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Address: 208 East Thin
Ownership: name: Security Bank
L private address: Roll# 78 Frame#1
❑ public BOX 910
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Date of Construction: 1969 ( documented
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T N II I , T, I Original Owner: Security Bank and Trust
I C Original Use: Bank
Present Use: Bank
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V 1 Department of Sanitation
Bozeman Chronicle 3/30/1983
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 attached commercial two-story structure has a rectangular plan in the
International Commercial style. There is a detached archway over the front
entrance and aluminum storefront windows around, as well as a series of small
fixed windows directly under the cornice. The black stack bond brick and precast
white epoxy stone construction has a cornice of white tile or metal and rests on
a concrete foundation. The roof is flat with built=up materials, and lies perpen-
dicular to the street.
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GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
FORM PREPARED BY:
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208 E. Main
1985 revision
Matt Cohen, surveyor
The Security Bank & Trust Building, a significant example of a period of
architecture that will be of historic interest in the future, presently com-
prises the largest single gap in the historic integrity of the district. Unlike
the other large gaps - formed of historic buildings that have been encased by
exterior sheathing, this gap is not reversible.
The building was opened to the public on September 19, 1960, and in 1977
was nearly doubled in size by the addition of the present, slightly projecting
wing to the east. That expansion entailed the demolition of "Bittner' s
Tailor Shop" - a small , 2-story, 4-bay, brick, Commercial Queen Anne style
block, built in 1900. The drive-through bank behind this building (not
attached) on Babcock, "Security Trust' s new, streamlined ultra-modern motor
bank" as described by the Gallatin County Tribune, was built in 1972 and is
covered with aggregate stone finish to mach tine main building.
A frame, 21/2-story, gable front, Greek Revival style building used before
1882 by S. Willson & Co. (see 101 E. Main) originally stood on this site
(Alderson, p. 31; St. Paul Pioneer Press Daily, engravings , October 15, 1883) .
The Security Bank & Trust Co. was organized in October, 1919, with H.S.
Buell as president, A.G. Gerthot, Vice President, W.N. Purdy, cashier, and J.L.
Ketterer, assistant cashier (Griffin, p. 9) . The bank occupied a small 2-
story building formerly adjacent to the east side of the Commercial National
Bank (now First National Bank, 104 E. Main) before moving to this new facility.
The former building had gained a new, Fred Willson-designed facade in 1948,
but was demolished between 1970 and 1972 as part of First National Banks
expansion (see 104 E. Main) .
Biblio rapes
St. Paul Pioneer Pr_es__s Daily, engravings, October 15, 1883
Griffin, p. 9
Alderson, p. 31
Bozeman Daily Chronicle, advertising supplement, October 8, 1969, "50th
Anniversary Security Bank & Trust Co. "
Gallatin County Tribune, 7/6/72, p. 2.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle, March 20, 1977, p. 20.