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Legal Description:
Address: 201 A E. Main St. CONTACT
Ownership:Name: David P. & Josephine W. Vaughan PHOTO
oriLate address: 80051 Gallatin -R-d Bozeman, MT 59715 Ron# Frat-a#
r T Historic Name: None
Common Name: Unknown
1 Date of Construction: C1890 ❑ estimated documenled
Architect: None
TT' -�` Builder: Unknown TTT'' Original Owner: Unknown
Original Use: Store/House of Prostitution
Present Use: Storage
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T T T dates of construction,original owners,builders,uses,etc.
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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appearance of structure/site, then contrast and compare that with its original ap-
pearance, noting additions,alterations,and changes in materials.Discuss significant architectural features.
The approximately 45 foot square, eaves front, deteriorated brick first floor,
a smooth stucco second floor, and a low pitched gable roof. In the front of the
first floor are seven segmental arched openings. The outer and central ones
originally being wide windows, while the other four are doors (the westernmost
has been altered and is now rectangular) . The four upper floor windows are small
and have 1/1 sash. The west wall_ has only two small openings, while the right
has been faced by a modern, stepped brick wall, with projecting piers for
strength. �'
HISTORICAL INFORMATION: Describe the persons, important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/
rsite and surrounding area.
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201 A E . Main - Significance
1985 revision
Matt Cohen , surveyor
One of only two buildings in the city ( and the only one in the
district) remaining from a small section of Chinese ghetto in
19th and early 20th century Bozeman , this structure , according to
David P . Vaughan , housed a Chinese store in the first floor ,
where he used to buy firecrackers as a boy -in the 1920 ' s and
1930 ' s . The second floor was used as a Chinese house of prosti -
tution , and retains today garrish wallpaper , and several small
rooms with individual sinks . The second floor of 135 E . Main
was used for the same purpose by 1904 , and retains similar physical
evidence .
Sanborn Maps from 1884 through 1927 all show a large number of
irregular tenements , some marked specifically as " Chinese" , in
the area bounded by Bozeman , Rouse , Main , and the alley north of
j Main . Specific dating of this structure from the maps is difficult.
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The other building that remains from this slum district is 234 E
Mendenhall , c. 1890 , though it is substantially altered . Another
house of prostitution known to have been in this area , marked
simply as " female tenement" on Sanborn Maps , was located in a 1-
story brick building behind the Bozeman Hotel , aid was demolished
in 1980 ( Bozeman Dail- Chronicle , 1883- 1983 ,
Pt I1 , p . 2) . A
Chinese laun ry , Loy Laun ry , Is shown on all the Sanborn Maps ,
located directly across the street from the Carnegie Library
Building ( 35 N . Bozeman ) .
B i b I i o ra h
David P . Vaughan , interview , 9/ 5/85 2
Bozeman Daily Chronicle , 1883- 1983 , Pt . II , p .
Sanborn Maps , 1884 , 1890 , 1891 , 1904 , 1912 , 1927 .
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