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ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY Site#
Legal Description: Park Blk 42/Lots 9 and 10
Address: 617 South Fifth
Ownership:name: Henry M. Bahn —
IR private❑ public address: 617 South Fifth Roll# 65 Frame a 9
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Date of Construction: B35- "
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Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
r ❑ plat records/maps 7 sewer/water permits 1935
r ❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
❑ building permit ❑ biographies
' ( Sanborn maps—dates, 1927
Bibliography:
Department of Sanitation
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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-story single-family residence has a rectangular plan
with a gable roof extending over the recessed front entrance. The two-bay
facade is asymmetrical and consists of an off-center glass-paned front
entrance with 4/1 fixed windows, 3/1 double hung windows and shutters on
the ground floor. The frame construction is finished in clapboard and
rests on a concrete foundation. The gable roof is covered with tan
asphalt shingles and features boxed eaves and one central interior metal
stovepipe. The axis of the roof is perpendicular to the street. Out-
buildings include a garage.
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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.
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Significance: This structure is a o�u-tra-1 eiement within a potential
historic district.
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INTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which the structurelsite,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 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. MCDONALD ARCHITECTS PC. Acreage:
Address:_ P .0. BOX 8163 USGS Quad:
Date:_ MI SSOULA, MONTANA 59807 UTM's:
AUG 1934 RVIISED
M.-,)W-ow A, Cohen
Mont::na
617 S . 5th Ave .
1985 revision
Matt Cohen , surveyor
This modest Bungalow , somewhat unusual because of the cluster of
three square columns supporting a recessed corner porch , may
have been built by local carpenter WilltAm D . Willmore . The
residents of 1940 were Mrs . Jessie A . McLeod (widow of Donald
McLeod) and Willard Walker .
Willmore probably built and lived in 709 S . 7th Ave . According
to the 1935-6 city directory , no buildings existed in the 600
or 700 block of S . 5th Ave . in 1935 .
Bibliography
Application for Sewer Connection , June 25 , 1935 , W . D . Willmore
Application for Water Service , June 25 , 1935 , W . D . Willmore
City directories : 1935-6 , 1940 , pp . 101 , 152 , 180