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Legal Description: Fairview Addition , Block 4, Lots 1-4
Address* 501 South Grand
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Ownership:name: Craig H. & Catherine Watsonri __
private address: Roll# 42 Frame N4a-5
public 19 South Western Drive
Historic Name' Lanime- • -ilit tuAy Residence
Common Name: d--�-(3-,4-1-On-f.raternj t
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Date of Construction, 1893 ❑ documented
Architect* Unknown /'F.;r �.t• ", :���)
(� Builder Unknown
s V Original Owner. Edwin Lamme
Original Use: Residence
Residence
Present Use, Res
l0 Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
J ❑(plat recordslmaps sewer/water permits
Ulan cards ❑ obituaries
❑ building permit ,1 ❑ biographiesn 7
� nnnnanbom maps—dates. 1 AQ 1 y7. 4,1 91 2•,1 721
Bibliography-
Avant Courier
Department of Sanitation
Sewer Permit, 1903, F.K. Armstrong
Location map or building plan with arrow norlh.
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 three story single-family residence has an irregular plan in the
Queen Anne Style, with a striking semi-circular balcony on the third story. The
two-bay facade is asymmetrical and consists of a glass-paned off-center front
entrance with fixed and 1/1 double-hung windows. The facade has a Palladian-like
window grouping in the gable end. The frame construction is finished in weatherboard
With wooden shingles in the gable ends. The structure rests on a stone foundation.
The gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles and features exposed rafters . It
lies parallal to the street.
HISTORICAL SiGNIf ICANCE; Justify how the persons,irTi.,ortant events,andlor historical patterns ass;;ciated with the st(octiiw1cole,
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
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J Edwin B. Lamme, son of Bozeman pioneer Dr. Archilles Lamme, built this house in
1893. It later became known as the Judge Armstrong Home, and was occuped by the
Beta Epsilon fraternity for many years. The- ouae—f-eatures- a--steep-gab I e.—ro of
tritkr---f-l-ared--eaves- asquare plan with- projecting gabled bays , and a- broad- veranda
-wi th- bal cony--and aporte cochere:
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Significance: This structure is potentially eligible for the National Register
of Historic Places due to its architectural significance and its historical r
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 design , materials , and continuity of setting and location.
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INFORMATION VALUE: Explain how the extant structure/site may demonstrate or yleld information about its historic use or construc-
tion.
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FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name JAMES R. MCDONALD ARCHITECTS PC Acreage,
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Address- P.Q. BOX 8163 -_ usGS Quad:
Date: MISSOULA, MONTANA 59807 UTM's: —
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501 S. Grand
One of the two finest houses in Bozeman when built in 1893, the Edwin B. Lamm
House remains among the most significant historic houses in the city today.
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
of those, the one to the north, 419 S. Grand, is quite similar in overall size,
form and detailing to this house, and this house is very likely the work of
the same architect George Hancock. This house is especially notable for its
high integrity, despite being broken up into several apartments, and its porte
cochere - an usual feature in Bozeman.
Hancock, an architect from Fargo, North Dakota, designed the Hotel Bozeman in
1890, and other major masonry buildings in Bozeman during the city's bid to
become state capital. Edwin B. Lamme, and James E. Martin at 419 S. Grand,
were among the few residents to take advantage of Hancock's temporary branch
office in Bozeman and secured plans for houses.
Edwin B. Lamm, the son of Achilles Lamme - an early and prominent Main Street
merchant, was in 1900 listed as a secretary and manager of the Bozeman Milling
Co. & Clothing Company, located at 5 W. Main (addresses have since been changed) .
Francis K. Armstrong may have been a relation to the Lamme family, for in 1900,
as Judge of the Ninth Judicial District, he was listed as residing at 302 S. Central
Ave. (S. Willson Ave.) - formerly the location of the old Lamm family house
and today the location of the Artemus Apartments. By 1903, Armstrong had bought
this house, which belonged to Edwin B. Lamm, a member of the family living
at 302 S. Willson. Conversely, in 1905, Edwin B. Lamm was living at 302 S. Wil-
lson. By 1912, Armstrong was again listed at 302 S. Willson - the Lamme Homestead.
Armstrong at about that time was director of the National Bank of Gallatin County.
The Beta Epsilon Fraternity occupied this house in 1927, and by 1969, it had
been converted to apartments by Mrs. Frank Stone.
Bibliography
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1. Application for Sewer Connection, June 3, 1903, F.K. Armstrong.
2. Brister, p.10.
3. City Directories: 1900, pp. 124, 163; 1905-6; 1910-11, p.50; 1912-13, p.44;
1916-17, p.42.