The Daly Mansion and the estate known as “Riverside”, were once part of Daly’s 22,000 acre Bitterroot Stock Farm. The Mansion occupies 24,000 square feet on three floors, with 24 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, and 7 fireplaces, 5 of which are faced with Italian marble.

The Mansion today, a Georgian Revival Style residence, was designed by A. J. Gibson and completed in 1910 for Margaret Daly, Marcus Daly’s widow. After Mrs. Daly’s death in 1941, the Mansion was closed and boarded up until 1987, when it was opened to the public. The Mansion grounds feature a wide variety of trees, a tennis court, swimming pool, children’s playhouse, greenhouse, laundry building and boat house.

Today, the Mansion and fifty acres of grounds surrounding it are owned by the State of Montana, managed by the Daly Mansion Preservation Trust, and recognized as a National Historic Site. The Mansion is open from April 15 to October 15. Tours are available by appointment in the off season.

Reprinted from Daly Mansion brochure.

Historic Marker
North of Hamilton

Hamilton’s Daly Mansion was a summer retreat for Butte’s “Copper King” Marcus Daly and his wife, Margaret. Daly came to the United States as a poor Irish immigrant at age 15. Attracted to western mining camps, he quickly learned mining skills. Through ingenuity and hard work, he made a fortune from copper and was influential in Montana’s politics and economy for many years.

Daly began acquiring land to develop a 22,000 acre stock farm in the late 1880s and platted the town of Hamilton in 1890. His prized thoroughbreds, raised and trained in the Bitterroot Valley, set new records at Eastern tracks. Now open for tours, this 42 room Georgian revival style mansion contains many exquisite Italian marble fireplaces and an elegant central staircase. Newspapers of that period termed this mansion one of Montana’s largest homes, and also one of the West’s most pretentious and costly dwellings. Surrounding landscaped grounds include many exotic trees and graceful flowerbeds. Other structures include a greenhouse, playhouse, laundry, servant’s quarters and a heated swimming pool.

Daly’s mansion is located to your left, just off the Eastside Highway.