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Legal Description:
Address: 511 South Willson
Ownership:name: Lucille M. Lowry
(private address: 511 South Willson Roll a 31 Frame# 26
❑ public
^s—n Name: Unknown
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11 I estimated
.7 Date of Construction: 1936 1938 K documented
�- ✓' Architect: Fred F. Willson
_( Builder: Elmer Bartholomew
Original Owner: Ernest Plonf orton
1 ; Original Use: Residence
Present Use: Residence
Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
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12 plat records/mapst r a c t sewer/water permits
❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
❑ building permit ❑ biographies
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❑ Sanborn maps—dates!
�_ Bibliography:
Willson List — See attached sheet
Department of Sanitation
_ _ l Sewer Permit, 1912, Y. F. Armstrong
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 two-and-one-half story single-family residence has a rectangular
plan with a lower-roofed addition on one end. The inset front entrance
has decorative doric half-columns and ornamentation. The facade is asymmetrical
and consists of an off-center front entrance with fixed, shuttered 9-pane
windows, and a small fixed window in the dormer on the addition. The addition
frame construction is finished in aluminum siding and joins the original
brick construction. The gable roof is covered with cedar shingles and
has a dormer in the addition and an exterior brick chimney. The axis of the
roof is parallel to the street. Outbuildings include a garage.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site
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 practied with C. S. Haire, in Helena and Butte. In his long
practice from 1910-1956, he designed many public, commercial and residential
buildings.
This structure is potentially eligible for the National Register because
of its historical associations and because of Its architectural significance.
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.
None.
FORM PREPARED BY. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name JAMES R. MONALD ARCHITECTS P.C. Acreage:
Address: P. 0. EU 81G3 USGS quad:
Date: (viI=S'�ULA MONTANA 59807
UTM's;
AUG 1934