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Legal Description: I inndlpoy's and MiVI a Addition, Rlork A Late, 10_11
Address* th Bozeman
O-wnership:name: Richard Tenney
C) private address:
❑ Public 308 South Bozeman l 71 19
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Historic Name: Unknown
-� Common Name- Unknown
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Date of Construction: 1880-1882 G co•_'cmr.med
�-- Architect: Unknown
`�-- - ---� Builder- Unknown
'-i-- --� ~ r--- Original Owner Samuel Lewis
Original Use: Residence
- Present Use: Residence
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❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
0(plat recordslmaps tract ❑ sewer/water permits
1T �3 tau cards ❑ obituaries
❑ building permit ® biographies
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— + ❑Sanborn maps—dates[
(4 t :- . ._.) _ _ Bibliography:Leesons , 1884
Sewer Permit, Mrs. Melissa Lewis , 1915
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r n r 01V,M L Lj[St,nrr t tuix. t v=ac.rTDe"IT ebet n dNped1d11Lt!ut atructurelsite,then contrast and compare that with it's original appearance,
noting additions,alterations,and changes in materials.Discuss significant architectural features.
This detached two-story single-family residence has an irregular -plan with
a distinctive entrance porch with a- sharp gabled roof supported by a -series
of turned wood posts front -to back on each side of the entry door. The
gable end over the entry door is arched and the entrance is- off-center -
with double-hung and fixed windows throughout the house. There are several
stained glass windows and a shed-roofed dormer above the front entrance.
The main-floor windows have flat-roof overhangs supported by gingerbread
brackets. Th onstruction rests on a rubble stone foundation
and th a roof imbricated gable ends. There is an exterior brick
chimney, an ou uildings include a garage and a studio.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,Important events,and/or historical patterns assoclated with the structure/site
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
This property is significant because this residence is associated with
a person important in Bozeman history, Samuel W. Lewis. Lewis was born
in the West Indies in 1832. Following the banker trade to San Francisco,
he came to Montana- and to Bozeman in 1868. He built several rentals ,
including two houses at 209 and 211 South Tracy in 1879 and this house
at 308 South Bozeman about 1880-1882. He was one of the few blacks in
Bozeman during these early years. He dies in 1896. (The two rentals
on South Tracy were built by Byron Vreeland, a local builder-architect) .
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This structure is potenti� -I,(y elfig-ib-I-e for the National Register because
of its historical associations and because of its architectural significance.
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 design and continuity of use, 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 JAMS R. MODONALD ARCHITECTS P_ - Acreage'.
Address_ P. 0. CU:' 8,33
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Date: NUSSOULA, MONTANA 59807 UTM's*
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