HomeMy WebLinkAbout23 E Main 1984 MONTANA HISTORICAL AND
ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY Site "a --,
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Address: 23 East Main
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cu ale address: 10659 Bridger Canyon Road Roll rY 82 Frame N 16
Historic Name: Raleigh. Lamme & Co.
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Date of Construction: c. 1882. t� 12 documented
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Architect: Unknown
TI-1 Builder: Unknown
I Original Owner: Unknown
--•� ` `� Original Use: Dry goods
J- y Present Use: Commercial Structure
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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.
Ifhis attached two-story commercial structure has a rectangular plan with a
flat-roof overhang at street level and an iron balcony at the second floor window
which is composed of arched and transomed panes. The street level features
storefront windows. The construction is finished in stucco with terra cotta
ornamentation at the cornice, windows and wall medallions. The flat built-up
roof lies perpendiculari:to the street. The modern storefront obscures the original
details at street level except for a half-round terra cotta design at each side.
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Figure 40: Tivoli Beer Hall and neighboring Lamme buildings, including the
last to be built (right) In 1883, still intact in 1984. (Photo
Courtesy Museum of the Rockies. )
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Figure 41 : Tivoli Beer Hall and neighboring Lamme Buildings, including the
last to be built (right) in 1883, still Intact in 1984. (Engraving
- � taken from photograph, The Northwest, August 1885. )
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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
This property is associated with a person important to Bozeman history,
J Achilles Lamme. Lamme, born in 1857 was trained as a physician at the St.
Louis Medical School. Choosing to follow the gold strikes, Lamme came to
Montana in 1865, setting up a dry goods store rather than practicing
medicine. In 1866, he established a business with John S. Mendenhall
selling dry goods. Lamme was associated with at least three business
houses, 27 East Main, A. Lamme & Co. built about 1882 and 9 East Main
1 ' `, built in 1887, Raleigh, Lamme & Co. Raleigh was William B. Raleigh, a dry
goods merchant in Helena. Lamme died in 1888. His son Edison B. Lamme,
continued his business interests until 1901 with the Raleigh Lamme, and
Co. that incorporated in 1893 as the Gallatin Valley Mercantile Company.
This structure qualifies as a contributing element within a potential historic
district due to its association with the commercial aspect of the Vi I lage
Phase of Bozeman 's historic/architectural development.
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 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 P�EM��DRY:MCDONALD ARCfilTECTS P.C.
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name H _ _ Acreage:— -
Address: g� —PITION 907 USGS Quad:_
Date: UTM's:_
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Matthew A. Cohen
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23 E . Main
1985 revision
Matt Cohen , surveyor
Originally a samll , ornate , Italianate style commercial block very
similar to 27 E . Main , this building gained a completely remodeled ,
stuccoed facade topped by as ornate , glazed terra cotta cornice
around 1920. The present facade is a very significant example of
the light diverse commercial design of the period . The building was
originally built for Raleigh , Lamme & Co . , one of the largest
1 mercantile businesses in Bozeman in the 1880 ' s .
� This small block was built as one of a group of three constructed by
Achilles Lamme ( see inventory form for biography) . Lamme ' s first
building , built for A. Lamme & Co . , stood on the site of 25 E . Main ,
and was a simple 2-story block , built in 1880 . Probably in 1882 and
1883 , respectively , this building was built adjacent to it to the left ,
and 27 E . Main was built on the east , completing what appears to have
been a consciously planned , quite formal grouping consisting of a
broad , virtually unornamented building flanked by two narrower , very
ornate ones ( see attached photo and etching ) .
According to Matt Alderson ' s 1883 guide to the city , this building
was the Dry Goods House of Raleigh , Lamme & Co . ( Sanborn Map of 1884
corroborates this ) . After this , the building had a variety of
occupants , such as a jewelry , musical instrument and confectionary
store by the 1890 ' s ( Sanborn Maps , 1890 , 1891 ) .
In 1922 , Lanohr ' s Florist Shop moved into half the building , while a
clothing store occupied the other half . Langohr ' s , a prominent local
business which operated extensive greenhouses on South Tracy Ave .
behind the vernacular Queen Anne style Langohr House ( 315 S . Tracy) ,
may have been responsible for the remodeling . About twelve years
after occupying the building , Langohr ' s moved across the street to
10 E . Main . The business moved to their present locations on S .
Tracy and W . Main in about 1971 . The stucco of this facade was
replaced in August , 1985 , accurately reproducing the original .
Note : December 6 , 1985 : Langohr ' s Florist shop never occupied this
building , but rather , 19 E Main , in the east half of the Tivoli Beer
Hall Building .
Biblioyraphy
Roy Johnston , interview 9/ 10/85
Alderson , p . 29
City Directory , 1927 , p . 177
Sanborn Maps , 1884 , 1889 , 1890 , 1891 , 1904
Don Langohr , interview , December 12 , 1985
Sanborn Map , 1927