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HomeMy WebLinkAbout814 S Tracy 1985 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD For the Montana National Register of Historic Places Program and State Antiquities Database Montana State Historic Preservation Office Montana Historical Society PO Box 201202, 1410 8`h Ave Helena,MT 59620-1202 County: Gallatin Site Number: 24 City/Town: Bozeman (An historic district number may also apply.) 1 Historic Property Name: The George Wimmer House Historic Use: Private Residence Current Property Name: Current Use: Private Residence _.._.._._.._.._._._._.._._._._.._._.._.._.._.._.._. r._r._._._.._.._.._._.. .-_._.._.._._.._.._.._.._..-.._.._._.._.._..-.._.._.._.-_.._.._.._.._.-_.._.._.._.._-------------- Property Address: 814 South Tracy USGS Quad Name: Year: Owner Name: James H. and Victoria Thompson Legal Location Owner Address: 814 South Tracy i PM: Township: Range: Bozeman, MT. i '/4 1/a 1/a of Section: 59715 i Lot(s): Block(s): Ownership: ® Private ❑ Public Addition: Year of Addition: i Original Owner: G.M. Wimmer i UTM Reference www.nris.state.mt.us/topofinder2 Source of Information: ❑NAD 83 ❑NAD 27 i Zone: Easting: Northing: Building Plan/Location Map ® Original Location ❑ Moved Date of Move: (include north arrow) Construction Date: 1917 ❑estimated ® actual Source of Information: Application for sewer and water i April 12, 1917 t Architect: Unknown Builder/Contractor: G.M.Wimmer Source of Information: Building Materials Foundation: Poured Concrete Exterior walls: Wood Frame/4" Bevel siding Roof: Grey Composite Shingle 1 Other: i ._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._..___.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._._....._.._.._.._.._.._..-..-.._.._.._.._._._..__�.� ��.._.._.._._�.___.�._._.._.._ OFFICE USE ONLY Area of Significance: Eligible for NRHP: ❑yes ❑no i Period of Significance: Criteria: ❑A ❑B ❑C ❑D Architectural Style: Date: Evaluator: Property Type: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 I'n,hrrt� Name: 814 South Tracy Site Number: 24 C,---I\ ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: One and a half story of square plan with axis perpendicular to the street. 1984 survey indicates the projecting porch was at the time enclosed in glass but has since been opened up. Original 4" bevel siding is painted white with a brown trim scheme. Original front porch railing is missing and has been replaced with wrought iron posts. Windows of a 1/1 double hung formation. Exposed raftertails. End gables covered in brown shingles,and roof of grey composite shingle with a central chimney. Rear one vehicle garage of covered with 6"white lap siding and shares a driveway with 820 S. Tracy. Like the main house, there are brown shingles on the gable and craftsman braces. CONSTRUCTION HISTORY Built in 1916 by carpenter George Wimmer, the small craftsman style house retains many of its original features with the exception of replacement of its porch posts and rail to the current wrought iron. 1984 Survey indicates the porch to be enclosed in glass, but the glass has since been removed. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Property Name: 814 S. Tracy Site Number: 24 l5 9 HISTORY OF PROPERTY While Wimmer bought the property in 1916, the hose was not finished until spring of 1917, as evidenced by a application for sewer permit dated 12 April, 1917.The following October he sold the property to Frederick C. Homann, a Montana State College Mechanical Engineering professor. Curiously, within 11 days, Homann sold the house to John Eberharty who owned the home until 1919 when he sold to Robert E. Noe. It is currently being owned and lived in by James and Victoria Thompson. M STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE A contributing element within the South Tracy Historic District. Eligible for NRHP: ❑ yes ❑ no Criteria: ❑A ❑ B ❑C ❑D Area of Significance: Period of Significance: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 A Property Name: 814 S.Tracy Site Number: 24 lTm b}�� INTEGRITY(location,design,setting,materials, workmanship,feeling, association) The home retains its original location and residential setting in connection with the surrounding neighborhood, thus has high integrity. Additionally, materials such as original siding and windows maintain such integrity, the only great loss being the original features of the front porch. INFORMATION SOURCESBIBLIOGRAPHY 1984 Historic Proerty Inventory Application for sewer connection, April 12, 1917. 814 S. Tracy. G.M.Wimmer. Gallatin County Deed Record, October 6, 1916. Book 54, p. 362 (JH Baker, Trustee to G.M.Wimmer). Gallatin County Deed Record, October 16, 1917. Book 55, p. 346 (G.M. Wimmer to Frederic C. Homann). Gallatin County Deed Record, October 27, 1917. Book 55, p. 358. (Frederic C. Homann to John Eberharty). Gallatin County Deed Record, October 16, 1919. Book 58, p. 177 (John Eberhart to Robert E. Noe). City of Bozeman homeowner mailing list. City Directories, 1925 p. 74; 1927, p. 122, 153,195; 1933, p. 177; 1935-36 p.189. Form Prepared By: �►�tF�/ Address: 11 Daytime Phone: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD /l PHOTO PAGE Property Name: 61 S AVE ' Site Number: 24 o��"j y' 1 ;: ;l J F' •• � �i• '. -;fib � � � •- • • - a2 Feature# Description: 1 ypl ' t Roll Feature# Frame# Facing: Description: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD I S• I-e-� AV6 PHOTO PAGE O}(oq 1'roperty Name: Site Number: 24 DI11 Ite, •1. it { gl 1 , Roll# SSn l xr Frame# 2°OAt Feature# Facing: Description: 81k S -W(61 GtUBS S��v Adhere 3x5"or 4x6"color photo here Roll# Frame# Feature# Facing: Description: I�PONTANA HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL INVENT Site RIY Moil Legal Description: Butte B1k 1/Lots S 5 ft 6. all 7 & N, 15 J log 814 South Tracy r `� Address: Ownership:name: James,Thompson - — ® private address: 814 South Tracy �38Frame# 15 ❑ public Historic Name: None Common Name: None ❑ estimated _ Date of Construction: 1917 M documented tt Architect: Unknown - - — Builder: Unknown , i 1 Original Owner G. M. Wimmer Residence V - ---Original Use: _ I _ Residence Present Use: j Research Sources: J -- --_—� ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories JJJ ❑ plat records/maps $l sewer/water permits 1917 `•� t t��� � V ❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries r • ❑ building permit ❑ biographies i $1 Sanborn maps—date$ Bibliography: � �• „�W�" ;�, �a.,,�,.....�-�..� �•••- - Department of Sanitation r I+ Location map or building plan with arrow north. 1 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. j This detached one-and-one-half story single-family residence has a square plan I with a projecting enclosed porch. The one-bay facade is asymmetrical and con- sists of an off-center glass-paned front entrance with double-hung windows of a 1/1 sash arrangement. There is a 12-paned storm door. The frame construction is finished in bevel siding and rests on a concrete foundation. The gable roof is covered with grey shingles, and features soffits and boxed eaves. There is one central interior brick chimney. I HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site and surrounding area lend the property significance. Research in the sources consulted in this survey has not yielded any significant historical information concerning persons or events associated with this property I Significance: This structure qualifies as a contributing element within a potential historic district due to its association with the residential aspect of the Progressive Phase of Bozeman' s historic/architectural development. 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 JAMES R. MCDONALD ARCHITECTS P.C. _ Acreage: Address: P.O. BOX 8163 USGS Quad: Date: MISSOULA MONTANA 59807 UTM's: DEVISED � i Matthew A. Cohen [3o7cr,Inn, Plrrital,n 1985 revision Matt Cohen, surveyor 814 S. Tracy The only house in the district built by carpenter George M. Wimmer, this small gable front house retains high integrity with the exception of the replacement porch posts and rail. Wimmer bought the land for the site in the fall of 1916, and by the next fall had completed the house and sold it to Frederick C. Homann, a Montana State College professor. Very shortly after buying it, Homann sold the house to John Eberhart, who two years later sold it to Rover M. Noe, an insurance salesman. Noe remained here until about 1933 or 1934. Wallace E. Reed, a mechanic at the Bozeman Auto Co. at 202 W. Main, is listed as living here in 1935-6. Bibliography Gallatin County Deed Record, Oct. 6, 1916, Book 54, p. 362 (J.H. Baker, Trustee, to George M. Wimmer) . Gallatin County Deed Record, Oct. 16, 1917, Book 55, p. 346 (George M. Wimmer to Frederick C. Homann) . Gallatin County Deed Record, Oct. 27, 1917, Book 55, p. 358 (Frederick C. Homann to John Eberharty) . Gallatin County Deed Record, Oct. 16, 1919, Book 58, p. 177 (John Eberhart to Robert E. Noe) . Application for Sewer Connection, April 12, 1917, 814 S. Tracy Ave. , G.M. Wimmer, City Directories: 1925, p. 74; 1927, p. 122, 153, 195; 1933, p. 177; 1935-6, p. 189. r Pow- 9 '` f rl ;:DAY, OCTOBER 3, 1917. � J� ITH + TH nQ P A� (•erI led Cross Seeks volunteers. p ;American Red Cross, through ? ' e North• . llo;;ers, manager of the every I is appealing to T�i11SlOI , with �,�olnan and child to affiliate distrib is 4 1117.at10I1 and assist lll 0 Np I "it a our troops, �. P1 • 1• ,I:,`ort and cheer too y es they left at home. � � ' he loved on ..� al,peal this Nveel: is: i r,YO RED CROSS; r ,r ;0pl SI-IOL LI) T,1ACK T TJI . l m , rosy,your Red 4 ' q e n'icali Recl C Au.� row- ; by the NN•ay—is the fastest g World. Today )I's aniiation in the : s a quarter of a million members Only where it had y -;�. ..'• , le I orth«•est, %- thousands five months ago. But � I million, and has room for �rII .ells a m � :patriotic American. HOME 0 F G E 0 NIT 1F,1:, Q.;'s. st:'�(y �;�, ,{t e _Fled (;Toss needs YOU, and you roux it. 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