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Address: 602 West Story
Ownership:name: Elizabeth F. Purdom
private address: Roll# 60 Frame p2A-3
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Common Name:_
-----~-- I 1914 ❑ estimated
IDate of Construction ❑ documented
Architect: Fred F. Willson
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Anderson (Contractor)
� Original Owner
Dr. R.C. Purdum. Residence
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Original Use:_
L_ Residence
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f U_ �� ��U� Research Sources:
{ I ❑ abstract of title ❑ cily directories
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' ❑ plat records/maps [�(sewerlvrater permits 1914
❑ lax cards ❑ obituaries
❑ bullding permit ❑ biographies
Sanborn maps—dales.
1927
Bibliography:
Willson
Department of Sanitation
��C�� LSD JV DIC��12.SDYi1, Sewer-Water permit, R. Purdum, 1914
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.
This two-story single-family residence has a square plan with an enclosed
front porch to one corner. The roof overhang from the central gable roof
projects to the front porch and its returning eaves forms the hipped roof
of the porch. There are small dentils over the entrance to the porch.
There is also an attached former carriage house that has been screened in
to the west, the southwest corner upstairs has been screened in as a sleeping
porch, and there is a two-bay garage attached to the rear with a hipped roof.
The windows in the structure are 9/1 double-hung with broad window casings ,
and the porch features a large fixed window. The frame construction is
finished with bevel clapboard on the first level and with coursed wooden
shingles. on the second story. The structure sits on a concrete foundation
with a broad water table board at the foundation line. The gable-hipped
combination roof is covered with green asphalt shingles and features exposed
rafters and broad overhanging eaves. There is an exposed brick chimney to
the west and another chimney in the center. The axis of the roof is
perpendicular to the street.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,Important events,and/or historical patterns associated 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, Fred F. Willson. Son of General Lester
Willson, an early Bozeman resident , Willson was born in 1877 in Bozeman.
He attended Columbia University in architecture and studied two years abroad.
He first practiced with C.S. Haire in Helena. In his large Bozeman practice
from 1910-1956, he designed many public commerical and residential buildings.
He designed this house for a Bozeman dentist, R.C. Purdum.
This structure is potentially eligible for the National Register because
of its historical associations and because of its architectural significance.
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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 materials 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 PREP GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
���SY. R. IIrCDONALD ARCHITECTS P.C.Name Acreage:
P. 8163 ,
Address: ONTANA 59807 USGS Quad:
Date: LITM's-
AUG 1984