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Address: 921 South Willson I '
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❑ private address: 921 South Willson Roll N 31 Frame a 13
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Date of Construction: 1904-1912 documented
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I Research Sources:
J ' ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
' ® plat records/maps tract ® sewer/water permits
❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
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L_ .. ® Sanborn maps—dates:19 12
Bibliography:
National Register
— - Department obi 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 square plan
with a recessed front porch supported by double wood posts on a cut stone railing.
The symmetrical facade has a central front entrance with 9/1 and 15/1 double-hung
windows and 27-pane fixed window in.- front. The frame construction is finished
in bevel siding and rests on a cut stone foundation. The gable roof is covered
with cedar shingles and features a gable-roofed dormer with overhanging eaves
and an exterior brick chimney. The axis of the roof is parallel to the street.
Outbuildings include a garage.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
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Research in the sources consulted in this survey has not yielded any signifi-
cant historical information concerning persons or events associated with this
property.
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Significance: This structure qualifies as a contribuitn 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.
This historic integrity of this property has been retained due to the survival
1 of original design and materials and continuity of use, setting and location
INFORMATION VALUE: Explain how the extant structurelsite may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc-
tion.
None
FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name JAMES R. MCDONALD ARCHITECTS P.C. Acreage:—
Address* P. 0. BOX 81153 USGS Quad: —
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Date: 1'; ISSOuLA, MONTANA 59807 UTM's: —
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South Central Ave. Historic District
National Register nomination
John N. DeHaas, 1978
22. 921 S. Willson
The corner building is a one and one-half story frame house with white narrow
siding. The building has a steep gable roof with a bay window dormer that also has a
gable roof. The ca. 1915 building rests upon a stone foundation that has been painte
white. There is an open wooden porch across the front of the building.
An open wooden porch runs across the front of the house with square posts supporting
the porch roof. On the north wall there is a red brick chimney. The northeast corne)
of the building has a one stony garage attached. The building was erected in 1919,
designed by the architect W. R. Plew.
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22. 921 S. 'Willson
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Built about 1915, this house was the residence of Dr. C.J .D. Drown from 1948 to
1972. Dr. Brown was an internationally known ichthiologist at Montana State Universi
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