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AMI-1ITECTURAL INVENTORY
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Addr ss• 219 South Crand
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Owner;hip:Warne: 1)errold Olmdahl
rjp.,bli address: 3375 Airport Road, Belgrade, MT 59714 41 14
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Common Name: 1 7_an�l_erResidence
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OI � Cr �-•-•----—� Date of Construction:- 18883 documented
L r � Architect: Unknown
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Builder: Kermode & Dayis
ST E _ Original Owner. Geornae E 1 a rlers
Original Use: RPc4rlenre
W —--� �----- -( F— - Present Use: Residence & 4 units
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Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
® plat records/maps tract ❑ sewer/water permits
--4 ❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
C( ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
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L ( T Bibliography:
" - -�` - -- - Avant-Courier September 27, 1888
April 4, 1889
Location map or building 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 two-story multi-family residence has an irregular plan with an open
front porch across the front bay, with solid railing and wood posts , and
a newer shed addition off the rear. There is a side entry to the north
with a hipped roof on three wood columns. The porch roof serves as
a deck for the upper level apartments. There is a hipped roof over the
bay windows on the south side, with the southside entry under a projecting
wall above. The bay windows have corbeled pilasters , and other windows
in the building are 1/1 double-hung. The frame construction is finished
in brick coursing, and bevel siding with a 4" exposure, with shingles in
the gable ends. The structure rests on a brick foundation with a corbeled
belly band at the first floor line. The gable roof is covered with
red and grey interlocking T asphalt shingles and cedar shingles and
features decorative brackets under the eaves. The axis of the main roof
is perpendicular to the street. There is an attached rear garage.
I 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-. is significant because this residence is associated with a
' person important to Bozeman history, George Flanders The residence
was built by* Kermode and Davis, local builders and brickmasons in 1888
for Flanders, a prominent entrepreneur who had sheep and extensive ranching
and logging interests.
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I 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 structurelsite,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.
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INFORMATION VALUE: Explain how the extant structurelsite may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc-
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None.
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Name�i A n r e DT kT-DO A n A nCHI{EIST S P.C. Acreage*
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Address;, ���' ��'? USGS Quad
Date: UTM's:
Matt Cohen 219 S. Grand
Revision 1985
One of the few fine residential examples of the Italianate style in Bozeman,
the Flanders House remains well preserved, and may have been the first significant
house built on South Grand Avenue. Previous to this house, only Frank L. Benepe's
formal Italianate style house of 1883, 201 S. Third Avenue (remodeled in about
1898) , stood as a pretentious house west of South Willson Avenue.
This house was built by builders Kermode & Davis for Vermont emigrant George
W. Flanders in the fall of 1888. Flanders had extensive ranching, sheep, logging
and entrepreneurial interests near Bozeman. By April 4, 1889, the Avant Courier
noted: "George W. Flanders is enclosing (sic.) his new brick residence on Grand
Avenue with a neat and substantial fence. By the way, Mr. Flander's residence
which was completed last fall, is one of the neatest and handsomest structures
in the city. It is quite an imposing structure and yet convenience and comfort
have not been sacrificed for appearance. . . ".
Flanders, though not listed in the city directory of 1900, is listed as the
owner on the 1903 sewer permit for the house.
The only notable alteration to the house, which now houses three apartments
and a law office, has been the replacement of the original turned balcony balustrade
with the present, non-contributing iron one (see attached photograph, c.1900) .
The porch, in' addition, gained replacement posts and a clapboard apron in the
early 20th century.
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Bibliography
Avant Courier, September 27, 1888, p.3.
Avant Courier, April 4, 1889, p.3.
Application for Sewer Connection, George Flanders, April 29, 1903.
City directories, 1892, p. 109; 1900.
Survey Form, 1984, undocumented information on Flanders.
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George Flanders established first mill in Bear Creek (west of
;;piddle Creek) in 1870. He operated there until the winter fof'
1877. He made his own mill and shingle machine o`.tilt
In 1877 a crew of 10 men cut logs on flat near mouth of History
Rock Creek, packed supplies on horses and oXen from head of
Bear Creek across Cottonwood Creek and down History Rock Creek
to Middle Creek. Built cabins; sleds and ox yokes, and logged
there all winter.
Flanders built mill at Idi ddle Creek in 1877. Dug the ditch
and built the mill pond. The- water wheel, in!hi ch he built him-
self developed 125 H--P. A 4 foot pipe and 90 foot drop -- used
1500 inches waters
In the spring of 1_877 the first log drive was made down Riddle
Creek during the high water. The mill started operating on
August 15 s 18.78
This mill ran until spring of 1886 when Flanders bought a
larger mill from the -Erie Iron ?'orks, Erie, N. Ye The ~iii_ll
was shipped to Dillon, Montana by rail and from there by o.>
team to. Bozeman at $2 a potnd frei ghee This was the largest
mill il:i the territory with a capacity of 18, 000 feet a days
Flanders put in a larger water wheel., doubling the capacity
of the old wheel -- 225 H.P.
At about the same time ' he started a lumber yard in Bozemano and
took in a partner, Garrett Lansing, changed the name to Flanders
and Lansing mill. Operated as such until. 1093 when the mill
and was sold to Pray Lumber Company and the Lumber yard to .
Kenyon-Noble. The mill was operated by a man named Stanchfield
until 1896 and then went bankrupt. The Commercial Bank too
it over and appointed Flanders as receiver. Flanders ran the
mill for the bank for one year and then bought it back and
ran it until 1906.
In 1906 ±kx Flanders, Hogan and Benepe organized The People ' s
Electric Light Company which used the water wheel to produce
electricity for Bozeman. In 1909 the Peoples I_ledtric Light
Co. was sold to the I:ladison Power Company.
In 1909 Flanders started the- sawmill- again and ran it continually
until 1918 when his son, George, took it over' and ran it until
1923. It was sold to Henke and moved to Gallatin Canyon.9 in
about 1926. Henke sold parts to various people but the -sawmill
proper was sold and moved to Lincoln country out of Helena.
Principal products of the mill included shingles, lathe,
lumber, molding and finished litimber.
(Material from George Flanders (son) via Fran D. White)
THE G. W. .FLATD,2S LL'I'_BER idILL
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The Flanders Lumber _;:ill is situated at the mouth of Viddle Creek
Canyon on the edge of the famous GallLtin ?Talley. It is nine miles From
Bozewan, the county seat of Gallatin County, and about twenty _:ales From
the northwest corner of 7ellowstone Tational Park.
This mill is no longer in active service, tut during the time of
its operation of thirty-three years, it has had a large part in the de-
veloD_."ent of Sallatin Valley. It sta ds ,unique as a mill built, owned
and operated by one man, and its history it full of interest and
instruction.
To understand the history and significance of any enterprise, we
must go back in history and acquaint ourselves with the events leading
up to it. "Flanders Lill" bears the name of its owner, builder and
operator, Mr. G. W. Flanders, who was born in Orange Co. , Vermont. As
Y±. Flanders grew up he learned the trade of "mill Wright" at which he
worked until the outbreak of the Civil Tar in 1861. Then at the age of
twenty-one he enlisted in the Union Army in the 6th Clermont Infantry
where he served his country through the four years of bloody civil strife.
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When the war was over, 1,r. Flanders started West to seek his
fortune. He traveled by rail to eastern Iowa which was as far West as
the railroad then extended. From there he went by stage to Omaha, which
was then called a "wild frontier" town. Not being satisfied with any-
thing short of the "real West", Ex. Flanders took passage on a Vissouri
River boat for Ft. Benton, E-ontana. Arriving at Ft. Benton he took stage
for Helena, Montana where he went to work as millwright in the construe-
tion of a quartz mill. Helena was then a rough bustling mining camp of
ten thousand men. ,
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For six years he worked in and around 'Helena and at the end of that
time he went to the Gallatin valley, Lont. , where he began the construction
of a lumber and shingle ;rill in Bear Canyon. At that time there were no
railroads near and but very few settlers, but Yr. Flanders with the true
spirit of the pioneer starter: to work and with his axe and saw built his
little mill including all the necessary machinery excepting the saws.
Pere he worked for six years furnishing the lumber and other building
materials for the incoming settlers.
In 1877 he decided to start a larger and better mill in Middle
Creek Canyon. Accordingly he took his choppers with sleds, oxtn, tools
and provisions across the range down into the Eiddle Creek basin and
started them to wor_. there. He then went back to his rill, drew up
the plans for his new building, sawed the lumber he would need and got
is all ready to move to Yiddle Creek. As he desired an efficient and
up-to-date mill, Yr. Flanders sent to Erie, Pa. for the machinery he
would need. This was shipped by rail to Dillon, Vont. , then the nearest
railroad point, and from there brought to Riddle Creek by a ten-horse-
mule freighter, the freight from Dillon costing ten cents per pound.
Iar. Flanders built his mill at the entrance to the canyon, near
the rapid mountain stream which offered fine water poker, rear good
timber, and right at the edge of the fertile valley. Wile part of his
men were chopping; he erected the mill with the materials he had ready
cut and fitted. He installed his machinery, which consisted of a five-
foot circular saw, shingle machine, planer, cus-off saw and water turbine.
He constructed a large pond near the mill, but on a higher level, a
five-foot canal was built from the pond up the canyon for hald a mile,
and there the river was harnessed by a substantial dam, turning part of
the water into the canal.
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Everything was in readiness by the spring of 1878, so the logs
that had been cut the previous winter about twelve miles above, rere
floated down to ti.e lake _formed by the dam, where most of them were kept
for some time. From here the logs were led out a few at a time, through
the canal down to the pond and from there towed out to the approach to
the saw. ;hen every thine, was in readiness the :-_achinery was started and
"Flanders P<iill" began its career in the industrial world.
The first rough lumber sawed brought fifty dollars per thousand,
and shingles brought eight dollars per thousand. 2is the capacity of the
mill was a-,out ten thousand feet of lumber and ten thousand shindles
daily, and as the demand for building materials grew, a profitable business
was developed. Gaging the cutting by the demand, i.s. Flanders averaged
about one"half million feet of li riber annually. This was cut during the
winter by ten or twelve choppers, floated dovri on the spring high water
and sawed during the summer months.
At first the canyon was impassible for even pack horses, and the
choppers had to cross the range each fall and s--ring. Later as the
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business grew, a road was cut up through the canyon beside the river, and
this is enjoyed today by many cmrers who t1ink little of the labor re-
quired to make this scenic trip possible for them.
In 1884 the iYorthern Pacific railroad built through the Gallatin
Valley. This brought many new settlers Grd consequently an increase in
the demand for lumber. In 1890 hir. Flanders started a retail lumber
yard in Bozeman, which served as an excellent distributing point for the
mill products. The demand for lumber was good, so the work of chopping
during the winter, driving during the spring, and sawing during the
sumrner was continued.
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When 11r. Flanders first went to :riddle Creek he had free and
undisputed right to all the available timber. owever in 1906 the U.S.
government included practically all the I•,_iddle Creel: timber in the
Gallatin Reserve. rafter this a regular stumpage price had to be paid
for the government and other extracting demands complied with. Besides;
the good timber was becoming scarcer and mere difficult to obtain, so
logging became less ar:d less _pro 'itable. 'bout two DAllion feet of
lumber was cut after th_- reserve eras established, but in 1910 active
logging was abandoned as it could no longer be continued on a paying
basis.
I'.ost lumber mills have a long list of fatal accidents in their
_istory, but "Flanders !,_ill" is unusual in this respect. Daring the
tArty-three years of its active operation but two men were killed.
Both these men were drivers whose work of piloting 'the logs down the
stream is very dangerous unless they know their work well and are
cautious. Io fire has ever;-molested this mill, although in 1910 it was
threatened by a large forest fire on a nearby mountain range.
The chance visitor in I,:iddle Creek Canyon today mould little
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suspect that this canyon was once th-e scene of a great industrial
activity. The miller has turned his attention to developin~ his fine
faria on whic',. t'_e mill stands, a ,d to the raisin) o-f hi.c-h grade sheep.
The beautiful riour_tain strea`, tumbles aloe c u rolested by the
heaving logs ar.d the shriek of t?ae saw no longer- reverberates along the
canyon walls. Instead, cyuite predominates except for an occasional
tinkle from a sheep bell on the nearby mountain side.
The veneralle miller, soldier, pioneer quietly c +res for his
prosperous-little mountain farm, breathing with satisfaction the pine
scented mountain air aind looking back with pleasure on the days that
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The mlill, altrloup�h now quiet, defies the attack of age and
stands as a landr.mr in t` e ..iarch of industriaj .oroE-ress, a 1:ion inert
to the perseverance, industry, and thrift of a , ,__ who `,e.s served his
country v:'ell both in :vsr and, peace.
Hurford L. Stone
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GeorP. ,:, Flanders
George Washington Flanders, education in Gallatin county
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79, retired rnan, of 428 High School and was the fi►•st
North Wallace died at his home athlete
Tuesda there to receive four
k` y ' evening;- July 8,' letters in football.
according ;to the, county Flanders married Phoebe
coroner. ;
n Baker in
Coroner, Rob' ;dyers -said ' 4,,19 7. She died Aug. 30, 1973.
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Flanders I died..from,.rlat?lal He wolked in;lhe lumber ti
`"�'hiuler's dd�tor's'Care.'.He';.spending much of that timyears
e with
said the body was discovered at .the Idaho Pole Co.
8:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 16, Survivors include a sister,
.by Bozeman Police,called by a Mrs. Clara Vestal of Santa
' concerned relative.;Born in Bozeman Cruz,Calif.; a nephew, William
i on Sept. 13, - Vestal, also of Santa Cruz; two
1895, a son of George and M
Flanders, ary nieces Lana Vestal Christenson
he_received his of California, and Mrs. Kestar
- (Hortense)Krieg
�• ';'`".' CEOFtCE h'L� of Santa Cruz.
ANDLRS Graveside services will be
Graveside services for held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at
,George Flanders were held
Saturday the Sunset Hills Cemetery.
Y afternoon at'Sunset t ,
Hills Cemetery... The Rev. (
,- Hervey Alacferran,+officiated.
j ` Pallbearers _were Robert t
Montgomery;"' Rob ert:;,
Ridgeway, •William :E. Koss;°i
Malcolm Story, Hollis Harrison',
and Sid Thomas.
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George Washington Flanders,. education in Gallatin County
r'.; 79, retired lumberman, of 428 High School and was the first
North Wallace died at his home , athlete there to receive four
Tuesday' evening g,:_July 8,• letters in football.
according,. to : the county Flanders married Phoebe '
Coroner. Rob' Myers said n Bak d Aug
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Sanders—'died-from,.natqal lie worked in.the lumberi.,
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mar's care.'.lie-spending'rnuah oftltat�lim ears
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said the body was discovered at .the Idaho Pole Co. e With.
8:30 a.m. Wednesday, July lli, _: Survivors include a` sister,
+r;by Bozeman Police, called by a Mrs.!,Clara Vestal of Santa
concerned relative...;.;, :.
Cruz,Calif.; a nephew, William
Born in Bozeman on Sept. 13, Vestal also of Santa Cruz; two
1895,a son of George and Mary nieces Lana Vestal Christenson
FFlanders,� he received his•.of California, and Mrs. Kestar
,`_ -`--�� (Hortense)Krieg of Santa Cruz.
<G CEGRCEFLANDERs Graveside services will be
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t: Graveside<`services for held at 1:30
EE � George Flanders' were held A•rn, Saturday at
f1. '' the Sunset Hills Cemetery•
Saturday afternoon at'Sunset
I- Hills Cemetery; .;The Rev,
r: Hervey Macferran ;officiated.
j Pallbearers,.'Were Robert t
Montgomery;.,'.Robert :
Ridgeway, .William .E. Koss;''
Malcolm Story, Hollis Harrison
;and Sid Thomas;
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u VIIIl ANK *U1 lei 13011y 111""P i►Vuu"7
ta�c_P avers of the county. The third ward to
whose excellent b the BOB 10 the other V�
The Concert given► " ner Repab
near Moreland,
Y . ate, Quintette Club at the a
nnu a, call Church, Taedd�►y U1Bht w te �bp�„ got VMS
an eulmtant I9a- by a tUU hawse. The instrumevts� h aftr the e1 0
mme was malt ex- publlc�x►
rater. p�►tt of the progir► rt
cellent throughout, the work oY r . ets-and one of the
T made a trip to Blumenberg, Mr. Hentschel and , . . c�aMd,
ttend a rehearsal ,Rhodes especially �. The enterpris-e �►Yor rt
the ,title role of a .the� gum' fever w ds'in•tLe
.ing 'young Wien who 6�
to Helena fora tee nece�►r ' to get the club to 91ve a MA�t7 wa
I the.near future, performance here are entitled to the
arat ward p
vespamutlY
t is over. thanks of the community. hip . perhaps
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The �s iongh
Georp Budd (lea. W• Flanders is iuclosing his new �Demo�ocratle ticket and
Mr• brick residence on (band Avenue, with woMy, to get value
uatmasterahip was their only candid o
a neat and sabatantial fence. By the
ate on the $8th ult. glanders' residence, which stay ) nifed.
eve the present in- m'• is one of t
Pon the discharge was aompletsd leaf lall, he� who their real friends
P neatoet and handsomest structures in and bye.
the present month.
the oity. It is quite an impoei090trur In he thud ward,
Lselection of tore and yet convenienUe aio a per paper men of BnZBm
takelk oats have, not been sacrificed pneat Republiean nomin
will anc e; in ita aonstrnction. It is a grant L. Benepe and
�' �' ton- -received about
h . der to and subet�►n ►ialbnilding and weU teiapt- .
land d per ed for a comfortable home. one cast for the Des
the la P that in
ut in Aft or more asked who says
The question is freqUently "ant in city electi
wbO*r the county officers, elected last -
Lg given under the fall, 'will retain their respective pod-
. H•.Hy, at.,tbs bons for two years if Montana arrives ns
last.Th �► ►eye- at statehood in October nest. TheII L_ rim ead
n every, sea4ea o! lion. o!the question is doubt
, �►
tutfonal conven-
'sey is fi� for leee'leit. to the conati
and the ple tioia ` The•prevailin8 opinion in hako- The writer viei
ell repaid. � to is that their constitution will pro- ingston Iest'q'reeY--i
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vide for the election of a new set�of of- at
ig C and a Mayo
tact November* but The city is P
that the threatened fivers all aro d► ms take a different WSW and otherwise
Berman and a prom• Ido tsaa a „mod make coultitu• cipal thorn
e ci has been rode- view Of officers All- markable as it
of the beMgsr- tionsl provision for county which
they 't blowing a
m declined to inIK out the ftlI term for
misundentand. won elected, under the Territorial law. viNN so Mr. sf�
ad mode o! War• SWk-it- may be ,regarded- as an open wind mill by sam
question. way he raises e
"'the exigencies.
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