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MONTANA HISTORICAL/ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY 3; (ADDENDUM TO BOZEMAN MRA)
HISTORIC NAME: None
ADDRESS: 714 North Tracy, Bozeman
LEGAL BOUNDARY: Imes, Blk 39, lots 19-20
OWNER'S NAME: Barry Bain ` x
OWNER ADDRESS: 401 West Dickerson, Bozeman _�-
SPECIFIC DATE: c.1870, moved 1946 _ - 4
ARCHITECT: Unknown ® El t
BUILDER: Unknown X. _ =
ORIGINAL OWNER: Unknown
ORIGINAL USE: residence J
PRESENT USE: residence `" :
E: 12 497200/5059200
UTM REFERENCE: / .. .
ACREAGE: less than one
U.S.G.S. QUAD: Bozeman, 1953 _
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:
Applicable Criteria: C Criteria Exception: 8
Number of Contributing Properties: 1 }
Although no historical information on this house has surfaced, nor is any likely to surface
due to a complex line of past ownership, this house is worthy of nomination to the National
Register based on its outstanding architectural significance of statewide note. The house,
which was apparently moved to the present site in 1946, is the only example of the Greek
Revival style in Bozeman, and possibly in the Gallatin Valley. It is, therefore, among the
oldest houses in this region. Few houses dating to ca.1870 are of frame construction; most
that remain are log buildings. It is presumed that the house was moved from within the
nearby area, because Bozeman was one of the earliest settlements in the Gallatin Valley.
Although moved from its original location, this house meets the criteria exception for
moved buildings because it is a rare and essentially intact example of Greek Revival
styling. it is quite formal and urban in character and was probably located on Bozeman's
Main Street originally. In its new location, the gable end faces the street, which surely
corresponds to its original orientation.
_The house is very well preserved on the exterior, and retains its original entrance, with
transom and sidelights, irr the characteristic location for the sidehall plan house type
typical of this style. The original cornice returns and six-over-six sash windows also
remain intact.
Bozeman in 1870, a likely date of construction for this house, was an important regional
center for supply used by eastern emigrants, residents of western Montana gold mining
towns, and military forts and troops in the area. This house is an extremely rare survivor
from the earliest period of Montana history, the architecture of which is well preserved in
the ghost town of Bannack and virtually no other place.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
This detached, two-story, single family, Greek Revival residence has a rectangular plan
with a flat roof over the entranceway. The one-bay facade consists of an offset 4-paneled
front door with a tripart glass transom and sidelights. The double hung windows are of a
six-aver-six sash arrangement on the first story as well as the second. The frame
- construction is finished in shiplap siding with corner boards and rests on a concrete
-foundation. The gable roof is covered with brown asbestos shingles and features returning
boxed eaves. There is one central metal stovepipe. The axis of the roof is perpendicular
to the street. The building retains an excellent degree of historic architectural
integrity and the only notable alteration consists of the installation of approximately
five new, very small casement windows on the north elevation.
outbuildings include a shed.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Application for Sewer Connection: May 3, 1946, E.H. Staley
City Directory: 1942 (no address for site listed)
FORM PREPARED BY: James R. McDonald, P.C. (1983-84) ; Matthew Cohen (1965-86 revision) ;
Patricia Bick (19 87 revision) , State Historic Preservation Office, 225 No. Roberts, Helena,
Montana 59620 (406) 444-7713
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