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=.--HISTORIC NAME: None
ADDRESS: 22 West Lamme
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Tracy's 2nd, Blk A,
East 61 lot 14, all of .
- --- lot 15, west 15' lot 16 - r
OWNER'S NAME: Niza Shaw
OWNER'S ADDRESS: 22 West Lamme, Bozeman
..SPECIFIC DATE(S) : 1890 .
ARCHITECT: Unknown
_ - BUILDER: Unknown
., _.ORIGINAL OWNER: Alfred Lycan, undocumented '
ORIGINAL USE: residence
PRESENT USE: residence
UTM REFERENCE: 12/497100/505 8370
- ACREAGE: less than one
U.S.G.S. QUAD: Bozeman, 1953
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- ' STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: _ Applicable Criteria: C -
-`:- -- Number of Contributing Properties: l - —- -
The sole remaining example of the Second Empire style in Bozeman, this very modest example
of a predominantly opulent style is very well preserved, and is individually eligible for
listing in the National Register. Sanborn maps pinpoint the date of construction to 1890.
An etching in Michael Leeson's 1885 11istory Qf Montana depicts a similar Second Empire _
house on Templar Ave. , -which must no longer be standing. The Second Empire style was
considered to be highly fashionable in Montana during the 1880's period, whereas the
popularity of the style had waned by that time in other areas of the nation. This house at
-22 West Lamme is significant in a local context as the only representative example of this =-
important architectural type.
No evidence was been found to link Alfred Lycan, who does not appear in the 1892-93 city
directory, with this load-bearing brick house, as either the builder or original owner.
Lycan's name appears on the Historic/Architectural inventory form completed in 1983-84, but
no verification of his association with the property has been found to date. In 1927, F.W.
Leckiter and A.V. Bishop were living here.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: .
This detached, -two-story," single-family, brick, Second Empire residence has an L-shaped -
plan with a mansard-style front porch supported by chamfered posts, which is located in the
ell formed by an extension to one side of the front. The asymmetrical facade has an offset
front entrance with a transom light above and one-over-one double hung windows with
segmental arch lintels and wooden storms. The upper floor windows cut through the eave
line and have gabled dormer roofs built out from the main mansard roof. Pairs of
decorative brackets support the overhanging eaves. There are two central brick chimneys.
A small frame addition has been built to the rear of the structure, which has little impact
on the overall high degree of historic architectural integrity.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Sanborn maps: 1889, 1890, 1891
City Directory: 1927, p. -175 -
Lesson, , 1885, p.254
FORM PREPARED BY: James R. McDonald, F.C. (1983--4) ; Matthew Cohen (1985--6 revision) ;
Patricia Bick (1987 revision) , State Historic preservation Office, 225 NO. Roberts, Helena,
Montana 59620 (406) 444-7715
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