HomeMy WebLinkAbout615 S Seventh 1985 MONTANA HISTORICAL AND
ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY Site#
Legal Description: Park Lots 8 to 10/Blk 40
Address, 615 South Seventh '
Ownership:name: Carol Lee Swager ! `
EX private address: 615 South Seventh Roll N Frame
❑ public 58 13A-34
- Historic Name: -Unknown
Common Nam
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► 1 ! Original Owner 1-1. E. Murdock
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1� LPIC-- Research Sources:
I r i ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
F r - ❑ plat records/maps ik sewerlwaler permit.919
❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
F ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
® Sanborn maps—dates, 1927
Bibliography:
Department of Sanitation
Location map or building plan with arrow north.
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 shed roofed front porch. The two-bay facade is asymmetrical
and consists of an offset front entrance with fixed and 9/1 double-hung
windows. The frame construction is finished in bevel siding and rests on
a raised concrete foundation . The gable roof is covered with red-grey
asphalt shingles and features shed roofed dormers and overhanging eaves
with exposed rafters. There is one chimney. The axis of -the main roof
is perpendicular to the street.
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 Progressive
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.
FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name JAMES R. NUONALD ARCHITECTS RC' Acreage,
Address: F. C. %C.0 8163 USGS Quad:-
Da e, !`.-5 'Jl,A, MONTANA 59807 UTM's:
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615 S . 7th Ave .
1985 revision
Matt Cohen , surveyor
This typical example of the Bungalow style displays several hallmarks
of the style , such as exposed rafter tails and purlins , an off center ,
gabled porch , and a rectangular oriel window. A shed dormer on the
south roof pitch is the only significant , non-contributing alteration .
The house was probably built for a professor at Montana State College ,
Harvey E . Murdock , and his wife Ina I . Murdock . Murdock appears on
both the 1919 Sewer permit for the site , and in the 1927 city directory
for this address .
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Bibliography
Application for Water Service , August 6 . 1919 , H . E . Murdock
Application for Sewer Connection , same .
City directory , 1927 , p . 108
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