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HomeMy WebLinkAbout522 W Babcock 1985 MONTANA HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY Site, Legal Description: Park, Lots 10 to 12/Blk 1 _ Address: _ 522 West Babcock Ownership:name: Phillip S. Antonsen 1:1 pnvate address: 522 West Babcock Roll, 63 Frame#21 A-2 E: public Historic Name: " lh lr- 111- + '^ "" T T C�• �•i 1"-� - Common Name: Unknown ❑ estimated 1 I i Date of Construction: 1130- 19 3 1 IR documented } i Arel, eet - SOS�P�r- t.4. U !i Builder.Fname P, r 7ter A e" (a_ aterf'or VAO r'M I 1 � r alari ' I I Original Owner: Td,,,ek_ t t Original Use, Residence (� L Present use: Residence b f is>CO GK b A B Tr`___T_T .� 7 T Research Sources: ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories t j ❑ plat recordslmaps Q sewer/water permits ❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries ❑ building permit ❑ biographies M Sanborn maps—dales: 1927 � Bibliography:i Sewer Permit, 1921 , Joseph Uhlrich, Lots � 1 � 12 Departmentnt of Sanitation IntErvtF_w with .Toc tihlrich. , Apri I 1 q85 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-and-one-half-story single-family residence has a square plan with a projecting clipped-gable roofed front porch supported by brick columns and solid brick railing. The facade is asymmetrical and consists of an offset front entrance with 1/1 double-hung, transomed-fixed windows , and sidelights by the entrance door. The brick construction sits on a rubble stone foundation and features stucco on the gable ends and the dormer. The truncated gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles and features a shed-roofed dormer and rounded eaves. The axis of the main roof is parallel to the street. Outbuildings include a garage. ortant events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structurelslte HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,imp and surrounding area lend the property significance sources consulted in this survey has not yielded any Research in the sou oncerning persons or events significant historical information c associated with this property. ✓' �`tts /ieSiclG,[Cl Was dr5� soh! rirrn /S3l fa /936 a a�4z,-, f ° ��Ks ..fir!-�./, .� G';�•;� �i�.s� ��.t1,14( 6�I yIm This structure qualif(es as a contributing element residentialthin a aspectpofetheaNationalic district due to its association zation Phase of Bozeman 's historic/architectural development. ,and surrounding area accurately convey the historical associations of the INTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which the structurelsite property. ue 1 The historic integrity of this property eontinubtynofeuse,es��ttingoand the locationl of original design and materials INFORMATION VALUE: Explain how the extant strut turelsite may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc- tion. None. EGEGICAL INFORMATION: FORM PREPARED BY: JAMES R. IICDONALD ARCHITECTS P.C. - - - - - Name _- -QP. . EU v 81 W 7_ -- - - -- Address LA MONTANA 59807 -- Date: r I^ iQf�4 7fCt`cwn�p.'tonfnn`' �c��5 522 W . Babcock 1985 revision Matt Cohen , surveyor One of the few buildings of notable architectural significance in the district built during the Depression , this Tudor Revival /Bungalow style house was designed by Joseph H . Uhlrich , an architecture student at Montana State College . It was built by several local craftsmen , including Uhlrich ' s father , a bricklayer. Other members of the family assisted in the construction . Uhlrich had been an architecture student until forced to leave the college for financial reasons . The design for this house , which was the result of a collaboration with other family members , according to Uhlrich was not based on any specific architectureal pattern , but was memely " the way they used to build houses back then . " The design is nevertheless unique in the city . Uhlrich ' s father , Joseph Auraw Uhlrich , was a bricklayer who learned his trade from his own father . Andrew ( Andre) Uhlrich , a stoneworker and an immigrant from the area of Europe that is now Switzerland . Joseph A . Uhlrich arrived in Montana from Illinois in 1895 . Among his first jobs was the construction of a small brick house on Sourdough Road , and the tower of the Methodist Church on S . Willson Ave . Uhlrich laid the brick veneer for this house , and local carpenters Peter Zier and Joe Coleman raised the frame . The interior woodwork was the work of Elmer Bartholomew , one of the most important early 20th century builders in the district , while the built- in cabinets were installed by Lester Newman , a fine woodworker from New York . Newman also constructed the display cases for the remodeling of the F . W . Woolworth Co . store at 26 E . Main . Joseph H . Uhlrich ' s wife , Gretchen Lehrkind Uhlrich , is the granddaughter of Julius Lehrkind , whose elaborate , 1895 Queen Anne style house , and brick brewery are still standing on N . Wallace Street . Bibliography Application for Sewer Connection , June 24 , 1921 , Joseph Uhlrich ; stamped March , 1931 . Joseph H . Uhlrich , interview , December 12 , 1985 City directory , 1933 , p . 132 .