tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post5350660728227322878..comments2024-02-01T17:07:07.104-08:00Comments on Butte History and "Lost Butte": What was there? Park and MainRichard Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post-23981226489321050292017-06-29T23:01:23.318-07:002017-06-29T23:01:23.318-07:00My recollection of the Owsley Block Building (Medi...My recollection of the Owsley Block Building (Medical Arts Building) ground floor from the late 40s through the mid 50s. Its lobby was seemingly large with the height of two floors and a granite floor. To the left were office spaces and at the far northwest corner was the back entrance to Spillum’s with it’s ever persistent odor of the mix tobacco smoke and beer. At the right was my grandfather’s tailor shop which was long and narrow with a single window facing Park Street. The elevator was centered in the back wall of the lobby, with a glass and brass mail chute ending in a brass collection box to the left and the stairway to the right. I can’t recall any doors to the spaces to the east in the building from the ground floor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post-31649882722270827772013-04-24T07:16:56.741-07:002013-04-24T07:16:56.741-07:00Based on the Sanborn maps, there were 4 separate s...Based on the Sanborn maps, there were 4 separate stores on the first floor facing Main, and on Park, the side of the corner office, then a central main entry with a longish hall past an office to the elevator, and then three more stores to the east to the alley. There are some skylights (but not in the entry), but no indication of a central stair (but these maps don't always show such detail, often just the positions of major dividing walls). But there is a funny space in the north-central part of the building that has interior windows on the 5th floor, so I suspect that that represents a space where it was only 4 stories high, and the surrounding parts of the 5th floor had the windows there. But not sure. Richard Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post-83194970962257288072013-04-23T20:34:04.778-07:002013-04-23T20:34:04.778-07:00Does anyone remember the layout of the interior? ...Does anyone remember the layout of the interior? Was there a central staircase, perhaps with a skylight? I recall an enclosed elevator, but no other details. Even at five stories, it's hard to imagine that the proposed new building would be as imposing.Kathy Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904133199426860270noreply@blogger.com