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Legal Description: Fairview Blk Mots: 25 ft . 1`JS 27, all 28 & 29, & 15
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Address:— 712 South Willson ft. .
Ownership:name:- Montana State University Housing Association
❑ private address:
❑ public 712 South Willson Rolla 33 Frame N 9
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-`7 Historic Name: Unknown
-� - -- � Common Name: Mantis
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1 -Date of Construction_ 1909 ® documented
► I �/} Architect: Fred F_ Wi I l SQ
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Builder. Unknown
1,3,� Original Owner: Burr Fisher
i Original Use: Residence
. �� h -• - � - - Present Use Residence: (multi)Research Sources:
Nor ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
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❑ building permit ❑ biographies
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Sanborn maps—dates:1 9 1 ?
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Department of Sanitation
f 1 Avant-Courier-January •12, 1909
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National Register
rnrZ�IUAL.UtbUKINi1VN: Uhcrmepreseni appearance aTSTrftlurelsite,then contrast and com pare that with it's original appearance,
noting additions,alterations,and changes in materials. Discuss significant architectural features.
This detached one-story multi-person residence has a U-shaped plan with an
arched recessed porch across the entire front. The symmetrical facade is
constructed in the Mission Style of architecture and has a central front
entrance with fixed and casement windows, a series of which line the side of
the structure. The frame construction is finished in stucco and rests on a
concrete foundation. The mansard roof is covered with green asphalt shingles
and has a decorative cross extension-above the main entrance. There is a
brick chimney at each end of the mansard roof, which is parallel to the street.
Outbuildings include a carriage house of the same design as the house.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,impo,tan events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structurelsite,
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.
Significance: This structure qualifies as a contributing element within a
potential historic district due to its association with the residential aspect
of the Civic Phase of Bozeman' s historic/architectural development.
Information from John DeHaas , 1973, Survey:
1905-6: residence, doctor' s office & restaurant. Also, reputedly, a
gambling casino.
1926-on: Men' s Co-op for MSU students. One of the first Fred Willson
buildings in the community. Originally had tile roof.
1910: Gardner' s shop built in similar style to the northeast of residence.
See National Register nomination for more information.
INTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which the sVucturelsite,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 information about its historic use or construc-
tion.
None
FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name
DAMES R. MCDONALD ARCHITECTS P.C. Acreage:
Address:
P. 0. FOX8163 USGS Quad:
Date: tiiISSOULA, f4ONTANA 59807 UTM's:
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South Central Ave. Historic District
National Register nomination
John N. DeHaas , 1978
37. 712 S . Wi 11 son -- tlen ' s Co-op
-This large Mission Style building was designed by Fred F. Willson, architect,
about 1909. The one story masonry building, raised half a flight above grade to a.0
for windo►is in the basement, hasahip roof with exposed rafter ends . The roof is n(-
covered with composition shingles but until the1960's it had .a Spanish tile roof.
There is a large open porch across the front of the building that has larg,q arches
supported by piers. The walls are a cream colored stucco .
The entrance is centrally located. Above the entry arch a parapet wall bisect,
the hip roof; the shaped parapet has a quatrefoil window. Decorative metal bracket,
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support lamps on either side of the entry arch. A string course serves as a sill f;
the porch arches . A pair of concrete posts stand at the curb.
Behind the house on the northeast corner of the lot there is a carriage house,
now a garage, that carries out the Mission Style design of the house . It is also
stuccoed and painted the same cream color as the house. The building is one story,
with a hip roof and a single dormer (also with a hip roof) . There is one large
flattened arched opening and a smaller arched doorway .
37. 712 S. Willson -- Men ' s Co-op
Built in c . 1909, this house is one of the .earliest houses designed in Bozeman
Fred F. Willson. It was built for Burr Fisher, Vice President of the Gallatin Sta,.
Bank, and later was owned by Dr. J . Franklin Blair ( building no . 6) . About 1927 it,
became the sorority house for Pi Beta Phi Sorority of Montana State. After about 1
years this sorority moved and the building became the Men's Co-op, and has served t
purpose for some 40 years .