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Legal Description
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Address: 319 South 3rd
Ownership:name: Theodore Williams
XI private address:
El public 319 South 3rd Roll# 48 Frame# 2
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Historic Name: None
L f Common Name: None
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Date of Construction: a. 1900 K documented
Architect Unknown
Builder.
Original Owner.
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! ' Present Use: Residence
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Research Sources:
1 ❑ abstract of title C city directories
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1 ❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
Cr 1}— - `�1} ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
D I Y 1 91 Sanborn maps—dates* 19 Off+
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Bibliography:
G Vy Department of Sanitation
LL- , Sewer Permit, 1915, A. C. Roecher
_ -J Tour
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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-and-one-half story single-family residence has a square plan
with a five-sided, two-story bay projection on the southeast side. There are
recessed brick motifou on three of the sides, and windows on the others. There
is a six-sided cone-shaped roof with decorative sculpture at the peak. There
is a large front porch with five wood-turned columns on five cut-stone bases and
a gable roof over the entry. Laticework covers the base of the porch. The one-
bay facade is asymmetrical and consists of an offset glass-paned front entrance
with double-hung windows with 12/1 and 1/1 sash arrangement. The sills are of
cut stone. The frame construction is finished in brick veneer with decorative
shingles on the gambrel ends. There is a decorative wood dentil under the eaves
and at the top of the windows under the gambrel ends. The house rests on a cut
stone foundation. The gambrel and hipped roof is covered with light green
asbestos shingles and features gambrel-roofed dormers and boxed eaves. There is
one central brick interior chimney and one metal flu on the exterior rear. The
original form is intact on the exterior of the house. It is well maintained on
a large lot with mature landscaping. Outbuildings include a hip-roofed garage
of wood.
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 sig�mif icant because it is associated with a Person important
in Bozeman history, Albert C. Roecher. Roecher moved to Bozeman from Ohio in
1897. He formed a partnership with William Almand in a drug store business.
The business had been established in 1887 by S. Longhorne, purchased by W.W. Manis ,
and then to Dr. Garrett L. Hogan. Almand died in 1908, leaving Roecher in
charge until his death in 1938. Roecher' s Drug Store continued then under his
son Chester C. Roecher until the 1970 's. A.C. Roecher built this house soon
after his arrival in Bozeman and the family lived here for more than thirty years.
Significance: 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 historic design and materials and continuity of use, setting and location.
INFORMATION VALUE: Explain how the extant structurelsite may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc-
tion.
None
FORM PREPARED BY. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name JAMES R. MCDONALD ARCHITECTS P- Acreage:
,\ddress: P.O. BOX 8163 LISGSQuad:-,-_
L)ate: MISSOULA, MONTANA 598n7 UTM's:
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