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AONTANA HISTORICAL/ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY #•23 2
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_ HISTORIC NAME. Busch House _
- ADDRESS: 224 N. Church, Bozeman
LEGAL BOUNDARY: Babcock and Davis Blk 2
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W. 1241 of Lots 9 - 12
OWNER'S NAME: Margaretta Forsythe
OWNER ADDRESS: 224 N. Church, Bozeman `\
SPECIFIC DATE: c.1895 f'
ARCHITECT: Unknown F•Y . �;
BUILDER: Unknown
ORIGINAL XNER: Apollo J. Busch
ORIGINAL USE: residence s '
PRESENT USE: residence
UTM REFERENCE: 12/497750/5058720 ` —
ACREAGE: less than one
U.S.G.S. QUAD: Bozeman,
1953 -__-
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:
Applicable Criteria: C -
Number of Contributing Properties: 1 :
This unusual brick veneer Queen Anne style house was probably-built
was associated with both the Northern Pacific Railroad, and the GallatinpValley.Electricwho
Railway, The house retains high integrity and is an architecturally significant
representation of a middle class rendition of the style.
Although Busch is not listed in the 1892 city directory, he appears in the 1900 and 1904-5
directories as foreman of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Between about 1910 and 1916, he
was foreman, and eventually superintendent of the Gallatin Valley Electric Railway. -
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: -This detached, one-and-one-half story, single family residence has a irre lar - - -
shed-roofed ;Front Porch next to a large half-hexagonal bayo � Plan with a
the main
structure. The three-bay facade is asymmetrical and consists offront entrance
with two-over-two double-hung windows, a small fixed stain glass window, and a cottage
window in the center of the bay, which features a stained glass transom. The frame
construction is finished in brick veneer and rests on a cut stone foundation. The gable-
hipped combination roof is covered with asphalt shingles and features dormers and an
,interior rear brick chimney. The axis of the main roof is perpendicular to the street.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: - - - - - - — - -
City Directories: . 1892,1900► p.132; 1904-5, p. 1910-1I Application for Sewer Connection: Oct. 24, 190283A.J. Busch.p. 65; 1916-17, p. 57.
FORM PREPARED BY: James R. McDonald, P.C. (1983-84) ; Matthew Cohen (1985-86 revision)
Patricia Bick (1987 revision) , State Historic Preservation Office, 225 Na. Roberts, Helena,
Montana 59620 (406) 444--7715
- - Roll M 15 Frame#27A-2