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HomeMy WebLinkAbout307-315 E Main 1985 � ONTANA HISTORICAL AEI ® ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY Site 7 , 1 1 Legal Description: Original Townsite Lots Portions of 1 - s If " f?-s�' ■� l Address: 307-31 Ownership:name: Waite Realty _ ❑ private El public address: Sourdough Creek Adrancement Co, Box 547 Roll N 83 Frame# 1-2 1ALL ritGVV pF-vv it.� � Historic Name: Bozeman Hotel. Annex i r ' Bozeman Hotel Annex i + Common Name: __4 ❑ estimated . l 1 Date of Construction: 1890-91 _ » documented Architect- __Ut1 nown Builder: Unknown r� t ;tip Original Owner. Unknown t Original Use: Offices 1 - Present Use: Commercial Structure Research Sources: Ti I T i ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories plat records/maps ❑ sewerlwater permits I � l W , ❑ tax cards C obituaries —L 1 ❑ building permit ❑ biographies 7 I K Sanborn maps—dates, 18 9 Q�Q 1 I LIJ i ,` 'i 1 Bibliography: 1 r + 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 featur@s. This two-story commercial structure has a square plan with brick pilasters dividing the building into three bays and tiled entryways. The symmetrical facade has central entrance in each bay and storefront windows. The second story features three 1/1 double-hung windows in each bay with the first bay having arched, corbeled brick designs above the windows and the others being squared. There is a decorative metal cornice with corbeled brick forming dentils. The brick construction has cast iron lintels over the storefront and a cut stone band between the two floors. The flat built-up roof lies perpendicular to the street. i-IIISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structurelsite and surrounding area lend the property significance. The Hotel Bozeman was designed for the Bozeman Improvement Company by George Hancock, an architect from Fargo, North Dakota, who practiced several years in Bozeman. Construction was completed in tirhe for a gala March opening in 1891 . The establishment is described in 1897 as "eligibly located on Main Street, opposite City Hall , and is the finest structure in the city" . Steam heat, electricity, and 136 guest rooms attracted a flattering patronage. Now commonly referred to as the Bozeman Hotel , the building has been renovated for shops and offices. The adjoining brick structure to the west, known as the Bozeman Hotel Annex, was built a year later, in a similar Victorian Commercial Style. 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 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 and materials 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. FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Name, JAMES R. h cnNdl f) ARG1111ECI. p.C. Acreage_ Address P. Lul USGS Quad Date: MISSQU UTM.s: — REVISM r�.� 1984 Mafthc.vi A. C-hen Bozo-n-i, Montana SIN it'll F-Vi4"°t N Roi T(e s r b-�r--- wA—t.lc 307-315 E. Main 1985 revision Matt Cohen, surveyor The Bozeman Hotel Annex, though it reads as a separate structure, was built concurrently with the Hotel Bozeman in 1890, for rental as stores and offices. The Weekly Avant Courier reported on September 18, 1890: "The Hotel Bozeman is coming up in elegant shape, the walls of the extensive wing or annex having been advanced to the top of the third story. The contractors, Messrs. Campbell and Davitt, expect to have the entire structure enclosed on or before October 15" (p. 3) . The brickwork of the rear (north) wall of the annex is consequently contiguous with that of the hotel . George Hancock, an architect from Fargo, N.D. , established a temporary brance office in Bozeman largely for the purpose iof designing the Hotel Bozeman and other major structures in the city. Hancock unified the hotel and annex with common architectural motifs and ornament. The annex is divided into 3-bay sections , the inner two containing rectangular windows with stone sills and lintels like those of the second and third floors of the hotel . The farthest bay to the west projects slightly, like the three projecting bays in each facade of the hotel , and has round headed windows with linked hood moldings , like those of the fourth floor of the hotel . The annex occupies a site directly over Sour Dough Creek, which flows under a fieldstone barrel vault beneath the building. Three of the first tenants in this building were real estate dealers , Ramsey & Perkins in one of the ground floor spaces , and Lindley & Smith, and Rickards & Lewis, in offices in the second floor (Bozeman Chronicle, December 30, 1891, p. 1) . The Bozeman Daily Chronicle occupied the building at least as early as 1927 (City Directory, 1927, p. 33) , eventually occupying the entire j ground floor, until about 1977, when the newspaper moved into newly built Ifacilities on Mendenhall St. The present three storefronts of the three inter-related stores in the building, Caravan, Habitat and Rising Sun Leather Co. , were designed by James Nave and Pete Stein and built by the same. The Caravan storefront was built in 1978, that of the Rising Sun Leather Co. around 1979-1980, and Habitat around 1981. The stained glass transoms of the latter two are original , while the purple glass transom of Habitat is an approximation of the original hematite glass transom originally found there, accoring to James Nave. Bibliography Weekly Avant Courier,September 18, 1890, p. 3 City Directory, 1927, p. 33 James Nave, interview, 9/5/85 Bozeman Chronicle, December 30, 1891 , p. 1.