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Legal Description: Butte Blk 6/Lots 5-8
Address- 911 South Willson
Ownership:name: Carl Beyer
IX privale address: 911 South Willson
public Roll#31 Frame# 14
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Common Name:
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' Date of Construction: 1936-193 7 FX documented
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- Architect: Fred F. Willson
Builder.
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Original Owner: Dr. Roland Scherer
Original Use* Residence
I �•, Present Use: Residence
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! Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
`►=• } 1 t2 plat records/maps tract [Xsewedwalerpermits
' ❑ lax cards ❑ obituaries
T ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
r ❑ Sanborn maps—datec
Bibliography:
National Register
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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 detachedone-and-one-half story single-family residence has an L-shaped plan
with the ell to the rear and an attached garage to the side. The symmetrical
facade consists of a flush front entrance with 9-paned shuttered windows and
4/4 double-hung windows on the second story. The frame construction is finished
in board and batten and the gable roof is covered with cedar shingles. There
are three symmetrical dormer windows across the front and an exterior brick
chimney at each end of the house. The axis of the roof is parallel to the street.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
This property is significant because it is associated with a person important
in Bozeman history, Fred F. Willson. Son of General Lester S. Willson, an
early Bozeman pioneer, Willson was born in 1877 in Bozeman. He attended
Montana State College for two years and graduated from Columbia University
in architecture in 1902. He studied for two years abroad and upon his return,
Willson practiced with C. S. Haire in Helena and Butte. In his long practice
' from 1910-1956, he designed many public, commercial and residential buildings.
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The residence was built for Dr. Poland Scherer, a local physician., in 1936.
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i Significance: This structure is a contributing element within a potential historic
district due to its association with the residential aspect of the Nationalization
Phase of Bozeman' s historic/architectural development.
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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 structure 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 structurelsite may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc-
tion.
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FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name JAMFS R. P,1:Cf`0i;P1LD P,R(`I;�j Acreage:
Address: f� 0 I~ 3163 USGS Quad:
Date: �„11S0'JLA. P,1014TANA 59807 UTM's:_
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outh Central Ave. Historic District
lational Register nomination
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bJill son -- `_n,.rer House
louse also was designed by Fred F. Willson , architect, and was built in l ''
Roland G. Scherer. Dr. Scherer was a Urologist in Bozeman until his retire
c in the late 1960 ' s . The present owners purchased the house - in 1970.
21 . 911 S. WKson -- Scherer House
This white two story frame building , painted white, has a gable roof with dorme,
The entry door is framed by pilasters that support a cornice treated with lentils. I
is flanked on either side by large windows framed with dark green shutters . There i
an attached garage on the north, and a large brick chimney on the south wall painted
f white to notch the siding. A one story addition -- a solarium -- extends to the sou
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