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ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY [Site
Legal Description: Alderson's Lots 1-4/Blk A
Address: 6 West Babcock _-
Ownership:name: R.I.S. Investments
❑ private address:4061 Johnson Rd. Roll N 79 Frame N 29
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(.: 1 I I Historic Name: None
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1 y Common Name:. Bozeman YMCA
I Date of Construction: El estimated
1914-1915
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�.. architect: Fred F. Willson
Builder: Leve ue Felsheim & Baverley
LI' Original Owner: Bozeman YMCA
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Original Use: Bozeman YMCA
Present Use: Brown: A artments
Research Sources:
fT I ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
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❑ plat records/maps ❑ sewerlwater permits
r El tax cards ❑ obituaries
�+ I ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
V 1 V I f IN Sanborn maps—dates: 1927
-1 Bibliography:
Willson List
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YMCA History
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appearance of structure/site,then contrast and compare that with it's original appearance,
noting additions,alterations,and changes in materials.Discuss significant architectural features.
This detached, three-and-one-half story multi-family residence with elements of
the Classical style has an irregular plan with an enclosed projecting front
entry, and concrete steps. The five-bay facade is symmetrical and consists of
a central glass-paned front entrance with six panes and 6/1 double-hung windows.
The brick construction is finished in running bond pattern and rests on a concrete
foundation. The flat roof is covered with built-up roofing and features a brick
parapet with concrete cupping and one offset brick chimney. The metal roof ex-
tension at the main entry and the transition from the YMCA to an apartment
complex are the major alterations.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
This property is significant because this building is associated with a
person important in_ Bozeman history, Fred F. Willson. Son of General
Lester Willson, an early Bozeman resident, Willson born in 1877 in Bozeman.
He was one of the first students at Montana State College. He attended
Columbia University in architecture and studied two years abroad. He
first practiced with C.S. Haire and later with Link and Haire. In his long
Bozeman practice from 1910 to 1956, he designed public , commercial and
residential buildings.
Significant Statement: This property is already on the National Register of
Historic Places.
INTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which the structure/site,and surrounding area accurately convey the historical associations of the
property.
The historic integrity of this property has been retained due to the survival
of original historic design and materials and continuity of setting and location.
INFORMATION VALUE: Explain how the extant structure/site may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc-
tion.
None
FORM PREPARED BY. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name JAMES R. MCDONALD ARCHITECTS P.C. Acreage,
AddressP•0. BOX 8163 USGS Quad:
Date: MISSOULA, MONTANA 59807 UTM's:
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