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ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY [Site# ,
Legal Description:_ Butte, Blk 2/Lots 18, 19 and 20
Address: 814 South Willson
Ownership:
( name: TimothyTurner
LJ public 814 South Willson
Roll# 33 Frame# 13
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Common Name: I In known
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Original Owner: F T
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Original Use:
Present Use: Residence
Research Sources:
i ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
Z plat records/mapstract 1E sewer/water permits
❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
�` i /•� ��_ ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
❑ Sanborn maps—dates:
Bibliography:
-> Department of Sanitation
Avant—Courier—November 23, 1909
National Register
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 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
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
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
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
T. Clark Martin.
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.
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.
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:
DAMES R. MCDONALD ARCHITECTS P.0
Name Acreage•
P. 0. LEOX 8163
Address: USGS Quad:
Date: MISSOULA, MONTANA 59807 UTM's:
AL 03 1984