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Legal Description: Fairview Addition , Block 5, Lots north 21 ' 18, all 19-20 "'
Address, 502 South Grand
Ownership:name: RG & Barbara McMullen
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Historic Name: Kopp Res i dence
Common Name: Unknown
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vL Original Owner. John_ Kopp
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Present use: Residence
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Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
❑ plat recordslmaps 6 sewer/water permits
IN tax cards ❑ obituaries
❑ building permit 1891 ,1904❑1b9�2,1s927
Sanborn maps—dates-
i Bibliography:
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Sewer permit , 1904, John Kopp
Location map or building plan with arrow north
1 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 an irregular plan
with a verandah with dentils above, supported by fluted columns. A turret in front
through all three stories makes this residence particularly striking. The one-bay
facade is asymmetrical and consists of an offset front entrance with 1/1 double-hung
windows. Distinctive features include elliptical windows , windows with broken
pediments , and bay windows. The frame construction is finished in brick with
corbeling and rests on a rubble foundation. The bracketed gable roof is covered
with wood shingles and features a spire with finial balls. There is an offset
brick chimney. The axis of the roof is perpendicular to the street.
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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify new the persons,imj)ortant events,,oidioi historical patlem,,ass , tiled with the
r and surrounding area lend the property significance.
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In 1903, this brick house was built for John Kopp, who operated a butcher business.
The house, later occupied by A.J. Walraths and the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity,
each for twenty years, combines Queen Anne elements su—h as the polygonal tower,
and interlocking brick patterning and corbeling, with Colonial Revival elements ,
such as the broken pediment above the central dormer. In general , the brickwork
derives from Queen Anne architecture, and the woodwork expresses Colonial Revival
with Classical References.
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Significance: This structure is potentially eligible for the National Register
of Historic Places due to its architectural significance and historical associations.
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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 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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One of the most notable historic houses in Bozeman, the Queen Anne/Colonial
Revival style Kopp House is one of the structures that signaled the end of the
depression years of the late 18901s, and the beginning of a prosperous period
of early 20th century growth. The house is one of a group of- four very impressive
houses that stand on all four corner lots of this intersection of South Grand
Avenue and Story Street. Unlike the two across the street, 419 and 501 S. Grand,
which were both probably designed by architect George Hancock, this house appears
to have been designed and built by a local architect/builder. The house was
built for John Kopp, owner of the leading butcher business in Bozeman.
The house, which displays exceptionally ornate brickwork and varied surface
textures, consists of merely an eaves front, rectangular main block to which
was applied a polygonal tower, porch,and a full array of ornament in the repertoire
of most builders of the period. In this respect, it contrasts clearly with
the more complex massing of the two architect-designed houses across the street.
The house appears to be the work of local builder/contractor J.R. Scahill, whose
other brick buildings in Bozeman include the Gallatin State Bank (2 W. Main
St. ) and the E.W. King House (725 S. Willson Ave.) .
Integrity is high in general, with the exception of the Colonial Revival style
porch and dormer. The clustered, fluted columns of the porch appear to have
had their original carved bases and capitals, which were probably quite ornate,
removed, and appear to have been set upon new concrete pedistals. The dormer,
which is crowned by a distinctive broken pediment, has had a new, inappropriate
window installed.
John Kopp, and his son John Kopp, Jr. , partners in the John Kopp & Son butcher
firm, lived in this house for only a brief period. By 1910, only John Kopp
Jr. was listed in the city directory, living at 30 W. Main - probably upstairs
from the location of the butcher business at that time.
In 1927, Hiram S. Buell, president of both the Security Bank & Trust Co. and
the H.S. Buell Land Co. , was living here.
By 1939, the building houses the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Bibliography
Record of Water Service, Pi Kappa Alpha: Oct. 4, 1939.
City Directories: 1904-05, p. 126; 1910-11, p.112; 1927, pp. 38, 171.
Helena Uhlrich, interview, Jan. 20, 1986.