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Address• 307 South Willson t .i �
Ownership:name: Phyllis Craft -_1_73
private address: 307 South Villson Roll# 31 Frame N 33
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Historic Name: Unknown
-�-4 I Common Name: Unknown 1 Elestimated
Date of Construction: 1883 ® documented
� � Architect- Unknown
Builder Unknown
Original Owner. Frank K. Armstrong
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Original Use- Residence
CU R 17S-S n�l�' / ��SS Present Use: Residence
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v ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
l3 plat recordslmaps tract ❑ sewer/water permits
_ ❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
t I ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
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Bibliography: Sewer Permit, 1904, Sherman Phillip
-_ --' Department of Sanitation
J� Leesons, 1884 - See attached sheet
Avant-Courier-July 19, 1883
October 30, 1906
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-story single-family residence has a square plan with
a gable-roofed partially-enclosed front porch supported with decorative
metal posts. The brick construction i*s stuccoed in the gable ends and
the porch addition is of clapboard. The gambrel roof lies parallel to the
street and features twin front-facing gable-roofed dormers with returning
eaves. There is also a bay window on the first level topped by a balcony
accessing a door in one of the dormers. Windows are 4/4 vertical double-
hung or 9/1 double-hung on the upper level .
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the st^,.ct_-Zi's'e
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
This property is significant because it is associated with a person
important to Bozeman history, Judge Frank K. Armstrong. Armstrong was
born in 1849 in North Carolina, graduated in law from Columbia College
in Missouri and came west to Bozeman in 1879 . He first formed a
partnership with C. A. Suce and a few years later joined with Charles
J. Hartman. In 1890, he was elected to the bench in 1890 and continued
for nearly 10 years. He married Sara Lamme, a daughter of prominent
pioneer Achilles Lamme. Armstrong's family lived here until 1889. In
1903, the family moved to 503 South Grand.
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. VCDONALD ARCHITECTS P.C. Acreage-
P. O.
Address: USGS Quad: _
I Date: "ISSOULLA, P,iONTANA 59807 uTM's: -
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South Central Ave. Historic District
National Register nomination
John N. DeHaas, 1978
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1 2. 307 S. Willson -- Phillips House
j Also built before 189, this house perhaps -was built in 1883 -for Matt W. Alder
oldest son of' W. W. Alderson, one of the founders of Bozeman . Matt tried many caree
(phrenologist, editor of his father ' s newspaper, and mining engineer, among others) ,
and apparently did not keep the house long . In 1892-3 the occupant was E . Broox Mar
banker. In 1900 it was owned by Sherman Phillips , who occupied the house for many
years. Phillips was the founder of Phillips Bookstore, a business still operating
Bozeman.
2. 307 S. Willson -- Phillips House
This house was originally a one story red brick structure very like its rieighbc
on the south (building no. 3) , with many similar features such as the half-octagonal
bay, decorative window head caps and window types . Sometime between 1903 and 1912
(according to Sanborn insurance maps) a second story, frame, was added . Today it h�
a north-south gambrel roof with dormers facing east onto S . Willson . A decorative
wrought iron railing and vertical supports frame the small porch, part of which has
been enclosed into a small vestibule . The first floor front windows are tall , narre-
1 double-hinged wood units , 1/1 lights .
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