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Legal Description: Butte, Blk 2/Lots 18, 19 and 20
Address: 814 South Willson t
Ownership:name: Timothv Turner
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private address:
public 814 South Willson Roll N 33 Frame# r13
Historic Name: I Inknown
Common Name: Ilnknown
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Date of Construction: 1909 ® documented
Architect: AInknown
Builder.
V Original Owner:_ Rrpnx Pr,Irt•in
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_ — I Original Use:
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Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
plat recordslmapstract sewerlwater permits
f1— _-_-_.--1 .', - - ❑ tax cards (-' obituaries
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-� '`� ✓1 �' —" _ - ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
{ ; 1 i l ❑ Sanborn maps—dates,
Bibliography:
Department of Sanitation
Avant-Courier-November 23, 1909
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t National Register
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appearance of structurelsite,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 rubble-stone porch recessed into the gabled front bay. The asymmetrical
facade consists of an offset front entrance with 1/1 and 2/1 double-hung windows
and a bay window on the other half of the front facade. The frame construction
is finished in clapboard in the gable ends and brick on a rubble stone foundation.
The hipped roof is covered with wood shakes and has a central brick chimney.
The flared gable extension in front has overhanging eaves with exposed rafters
and knee braces. The axis of the gable is perpendicular to the street.
Outbuildings include a rubble-stone carriage tie-up at the curb.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site'
i and surrounding area lend the property significance.
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E. Broox Martin was born in 1844 in Michigan. He moved to Bozeman in 1889,
organizing the Bozeman Milling Company. He also engaged in ranch and was
the first president of the Commercial National Bank. Among those buildings
he erected were his own residence at 814 South Willson (1909) , the Evergreen
I Apartments (1918) at 317 West Koch, the "Michigan" building (1910) at
14-20 West Main and the Clark Apartments (1914) named for his wife, Ella
I• T. Clark Martin.
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Significance: This structure qualifies as a contributing element within a
potential historic district due to its associations with the residential aspect
of the Civic 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.
The historic integrity of this property -has not been retained due to changes in
original design and materials.
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INFORMATION VALUE: Explain how the extant structure/site may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc-
tlon.
None
FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
DAMES R. MCDONALD ARCHITECTS P.C.
Name Acreage:
I'. 0. LUX 8163
Address_ USGS Quad:
Date: MISSOULA, MONTANA 59807 UTM's:
AUGO 1984
. South Central Ave. Historic District
National Register nomination
John N. DeHaas , 1978
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! 33. 814 S. Willson -- Martin House
f i This, one and one-half story brick and frame building has a gable hip 'roof with
the gable facing west towards the street. There are two dormers on the north face
of the gable roof. The building has an open entry porch on the south center of the
front facade. North of the porch there is a projecting one story bay having four
arindows. The walls are of a greyish brick with a lapped wood pattern in the gable.
The foundation, porch and porch pier are rubble stone construction of stones rounded
and smoothed in a stream bed. The house was built about 1910 and was featured in a
newspaper article about houses in Bozeman in December, 1910.
33. 814 S. Willson -- Martin House
i This house was built about 1910 for E . Broox Martin who had moved to Bozeman aLI
i 1890 and organized the Bozeman Milling Company. Later he became a farmer/rancher an
an organizer and first president of the Commercial National Bank in Bozeman.
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