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Address, 907 South Eighth
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Ownership: name: Richard L. Johnson
X vi ale address: Box 432 Roll#56 Frame#21-21
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Date of Construction: documented
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Present Use, Residence
r I I Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
® plat recordslmaps N sewerlwater permits
❑ lax cards ❑ obituaries
❑ building
permit ❑ biographies
® Sanborn maps—dates 1904
Bibliography:
Tour
1898 Birdseye Map
I"- 1A- Sewer Permit, 1925, Mrs. Elizabeth Bole
� �.. 1`r;- ,�, Department of Sanitation
LOCallon map or oununiy ymvl'wnn
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 wrap-around front porch under a hipped roof. The upstairs windows have
shed-roofed hoods and windows are fixed and 2/2 double-hung , with an off-center
front entrance of glass . The frame construction is finished in bevel siding
and rests on a foundation of large brick-like blocks. The double-
gable roof is covered with pink and green asphalt shingles and features dormers
and overhanging eaves returning. There is a brick interior chimney and a metal
stovepipe. The outbuildings include a carriage house two-and-one-half stories
high with a garage in the lower level and living quarters above.
1 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site
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 's historic/architectural development.
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.
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507 S . 8th Ave .
1985 revision
Matt Cohen , surveyor
This well preserved , vernacular , 19th century house is highly
significant as the only clearly identifiable farmhouse within the
district . It is also one of the few 19th century houses in the
district . The present house , barn , and a windmill ( no longer
standing ) are shown on the 1898 bird ' s eye view of the city .
A small subsistence farm was probably operated here until well into
the early 20th century .
Just after the turn of the century , and possibly earlier , the
house was the residence of William M . Bole , manager , and by
1927 the president of the Chronicle Publishing Co . Bole lived
here from at least as early as 1904 , to at least as late as 1927 .
According to Marjorie Brister ' s 1969 "Tour of Historic Sites of
Bozeman " , a generally unreliable source , the house was built by
Madison County cattleman M . D . Jeffers as a residence for his
sons while they were attending Montana Agricultural College .
James P . Bole , a relative and editor of the Bozeman Chronicle , between
about 1910 and the mid- 19 ' teens lived in 415 and 427 W . Curtiss .
In 1971 , an apartment was built inside the barn .
Bibliography
Application for Sewer Connection , May 28 , 1925 , Mrs . Elizabeth
Bole
Application and Record of Sewer Connection , August 1971 , " For
apartment in old barn" .
Brister , Marjorie , "Tour of Historic Sites of Bozeman " , 1969
( published by the author) .
City directories : 1892 ( no Bole listed ) , 1904-5 ; 1910- 11 , p . 56 ;
1912- 13 , p . 50 ; 1916- 17 , p . 48 ; 1927 , p . 167 .
"Bird ' s Eye View of the City of Bozeman , Gallatin County , Montana
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1898" , Augustus Kock ( artist) .