{"id":1918,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:12","latitude":46.01134110000000276841092272661626338958740234375,"longitude":-112.550137899999981527798809111118316650390625,"title":"Forestell Flats","subtitle":"Butte National Historic Landmark District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/784ac6bda118da060fb0a7880293a7a2.jpg","address":"916 West Galena Street, Butte, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"The impressive appearance of this 1906 bay-fronted multi-family dwelling, a common building type in early day Butte, reflects a compromise between the desire for a single-family home and the need for living space in this city bursting with inhabitants. Built at a cost of $7,000 by prolific westside builder/contractor William Robertson, the marvelous Romanesque Revival-inspired flats of frame and brick veneer feature stone lintels, Doric columns, rounded arches, and a second-story deck with balustrade. Prosperous attorney Lewis B. Forestell was an early resident and likely the building’s first owner.","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://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/784ac6bda118da060fb0a7880293a7a2.jpg":{"id":2253,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Forestell Flats","description":"Forestell Flats (PAc 91-51 B3 RollJK03 F12). Front to side view of the building, facing southwest on West Galena Street. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | 1984 | Jeff Kestle","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/784ac6bda118da060fb0a7880293a7a2.jpg"}}}