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ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY [Site#
Legal Description: Fairview Addition,_Block 3, Lot-, fi-lQ �.
Address: 419 SouthGrand �'��
Ownership: name: Raymond W. Cam eau
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❑ private address: Roll#42 Frame# 3a-4
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Date of Construction: 1$92 El documented
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OriginalOrvner. Jam Ps Martin. Ranker
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Present Use, Residence
Research Sources:
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(((� ❑ plat recordsfmaps sewer/water permits
v J E�tax cards ❑ obituaries
❑ building permit ❑ biographies
17�Sanborn maps—dates, 1891 ,19 0 4,1912 ,19 2 7
Bibliography:
Sewer Permit , 1902, James E. Martin
Location map or building plan with arrow north-
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appearance of structurelsite,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 rectangular
plan with a verandah supported by fluted columns and a turned balustrade.
The three-bay facade is asymmetrical and consists of an offset , side-facing
entrance on the front porch and fixed and 1/1 double-hung windows with brick
lintels. Decorative features include a palladian window, stained glass windows.
terra cotta along the frieze,three corbeled chimneys and a string course. There
is a second enclosed porch on the front facade as well as a small balcony
inset above the open front porch. The bearing wall construction is finished
in brick with wooden shingles in the gable ends. The structure rests on a
stone foundation. The gable roof is covered with wood shingles and features
a cross-gable over the front bay extension and a smaller gable extension to the
side. The axis of the roof is perpendicular to the street. Outbuildings include I
Ia wood garage.
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I HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,w,cortanl events,and/or historical patterns associated with the struclureisite
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
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In 1892, banker James E. Martin built this large residence for his growing'
family. Eventually the structure became known as the Julia Martin House,
I after James Martin' s daughter. Julia was born and lived her entire life in
the home, which she shared with artist friends and other lodgers. Designed
by George Hancock, architect of the Bozeman Hotel , the structure features a
gable roof with returning eaves , a wood frieze under the eave line , and 3 chimneys. -
Significance: This structure is potentially eligible for the National Register
of Historic Places due to its historical Associations and architectural signi-
ficance.
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INTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which the structure/site and surrounding area accuratelyi' � g 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.
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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: l
Name JAMES R MCDONA D AR .HISE_GTS PC Acreage—__ _
Address:_P.0. BOX 8163 USGS Quad:__
Date: MISSOI LA, MONTANA 59807 UTM's:.
REVISED
R�Pattt,e�v A. Cohen
Matt Cohen 419 S. Grand
Revision 1985
Clearly the finest house in Bozeman when built in 1892, the James E. Martin
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 south, 501 S. Grand, is quite similar in overall size,
form and detailing to this house, and is very likely the work of the same architect,
George Hancock. This house is especially notable for its high integrity, load
bearing brick construction with deep window reveals, and high relief, sculpted
frieze. A photograph of this house appears in a 1908 promotional magazine published
by the Gallatin Valley Club, beneath which is the caption: "A typical Bozeman
home " - an obvious exaggeration.
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.
Martin was among the few residents who took advantage of Hancock's temporary
branch office in Bozeman, and secured the plans for this house.
James E. Martin, a 'Bozeman banker, was cashier of the Gallatin Valley National
Bank when he built this house. Ironically, the bank folded the following year
during the Panic of 1893, and Martin took a substantial loss. In 1903, Martin
founded a new bank known as "Martin & Hall", which in 1905 built an impressive
molded concrete bank building still standing at 1 W. Main Street though that
bank weathered another depression in 1907, in 1926, during an agricultural depres-
sion, the bank was absorbed by the three other banks in the city. Martin's
live-in "domestic" was Hannah Hokanson.
Martin's daughter, Miss Julia Martin, lived here her whole life, and was the
sole resident, with the exception of boarders, in the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's.
Artist Ray Camplan bought the house from the Julia Martin Estate in 1972, and
still lives there today.
Bibliography
he Egypt of America, The Gallatin Valley Club, p.8.
John DeHaas, survey of Bozeman historic building, 1973.
Application for Sewer Connection, James E. Martin, Nov. 18, 1902.
' Record of Water Service, Miss Julia Martin, Oct. 17, 1940.
Application and Record of Sewer Connection, Ray Camplan, March 1972.
City Directories: 1904-5; 1927, p.171; 1942.
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