HomeMy WebLinkAbout810 S Willson MONTANA HISTORICAL AND
ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY Site
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Address: 810 South Willson
Ownership:name: Keith D. Brown
IX Private address: 810 South Willson❑ public Roll N 33 Frame a 12
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Date of Construction: 1904 Z documented
` I Architect: Unknown
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❑ lax cards ❑ obituaries
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❑ building permit ❑ biographies
1 ❑ Sanborn maps—dates'
-- Bibliography: Department of Sanitation
Avant-Courier-Plarch 11, 1904; February 7 ,
1905; October 24, 1905
Sewer Permit, 1909, R. A. Cooley
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.
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This detached two-and-one-half story single-family residence has an L-shaped
plan with a hipped front porch with wood pillars and turned wood railing across
the front facade, which is asymmetrical and consists of an off-center front
entrance with leaded 1/1 double-hung windows. The frame construction is
finished in cut shingles and bevel siding and rests on a concrete foundation.
} The gable roof is covered with wood shakes and features returning eaves and
two brick chimneys , one interior and one exterior. An intersecting gable
addition to the front has been added to the original rectangular plan.
I' Outbuildings include a garage.
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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structurelsite
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
This property was built for Robert A. Black, a bookkeeper for the Golden
Rule Store in Bozeman.
Significance: This structure qualifies as a contributing element within a
potential historic district due to its association within 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 been retained due to the survival
of original design and materials and continuity of use, setting and location.
INFORMATION VALUE: Explain how the extant structure/site may demonstrate or yield informatlon about its historic use or construc-
tion.
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FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name JAMES R. P,TPONALD ARCHITECTS P.C. Acreage:
.Jdress: P. 0. G 8163 USGS Quad:
Dale: MISSOULA, MONTANA 59807 UTM's:
South Central Ave. Historic District
National Register nomination
John N. DeHaas , 1978
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34 . 810 S. Willson -- Cooley House
This white frame lap-siding building was built about 1905. It is two and one-ha
stories in height with a north-south gable roof and a projecting gable to the west.
There is an open wooden porch across the front of the building .
34. 810 S. Willson -- Cooley House
Robert A. Cooley came to Bozeman in 1899 as a member of the faculty at the Agri
cultural College. He became a Professor of Zoology, Head of the Biology Department,
I and State Entomologist. This house was built for him about 1905. Cooley played a
leading role in the search for the cause of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. In 1931 h
f resigned from the faculty to go to the 'Federal Research Center in Hamilton where he
one of the pioneers instrumental in bringing the disease, and other tick-related dig,
under control :
Subsequent owners were Dr. Andrew C . Kelly, a physician , and Walter M. Teslow,
founder and manager of the Bozeman Feed and Grain Company.
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