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Legal Description: Fairview Blk 7/Lots 39 to 41 !
Address: 610 South Willson
Ownership:name: Johnathon H. Allcock
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1 _ ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
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Bibliography:
i Department of Sanitation
Avant—Courier—May 20, 1904
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 two-story single-family residence has a square plan with front and
back porches on lattice bases and hipped roofs with gable overdoors. The symmetri-
cal facade has an off-center front entrance with 2/2 double-hung windows with
shutters and a lattice window in the dormer. The frame construction is finished
in clapboard and rests on a cut stone foundation. The hipped roof is covered
with cedar shingles and features gabled and hipped dormers and a central brick
chimney. Outbuildings include a shiplap sided garage.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,impertant events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
This property was built for Agnes Foster, widow of Dr. Henry W. Foster, a
prominent Bozeman physician and founder of the Foster Sanitarium. On 1915 ,
the daughter of Mrs. Foster, Myrthle and her husband Claude Steffens, a
jeweler, moved in the house and 'lived here for 15 years.
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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 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.
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FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
JAMES R. MCDONALD ARCHITECTS P.C.
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P. O. M"'. 8163
Address: USGS Quad:
MISSOULA MONTANA 59807
Date* _ _ UTM's:
South Central Ave. Historic District
National Register nominaticn
John N. DeHaas , 1978
40. 610 S. Willson
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This is a frame two story house with a hip roof having a single dormer on the
front. There is an open wooden porch across the front of the building supported by
normal wooden columns . On the north there is a projecting two story bay and an
outside door at grade level . The second floor windows have gray shutters ; the sidi,
is painted white.
40. 610 S . Willson
Built about 1906 by Mrs . Dr. Foster, the house by 1910 was the home of her son
law and daughter, Mr. & Mrs . Claude P . Steffens. , He was president of H. A. Pease &
Co. , jewelers (building no: 41 ) . Later or•,ners were Roland R. Renne , Professor at t'
college an,] soon to become its President, and Carl Lehrkind, owner of the Bozeman
Coca Cola Bottling plant.
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