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Home My WebLink About29-43 W Main 1985 �-P D ,NA HISTORICAL .a - - - - -- - - - ,f. I IN V E N T 0 RY i Site I.(-ya; n=scriplion:—Trace'S ats_Jn_�?�P_drt 13) , Bl ock A — Y iAll 1A I A,_jress: 29-33-35-39-41-43 West Main o:,nership:nan,e:_Love l—ace_Real ty & hawthorn CoridaAwjiers -Assoc_&_.R--Rougen - •"ale address: Roll X 82 Frame M 6-] r ..bl� C o LRD Co. Box 1 3rd -- ---J M�WPGn IM u- Historic Name: t Ain The Martin Block hl dgi- Common Name: Hdxtb4,r]1 Ruildinq"ing, estimated Date of Gonstructio c.19)05,c.1900,c.18ocumrn' Ieft to right) uni •c:. ,Architect'Fred F. T. T� Builder. Tngoff Johnson (remodeling) E. Broox Martin Q Rgpwbi ('qw I OrioinalOwner -- Newspaper Orioinal Use:_- $h0p S , 1 p L- _i —•--- ' --- Present Use:—. - h0 S Research Sources: ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories I ❑ plat recordslmaps ® sewerlwaler permits I I ❑ lax cards ❑ obituaries ❑ building permit ❑ biographies X] Sanborn maps—dalev-190.4 -OL_49 1-2--- i Bibliography: > Department of Sanitation Q Q r 1 1 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appearance of structure/site,then contrast and compare that with it's original app-- ance, di;ions. ;•te atiens, and z~i=, sin ma'eria!s- Ciscus sienificant architectural features. This attached two-story commercial structure in the Art Deco Style has a rectangular plan with a rounded metal awning over the majority of the street level entrances and a flat-roofed overhang above the store on the end. The asymmetrical facade has large fixed windows at street level and 1/1 double-hung in pairs and triplets along the second floor. The concrete construction is finished in colored plaster and features limestone portions dividing the concrete facade with "V" groove forms. The cornice detail includes herring bone limestone blocks set in slight niches in the projecting cornice. The coping has a fish scale pattern and is of colored plaster or stone. The large aluminum letters "HAXTHORNX BUILDING" are an integral part of the facade. A 3' high limestone band and drip cap runs continuously over the storefronts. The axis of the roof is parallel to the street and the roof is flat. 2831. Main Street, Looking East, Bozeman, Mont. I — 1� �� r _/L 'I •The, eu.ao BaKEAY �•1 1 `I II•' � � �r 5 . .s- i29-43 West Main Actually four diverse , adjacent , two-story commercial blocks unified by a common facade, the Hathorn Building is significant as a very early example of building encasement, which is more I typical of the period from the 1950 ' s through the 1970 ' s. The parapet displays two significant Art Deco style features - the zig-zag pattern concrete ornament, and the chrome letters which spell "Hathorn Building" . E. Broox Martin was born in Michigan in 1844 , and moved to Bozeman in 1889 . Soon after , he organized the Bozeman Milling Co. He also engaged in ranching , and in 1892 became the first president of the Commercial Exchange Bank (see 104 E. Main. ) Of the four buildings beneath the present facade , Martin probably built the third from the left around 1895 - a 5-bay Romanesque style brick building that displayed arcaded windows similar to those of the Bozeman Hotel and Annex (307 - 321 E. Main . ) This building was known as the "Martin Block" , while another building erected across the street by Martin ( 20 W. Main) around 1905 was named the "Michigan Block" , for Martin ' s home state. The five-bay Martin Block was flanked by two narrower blocks , each of which had a one-bay oriel window projecting from it. These flanking buildings may have been built by Martin around 1900 to create a formal unit of three buildings similar to that which Achilles Lamme created in the 1880 ' s (see 23 - 29 E. Main . ) The irregular spacing of the windows of the "Hathorn Building" facade today is accounted for by the variations of the buildings beneath it. John Lovelace bought the Martin Block , and presumably the two flanking buildings as well , around 1935 , and later renamed them collectively the "Hathorn Building" - his wife ' s maiden name . About the same time , 1934 , he bought the Michigan Block across the street from Martin, and renamed it the "Lovelace Building" (see 20 W. Main . ) Chrome , Art Deco letters presently span the parapets of the two buildings , displaying the words "Hathorn Building" and "Lovelace Building" , respectively. Lovelace, proprietor of Montana Motor Supply Co . in the Lovelace Building and at one time a state senator , remodeled the Hathorn Building during World War II , and according to his daughter- in-law, Mrs . Jack Lovelace, had a difficult time obtaining materials . Architect Fred Willson ' s job list of 1942 includes a job described as : "Alterations to the Hathorn Building" , which probably refers to the present concrete sheathing . Willson designed a similar remodeling for the Bozeman Lodge #18 building (see 2 - 12 E. Main) around the same time . The Contractor for the remodeling was Ingoff Johnson . 1 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify hew Ine persons,Important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site and surrounding area lend the properly significance. E. Broox Martin was born in 1844 In Michigan . He moved to Bozeman In 1889, organizing the Bozeman Mi I I ing Company. He also engaged In ranching and was the first president of the Commercial National Bank. Among those.buiidIngs he erected were his own residence at 1814 South Willson (1909) , the Evergreen Apartments (1918) at 317 West Koch, the "Michigan" building (1910) at 14-20 West Main and the Clark Apartments ( 1914) named for his wife Ella T. Clark Martin. The front facade of this building was remodeled in 1940 and does not meet the National Register age criteria. This structure qualifies as a contributing element within a potential historic district due to Its association with the commercial aspect of the National ization 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 fo the survival of original design and materials and continuity of use, setting and location. INFORMATION VALUE Explain how the extant structurelsite may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc- tion. None. FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: JAMES R. f'r;CP0i%1ALD ARCHITECTS P.C. Name_ _ Acreage:__ Address' USGS Quad' r; J i Dale* "' "' UTM's' L_ AUG 1984 REVISED Matthew A. Cohen 13ozern;in. Montana i A few years after Lovelace ' s extensive remodeling , Bill McCleod , owner of the 2-bay wide building at the northeast corner of Main Street and Willson Avenue, followed suit , and remodeled his building to match the adjacent Hathorn Building (the two western most bays of the extensive building covered by this inventory form are consequently of a slightly different color . ) McCleod ' s small building was originally somewhat similar to 30 W. Main across the street, displaying an ornate parapet with polychromatic brick diapering . M. Cohen Bibliography 1 . Mrs . Jack Lovelace, interview, 9/5/85 2 . Gardner C. Waite, interview, 9/5/85 3 . Application for sewer connection , April 23 , 1902 , E. Broox Martin 4. M. S .U . Special Collections Photograph File : "Main Street" , Postcard , c. 1927 5. Fred F. Willson Job List : 1936 , job #3626 - "Alt. to Broox Martin Building Apts. John Lovelace" 1942 , job #4206 - "Alterations to Hathorn Building" 1944 , job #4401 - "Hathorn Apts. - John Lovelace" 2