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Legal Description:
Address: 307 South Willson
Ownership:name: Phyllis Craft
private address: 307 South Willson Roll# 31 Frame# 33
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Common Name:- Unknown
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(,,.� Date of Construction: 1883 ® documented
! i 1l Architect: Unknown
�9 Builder Unknown
Original Owner: Frank K. Armstrong
Original Use: Residence
Cn-[7 CAA 9_.n Ss Present Use: Residence
\ -� Research Sources:
V , El abstract of title El city directories
—` lR plat recordslmaps tract ❑ sewer/water permits
❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
Elbuilding permit ❑ biographies
El Sanborn maps—dates:
` - •- - - - - i Bibliography: Sewer Permit, 1904, Sherman Phillip
Department of Sanitation
Leesons, 1884 - See attached sheet
Avant Courier-July 19, 1883
October 30, 1906
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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 is 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 structure/site
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-JANiES R. P=".CPONALD ARCHITECTS P.C. Acreage:
Address: P. 0. L ' "j3 USGS Quad:a
Date: +TSSCULA, F,ICNTANA 59807 UTM's:
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