HomeMy WebLinkAbout527 W Babcock 1985 MONTANA HISTORICAL AND _
ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY Site#
Legal Description: Story's Lots 33 and 34/Blk E
Address, 527 [lest Babcock
Ownership:name* Jeanne Ritschdorff - --
private address: Roll# 69 Frame k 29
G public M. A. Hunter & D. Dahlen, 527 West Babcock
MAIN Historic Name* Unknown
Unknown
Common Name:
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i Date of Construction: - Lap1F-1°i2 �documented
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Architect Unknown
I Unknown
Builder.
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Original Owner
—• -""-- - Original Use: Residence
j t}-L'2,Co Q<" d A B C O t Present Use, Residence
Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
I ❑ plat recordslmaps ❑ sewerlwater permits
.j ► 1 � El tax cards ❑ obituaries
� ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
T [q�Sanborn maps—dates 1912
Bibliography:
r No sewer/water permit
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_ Department of Sanitation
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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appearance of structurelsite,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 an L-shaped plan with
an enclosed, shed-roofed proch in the interior joint of the ell .and diagonally
clipped projection under the returning eaves of the gable roof. The frame construc-
tion is finished in asbestos shingles and rests on a concrete foundation. The
gable-hipped-roof combination is covered with cedar shingles and features
returning eaves and a small half-circle window in the gable end. There
is an interior metal stovepipe. There is also an attached garage. The axis
of the main roof is perpendicular to the street.
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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 is a .neutra-I element within a potential historic district.
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 structurelsite may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc-
tion.
None.
FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name JAMES R. N, DONALD ARCHITECTS P.C. Acreage: -
Address: Y 8163 USGS Quad• --
Date:__ MISSOULA, NIUNTANA 59807 UTM's:
REV17__D
>n.IJG 1981, Matt',r,., A. C,i:en
527 W . Babcock
1985 revision
j Matt Cohen , surveyor
One of the numerous virtually identical , vernacular Queen
Anne style houses found in the northeastern part of this
district , this house retains substantial architectural signi -
ficance despite the installation of asbestos shingle
sheathing , and other alterations such as the enclosure of the
porch . The design was derived from house pattersn made available
through mail order catalagues . "House Design No . 1976" in
Hodgson ' s catalogue for example , is very similar to this
design ( see appendix) . Being one of the first houses built
in this area of the city , the house was erected prominently
at the head of S . 6th Ave .
The early history of the house remains obscure . In 1927 ,
George H . Demorest , a mailman , was living here .
Bib1io9ra by
Sanborn maps , 1904 ( house not shown ) , 1912 ( house shown ) .
City directory , 1927 , pp . 53 , 158
Hodgson