Silver Bow County is named for Silver Bow Creek which flows through Butte and where gold was discovered.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
E – Jefferson County
S – Madison County
Created: February 16, 1881 
County Seat:
Butte 1881 – present
County Courthouse – Butte
Location: 155 West Granite Street / North Montana Street
Built: 1910 – 1912
Style: Beaux Arts
Architect: John G Link and Charles S Haire of Billings
Contractor: Sound Construction and Engineering Company
Description: The building faces south and is a four story gray colored stone and concrete structure. The building is located in the center of Butte. The south front has a projecting center section with three rectangular entrances on the first story and six columns rising from the second story to the top of the third story. Above is a wide header on the fourth story with small windows along the four story. A balustrade runs along the roof line. The rotunda walls are decorated with golden mosaic murals of personified muses — Justice, Geography, History and Philosophy. Above them, Presidents Lincoln, McKinley, Washington, and Wilson reside on the corners of the dome. Large pillars of Montana-quarried Travertine draw the eye upward toward the mosaics and stained glass dome. The building also houses the City of Butte offices.
See: The architect, John G Link of Montana ( in association with Charles S Haire and others ) designed courthouses in Montana in Big Horn County, Carter County, Custer County, Dawson County, Granite County, McCone County, Musselshell County, Richland County, Rosebud County and Sheridan County; in Oregon in Jackson County and in Wyoming in Park County, Sheridan County and Washakie County.
History: The county was created in 1881 and Butte was designated as the county seat. The first courthouse was a two story structure designed by J R Roberts and built in 1884 to 1885. The second and present courthouse was constructed in 1910 to 1912 at a cost of $485,000.
County Courthouse – Butte
Photos taken 2011