{"id":3517,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:16","latitude":46.00676251866109822685757535509765148162841796875,"longitude":-112.55250155925750732421875,"title":"Andrew J. Davis Jr. Residence","subtitle":"Butte Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/6558e5bd7e6d575044d79205f5171285.jpg","address":"1062 West Platinum Street, Butte","all_locations":[],"zoom":18,"creator":["Montana Historical Society"],"description":"An example of Butte’s “bungalow boom,” this Craftsman style home illustrates how the city’s sparsely populated southwestern edges transformed into middle- and upper-class neighborhoods in the 1910s. The bungalow—a popular turn-of-the-twentieth-century choice for single-family homes—reflected middle-class desires for unpretentious design. Butte Commercial Company vice-president Herman Meyer built this investment home in 1913. Despite its humble exterior, the interior includes a brick fireplace, inlaid hardwood floors, and a drive-in basement garage—a novelty for the time. A booming wartime economy and decreasing automobile prices ignited Butte car culture. In 1916, almost half of the block’s houses had garages. By 1917, elite Butte newlyweds Marguerite and Andrew J. Davis Jr. moved in. Andrew, the great-nephew of local banker Andrew J. Davis, clerked at First National Bank. Marguerite volunteered for the Butte Auxiliary for the Rehabilitation of Crippled Children. In 1921, the Davises added a master suite with a walk-in closet and a basement maids’ quarters. They sold the home in 1931, the same year a twenty-two-year-old woman unsuccessfully sued Andrew for $200,000 for allegedly assaulting her on a train. The couple divorced a few years later.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/9ecb5fd7-e392-42a7-a16e-94df0f020422/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more about the Butte Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/b2694698-4c33-4e3d-b1f9-d8b8740bf6dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Butte Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/6558e5bd7e6d575044d79205f5171285.jpg":{"id":5729,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Andrew J. Davis Jr. Residence","description":"Facade, 1062 West Platinum Street, Butte, MT.  | National Register of Historic Places. 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Davis with automobile.","description":"Articles in The Montana Standard. | <a href=\"https://mthspublic.newspapers.com/\">Access newspapers.com articles through the MTHS Portal.</a> | 9 February, 1930 | The Montana Standard","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/95ebfea0e875347a6eb0e15ca5a5667e.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/6895d2ca9d7ce07407c39612d46ff22b.jpg":{"id":5953,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"&quot;Jury Selected and Testimony Started in Docksteader-Davis Case&quot;","description":"Article in The Butte Daily Post. | <a href=\"https://mthspublic.newspapers.com/\">Access newspapers.com articles through the MTHS Portal.</a> | 7 December, 1931 | The Butte Daily Post","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/6895d2ca9d7ce07407c39612d46ff22b.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/4b7244008700a3807084e79d298988ba.jpg":{"id":5954,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"&quot;Defendant is Given Unanimous Verdict&quot;","description":"Article in The Butte Daily Post. | <a href=\"https://mthspublic.newspapers.com/\">Access newspapers.com articles through the MTHS Portal.</a> | 14 December, 1931 | The Butte Daily Post","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/4b7244008700a3807084e79d298988ba.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/525c924e4dd61605b5f4c492846a11ed.jpg":{"id":5957,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Photo of Mrs. Andrew J. 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