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Legal Gescrip;wr: Fairview Addition. Block 4, l uts south 10' 6, k711
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Address: 515 South �pj "e.�
Ownership:name: Henry Campbell —
❑ private address: Roll# 42 Frame 6a-7
❑ public 515 South Grand
Historic Name: 'URk-n-own
Common Name: Unknown
1912 ` El estimated
Date of Construction: ❑ documented
Architect,
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Original Owner: J.N. Brown brickmaker
Original Use: Residence
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Present Use: Residence
Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ix city directories
Q ❑ plat records/maps ' sewerlwater permits
tax cards C obituaries
❑ building permit C' biographies
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Sanborn A ,1927
Bibliography:
Department of Sanitation
i Sewer Permit, 1912 , J .N. Brown
Location snap or building plan with arrow north.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appearance of structure/site,then contrast and compare that with it's original appearance,
jnoting additions,alterations,and changes in materials.Discuss significant architectural features.
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This detached two-story single-family residence has a square plan in the
Bungalow Style witha pedimented porch supported by battered porch posts
j and including a hipped porch to one side, all with solid railing. The one-bay
facade is asymmetrical and consists of an offcenter front entrance with 4/1 and
8/1 double-hung windows. The frame construction is finished in clapboard and
wood shingles and rests on a cinder block foundation. The bracketed gable
roof is covered with asphalt shingles and features finial balls and overhanging
i eaves with exposed rafters. There is a central brick chimney. The axis of
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the roof is perpendicular to the street.
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i HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,andlor historical patterns associated with the structure/site
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
Research into the sources consulted in this survey has not yielded any signi-
ficant historical information concerning persons or events connected with the
property. J.N. Brown was a Bozeman brickmaker who arrived in Montana in 1872
from Iowa.
Significance: This structure qualifies as a contributing element within a
potential historic district due to its association with the residential aspect
of the Progressive Phase of Bozeman 's historic/architectural development.
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 materials and design 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
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Matt Cohen 515 S. Grand
Revision 1985
A Fred Willson-designed bungalow of exceptional architectural significance,
this small house was built for brickmaker Joseph N. Brown next to his first
house, 511 S. Grand, which was built in about 1889. Brown settled in Bozeman
in 1872 from Iowa, and established an adobe brick operation at the intersection
of S. Willson and W. Cleveland. Brown was later listed as a contractor. He
may have laid the foundation for this house himself, before Willson had finalized
the house design. A sketch map on the sewer permit for this site, dated November,
1912 shows a rectangle labeled: "New Foundation; while the J.N. Brown residence
is listed in Fred Willson's job list under the date 1913.
Brown's widow, Araminta Brown, lived here into the 1940's.
Bibliography
Application for Sewer Connection, J.N. Brown, Nov. 8, 1912.
Application for Water Service, J.N. Brown, Nov. 8, 1912.
Fred Willson Job List, 1913, Job #1227, Residence - J.N. Brown, Bozeman.
City Directories: 1916-17, p.55; 1927, p.171; 1933, p.156; 1935-6, p. 168;
i 1940, p.36; 1942, p.169.
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