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Legal Description: Story's Lots E. 20' of 38, a11 1V_Blk E
Address: 515 West Babcock
Ownership:name: Everett Halbrook
❑ private address: c/o 1st National Bank, Box 730 Roll# 69 Frame# 32
❑ public
M Historic Name: Unknown
Common Name: Unknown
Elestimated
t Date of Construction: < 1909 IR documented
! Architect, Unknown
Builder.
E. Bartholomew
E. Bartholomew
Original Owner:
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Original Use: Residence
O Cie,�/ 66co C� d A B Present Use: Residence
r � T,,_ r� T-- r -1-- T T Research Sources:
1 I El abstract of title El city directories
❑ plat recordstmaps ® sewertwater permits
1 , ❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
_ ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
' T 0 Sanborn maps—dates: 1912
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Bibliography:
(�� (J L, 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-and-one-half story single-family residence has a rectangular
plan with a recessed front porch with solid railing. The front facade is
asymmetrical and consists of an oval-glass front entrance with 1/1 double-hung
and harlequin over 1 windows. The frame construction is finished in narrow and
wide lap siding and has shingles in the gable ends. The structure rests on
a concrete foundation. The gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles and
features bracketed, gable-roofed dormers. There is an interior chimney.
The axis of the main roof is perpendicular to the street. Outbuildings include
a garage.
515 W . Babcock
1985 revision
Matt Cohen , surveyor
One of a striking row of five houses ( 507 , 511 , 515 , 519
and 523 W . Babcock) built around 1911 by local builder Elmer
L . Bartholomew , this house is a very fine example of the
Bungalow style . It is very similar in plan and overall
design to 507 , 511 , and 523 W . Babcock St . This streetscape
is one of the earliest indications of Bozeman ' s substantial
early 20th century building boom , which began around 1910
and which picked up considerable momentum in the ensuing
decade .
Especially notable about this house are the flared eaves ,
which frame a proportionally large gable - an overall effect
seemingly inspired by Japanese architecture .
Little is known of the early occupants of this house . From
1916 through 1927 , and possibly longer , William D . Bell ,
deputy County Treasurer , and his wife Pearl M . Bell ,
resided here . Bell was within easy walking distance of his
workplace , the Gallatin County Courthouse on W . Main St .
Bibliography
Application for Sewer Connection , November 4 , 1909 , Elmer
Bartholomew .
Sanborn Map , 1912 ( house shown )
City directories : 1912- 13 , p . 47 ( Bell living on N . 7th Ave ) ;
1916- 17 , p . 45 ; 1927 , pp . 28 , 158.