The Copper King Mansion, also known as the W. A. Clark Mansion, is a 34-room residence of

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

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that was built from 1884 to 1888 as the

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, residence of

William Andrews Clark William Andrews Clark Sr. (January 8, 1839March 2, 1925) was an American politician and entrepreneur, involved with mining, banking, and railroads. Biography Clark was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He moved with his family to Iowa in 18 ...

, one of Montana's three famous

Copper Kings The Copper Kings were the three industrialists Marcus Daly, William A. Clark, and F. Augustus Heinze. They were known for the epic battles fought in Butte, Montana, and the surrounding region, during the Gilded Age, over control of the local copper ...

. The home features fresco painted ceilings, elegant parquets of rare imported wood, gas and electric chandeliers, ornate hand-carved fireplaces and stairways, and stained-glass windows. The mansion was added to the

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in 1970. The Copper King Mansion has been privately owned, operated, and occupied by the Cote family since 1953. The home is operated as a bed and breakfast
Guided tours
are available at 10am,12 ,2,and 3:30pm during the summer tourist season, or by appointment during the winter months. The home underwent restoration in 2012. The building of the Copper King Mansion is described in the bestselling biography of Clark's daughter,

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, '' Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune'' by

Bill Dedman Bill Dedman (born 1960) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, an investigative reporter for ''Newsday'', and co-author of the biography of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark, '' Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and ...

and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.

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