Butte ยท Uptown Butte
Hotel Finlen
George Shanley's nine-story hotel of 1924 in Uptown Butte; book a Historic Hotel room in the Tower, not the 1959 Motor Inn.
- Built
- 1924Nine-story hotel opened New Year's Day 1924. A motor inn was added in the 1950s (the hotel calls its rooms 1959 Mid-Century Motor Inn Rooms).
- Style
- French Second Empire
- Architect
- George Shanley
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Area
- Uptown Butte
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The Finlen and the Fox Theater were the only two substantial buildings put up in Butte’s business district in the 1920s, when a copper glut slowed the city. Opened New Year’s Day 1924, the nine-story hotel was modeled in miniature on New York’s Hotel Astor. Great Falls architect George Shanley designed it, and James Finlen, son of mining pioneer Miles Finlen, financed it. New owners acquired the hotel in 2018.
Good to know
- Address: 100 East Broadway Street, Butte, MT 59701
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.