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ARCHITECTURAL INVENTCRI( Site 1
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Address: 622 South Grand I
Ownership:name:
Alden E. Clifford
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❑ public 9746 Cougar Drive 40 7
S T R E E Historic Name:
r Common Name: Unknown
❑ estimated
Date of Construction: 1900 L?�documented
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Builder. A. J. Svorkmoe
Original Owner. �YIInfor-ton Sp„ . �/
Original Use, Residence
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_S r5 T R E E ��r: 6 .. ; I1) Present Use, Residence ( 2 units)
-� Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
plat records/maps tract C sewer/water permits
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_ ❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
❑ building permit IN biographies
❑ Sanborn maps—dates'
Bibliography:
Progressive Men -See attached sheet
- - __ Department of Sanitation
'� T '�Location map orbuilding plan with arrow north
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 one-and-one-half story two-family residence has a rectangular plan
with a single-story addition to one side. The facade is asymmetrical and consists
of an off-center front entrance with 1/1 double-hung windows and fixed windows with
brick trim. The frame construction is finished in brick which has been painted
and the additions are of newer wood siding. It rests on a concrete foundation
which appears to have been added. The gable-hipped combination roof is covered
with dark green asphalt shingles and features an exterior metal chimney and a
central interior brick chimney. The outbuildings include a wood garage.
r HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structurelsite
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
This property was built as a residence by Andrew J. Svorkmoe for Henry
Monforton. Svorkmoe, builder and contractor of many residences in the area,
constructed the home for Monforton, a retired rancher. Born in 1829,
Monforton came to Montana in 1863 from Canada. He ranched in several
locations in the Gallatin Valley, finally settling west of Bozeman about
1875. IIe retired from ranching in 1897.,-Mov-in-g..inta.-Bozeman and- into
-t�-is-•hsitse.
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 TAWS R- MCDONA!D ARCHITECTS P.C. Acreage:
Address- P C. COX 31Q USGS Quad:
Date: V15S, OUI A, II1ONTANA 59807 UTM's:
, Ii:Gi 1984
Matt Cohen 622 S. Grand
Revision 1985
Typical of the several modest brick houses built by local builder A.J. Svorkmoe
in the district and elsewhere in the city around the turn of the century, this
house is well preserved, and appears to have been based on "House Design No. 1061:
in Fred T. Hodgson's mail order house pattern catalog of the period. The entrance
porch is non-contributing. Slightly more expensive variations on this house
design, such as 608 S. Grand, include a projecting left bay.
This house is probably the one mentioned in the Avant Courier of September 1,
1900 that was built speculatively by Svorkmoe, and promptly sold to J.H. Baker.
Joseph H. Baker was, in 1900, Assistant Cashier of the Bozeman National Bank,
and was listed at this address in that year. That article noted several of
the newly constructed houses in this of the district, encompassed in the Fairview
addition. By 1906, Henry Monforton, a farmer and rancher who had come to Montana
from Canada in 1863, was living here.
Bibliography
Application for Sewer Connection, Henry Monforton, May 29, 1906 .
City Directories : 1900, p. 125; 1904-5, p. 72; 1910-11, p.128.
1984 Inventory form.