000194269982557671028189361095428466796875,"longitude":-112.53550587790999770732014440000057220458984375,"title":"Hirbour Tower","subtitle":"Butte National Historic Landmark District","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/23c4e32e1ff4d28dbe4f4fd5e3d38bd4.jpg","address":"7 East Broadway Street, Butte, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana Historical Society"],"description":"Occupying a place of prominence in the business district, this eight-story Main Street landmark of steel and brick was one of Butte’s first skyscrapers. Owner S. Emanuel Hirbour constructed this showcase of architectural detailing in 1901 to house a first-floor shop with rooms to let above. “H” medallions at the corners between the first two floors, egg-and-dart moldings with dentilation between the lower three floors, and display windows set in fancy metal frames characterize this fine, well-preserved example of Butte’s elaborate, commercial architecture during the city’s prosperous boom years.","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/23c4e32e1ff4d28dbe4f4fd5e3d38bd4.jpg":{"id":5101,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Hirbour Tower, Butte, MT","description":"View of facade | iPhone 8 image capture, jpeg format | May 28, 2021 | Martha Kohl, photographer","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/23c4e32e1ff4d28dbe4f4fd5e3d38bd4.jpg"},"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/db4a66256f41de4035e27b1e71ca3827.jpg":{"id":5074,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Hirbour Tower, Butte, MT","description":"View of the Hirbour Tower, at left, during an Elks Convention parade. | Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, PH016.05.13","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/db4a66256f41de4035e27b1e71ca3827.jpg"},"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/2f2e36250a701cb4ce896d061467a4f4.jpg":{"id":2468,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Hirbour Block","description":"Hirbour Block (PAc 91-51 B1 RollCBD12 F28). Front to side view of the building, facing north to northeast on the corner of East Broadway Street and North Main Street. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | 1985 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/2f2e36250a701cb4ce896d061467a4f4.jpg"}}}