The Metals Sports Bar and Grill is located on the first floor of the historic Metals Banc building in Butte, Montana. The building sits at 8 West Park Street in the heart of Uptown Butte on the corner of Park and Main Streets.
In September of 1907, all of Butte showed up to watch the 32-ton steel door of the State Savings Bank be installed. The door was moved from the Northern Pacific Yards onto an improvised truck and hauled to the State Savings Bank by 36 horses up an unpaved hilly thoroughfare. The Metals Bank building was designed by the nationally recognized architect Cass Gilbert of New York City in 1906 for the State Savings Bank. A portion of the south end sits on the site of the old Theatre Comique. The Montana Architectural Firm of Link and Haire served as local managers and blueprint floor plans, held at Spec. Collections at MSU, Bozeman. Only one plan from Gilbert’s New York office is contained in the MSU set – the folder was checked out in 1970 and several of the drawings were not returned. Gilbert is best known for the 60 story Woolworth building in New York City in 1913 and the US Supreme Court building in 1935. The Metals Bank building is the only building in Montana known to be designed by Gilbert. The building, 105’ in height, was designed with the bank reserving the main floor – Park Street Level, 19 offices on 3rd floor and 24 offices or rooms on each of floors 4 though 8. The Metals Bank is a primary element of the Butte Landmark and Central Business district. It represents the strength of Butte’s early financial community; it is a pivotal building within the uptown. The Metals Bank Building is architecturally a significant example of the early 20th century commercial building, employing the structural practices of steel frame and curtain wall construction that made the true skyscraper a possibility.
The Metals Banc building continues to contribute to the revitalization of Butte's unique historic district uptown area. The building, originally a Federal Bank with professional offices, was purchased in 2006 by the Ueland family. Restoration and renovations were completed in 2007 and included a restaurant, galleries, salon, coffee shoppe, residential condos and office suites.
Today, the restaurant features the originally built bank vault and the original marble teller counters in the center of the liquor bar counter also being constructed and designed from the original marble teller counters.
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