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Legal Description: Park T,otG 9/Bl k 13
i Address• 415 Wet Curtiss
Ownership:name: Erwin H. Halvorsen
public address: 68 25A-2
❑ public 415 West Curtiss Roll N Frame>Y
I I Historic Name: Unknown
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Original Owner. Unknown
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_ Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
CrQ ❑ plat records/maps sewerlwater permits
r I 1 _ El tax cards El obituaries t I �) ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
.KI Sanborn mans—dates:912
ILL. Bibliography:
0 C_ Water Permit, 1917 , J. P. Bole
1 Department of Sanitation
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 detached one-story single-family residence has a square plan with a corner
open porch beside a bay window to the front. The two-bay facade is asymmetrical
and consists of an offset front entrance with 2/2 and 4/4 double-hung windows.
There is leaded glass in the upper portion of the large window in front
and there are cornices above the exterior windows . The frame construction is
finished in beveled siding with very intricate shingle detail in the gable ends ,
including a decorative frieze under the eaves. The gable-hipped combination
roof is covered with light green asphalt shingles and has one metal chimney in
the rear. Outbuildings include a garage.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structurelsite
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.
This structure qualifies as a contributing element within a potential historic
district due to its association with the residential aspect of the Civic
Phase of Bozeman rs historic/architectural development.
INTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which the structurelsite,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 PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name DAMES R. WHONALD ARCHITECTS P,C, Acre-me:-
Address
P. 0. BUX 8163 USGS Quad-
Date:
MISSOULA, MONTANA 59807 UTMs.
_ � -
AUG 1984
415 W . Curtiss
1985 revision
Matt Cohen , surveyor
One of the best individual examples of numerous very
similar Queen Anne style houses in the district due to
degree of ornamentation , this house is also significant
as part of a group of four similar houses on this block .
While the ornate bay window and porch remain well preserved ,
the main block has unfortunately been covered with asbestos
shingle sheathing .
The house design appears to have been derived from patterns
in house catalogs such as Fred T . Hodgson ' s Practical
Bungalows and Cottages for Town and Country . In that catalog ,
House Design Nos . 1032 , 1038 and 1076 are similar to this
one ( see appendix) . The houses that stand adjacent to this
one which are very similar are 419 , 423 and 427 W . Curtiss .
The houses were probably built at the same time and by the
same builder . All were built after 1904 , and are therefore
late examples of the Queen Anne style .
By at least as early as 1916 , James P . Bole was living
here . Bole was a receiver at the U . S . Land Office ,
and editor of the Bozeman Chronicle in that year . In
the 1910- 11 and 1912- 13 directories , Bole , listed as the
editor of the Bozeman Chronicle , was listed as living
four houses to the west , at 427 W . Curtiss .
A relative , William M . Bole , manager and eventually
president of the Bozeman Chronicle , lived at 507 S . 8th Ave .
for about the first 30 years of this century .
Bibliography
Application for Water Service , May 1917 , J . P . Bole
City directories : 1910- 11 , p . 56 ; 1912-13 , p . 50 ; 1916-17 ,
p . 48
Sanborn Maps , 1904 ( house not shown ) ; 1912 ( house shown ) .
Hodgson .