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Legal Description: Alderson's Blk H/Lots Sl� 7, 8, 9, 10
Address: 319 South Willson
Ownership:name: Alan Iddles
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ublic address: 1325 Fox Farm Rd. , Dillon, MT 59725 Roll# 31 Frame# 31
�[� V C_ U L1 V G Historic Name: Unknown
i Common Name: Unknown
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Date of Construction: 1883 K documented
Architect: Unknown
Q�4 'Builder Unknown
Original Owner:
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Original Use: Residence
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Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
plat records/maps tract ❑ sewerlwater perm its
_ •J v ❑ tax cards ❑obituaries
❑ building permit ❑ biographies
❑ Sanborn maps—dates'
Bibliography:
Department of Sanitation
M I Avant-Courier-April 19, 1883
Sewer Permit, 1903, O.P. Chisholm
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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appearance of structure/site,then contrast and compare that v itft it's original appearance,
noting additions,alterations,and changes in materials.Discuss significant architectural features.
This detached two-story multi-family residence has a square plan with
a hipped front porch supported by wood columns and adjoining a two-
story bay window. The brick construction features symmetrical paired
sets of 1/1 double-hung windows on all facades except the front which
has single 1/1 double-hungs. The hipped roof is covered with shingles
and features a wide cornice decoration with knee braces. The axis of
the main portion is perpendicular to the street.
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 the residence is associated with a person
important to Bozeman history, Matt Alderson. Alderson, oldest son of William
W. Alderson, one of the most prominent men of early Bozeman and developer of
much of Bozeman's south side. Matt W. Alderson built this residence for his
younger family in 1883. After his wife died, he sold the house three years
later. In 1890, Colonel Oliver P. Chisholm, an Illinois Civil War veteran
and Bozeman attorney bought the house and lived in it for the next 24 years.
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 A1UFS R f'Ct1 - 'Al n A,4CHITECTS P C Acreage
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Date: IV:ISS0111 A, is C NTANA 59RQ7 UTM's:
AU03 1984