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Home My WebLink About319 S Black 1985 l ONTANA HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY Site# SLegal Description' Black's Lots Tr. B OO'x15O' ham ' Address 319 South Black ownership:name: Oscar 'N. and Janis Dean nri,ate -drfress: 6590 Davis Lane Roll# 70 Frame l�l C 9�_T1-S , - - — v. istoric Name: Unkniowa �Jommon Name: Unknown El estimated pCDate of Construction: '1892 R] documented Architect' Unknown I �o Builder Unknown Original Owner John A- Lurt- Original Use• Residence Present Use' Research Sources: ❑ abstract of title ❑ citydirectories G 7 El plat records/maps sewer/water permits •r�- %k r ,— _ —. — ~ C El tax cards ❑ obituaries �' —^✓" V _—_ C Elbuilding permit tgbiographies r [ IR Sanborn maps—dale' 1904 Bibliography: Avant-Courier-July, $, 1892 T '�a;n� } ---— Progressive Men ((��ae attached sheet e Sewer Permit, 1908, J. A. Luce Department of Sanitation K — — -~ [�cturelsite,then contrast and compare that with it's original appearance, T Tog v S i Q FZ ignificant architectural features. This detached two-story s-�fnily residence has a T•_•ga-ped plan with the original front porch now closed in. The facade consists of casement, fixed and 1/1 double-hung windows inn*,pgond story open porch on a pedestal and column. There is an arched window recess d into the second story, and the front entrance is recessed with a triangular pediment. The frame construction is finished in weatherboard and staggered butt shingles on the second story and attic. The structure rests on a rqa� A] stone foundation covered with concrete. The gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles and features a five-window dormer and a br1•ck exterior chimney and metal stovepipe. Iwo wry rL r: . q., ,�� / .. ,, � — .V ' VIONTANA HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY Site, Legal Description Black's Lots Tr. B 90'x150' eing 731 ! Address, 319 South Black ! Ownership:name- Oscar 'A. and Janis Dean rm"ate ,ririress: 6590 Davis Lane Roll, 70 Frame I C(_� �S J 4istoric Name: tin lip J i Nommon Name: IInknown t I El - -' QeDate of Construction: 1R92 RI documented Architect: Unknown Builder. I Inknow •� _ _ _ - Original Owner: John A. Lucc 1 Original Use, Residence — ----0 g Present Use: Residencp I Research Sources: - "1 v l ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories 6 ! ❑ plat records/maps ❑ sewerlwater permits l s • ❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries C Elbuilding permit I-Tbiographles 11.11". 2 _� 7t•' IR Sanborn maps—dates: 19 04 ` Bibliography: ju f f _ _ Avant-Courier-July 28,,f 1892 t �a Progressive Alen - , ee attached sheet r c Sewer Permit, 1908, J. A. Luce L� Z,�,n-� Department of Sanitation ��' - - - c T [�icturelsite,then contrast and compare that with it's original appearance, S J I O Rignificant architectural features. This detached two-story single-family residence has a T-shaped plan with the original front porch now closed in. The facade consists of casement, fixed and 1/1 double-hung windows and a second story open porch on a pedestal and column. There is an arched window recessed into the second story, and the front entrance is recessed with a triangular pediment. The frame construction is finished in weatherboard and staggered butt shingles on the second story and attic. The structure rests on a rubble stone foundation covered with concrete. The gable roof is covered with green asphalt shingles and features a five-window dormer and a brick exterior chimney and metal stovepipe. ■ 1 , I 1 , I ■ 1 1 ■ 1 1 1 1 1 1 I ■ 1 7 1 1 j J 1 4 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structurelsite and surrounding area lend the property significance. This property is significant because this residence is associated with a person important to Bozeman history, John A. Luce. Son of early Bozeman resident and distinguished judge, John A. Luce graduated from Columbia University in Washington, D.C. in 1885 and formed a partnership with his father, Luce and Luce. He served as County Attorney of Gallatin County. i I I This structure qualifies as a contributing element within a potential historic district due to its association with the residential aspect of the Civic 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 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: DAMES R. r�,rCCONALD ARCHITECTS P.C. Nart1e Acreage: Address- P. 0. 00,\` E:C3 USGS Quad: Date: f'ilk), 4ULA, N'iONTANA 59807 uTM,s: 319 S. Black Once one of the most impressive historic houses in Bozeman - and of special note when built - this large Shingle style house is now nqn- contributing due to enclosure of the full front porch, and the incor poration of it into the interior living space. The ornate upper floor nevertheless remains in original condition. The house was built by John A. Luce - a prominent lawyer, judge, and one-time Bozeman mayor - in about 1892. - , Luce, who is listed as residing at this approximate location in the 1892 City Directory, settled in Montana in 1882, from Washington, D.C. By 1900 he was a partner in the firm "Luce & Luce," with his father, L.A. Luce (see 307 S. Black) . In 1916 he was mayor. Luce may have moved out of this house in 1918. The Weekly Courier on August 28 of that year noted that, "Judge Luce has purchased the residence of John Tilton on Black Street. He will at once erect an addition to the residence and remove there the coming month. " The article may have been referring to L.A. Luce. By 1927 the Delta Tau Fraternity occupied this house. The house has various residents and periods of vacancy through the 1930' s and 1940' s. Bibliography Application for Sewer Connection, May 25, 1908, J.A. Luce. Sanborn Maps: 1891 (house not shown) ; 1904 (house shown) . City Directories: 1892, p. 128; 1900, p.166; 1910-11 , p.119; 1916-17, p. 116; 1927, p. 161; 1935-6; 1940; 1943. Weekly Courier, August 28, 1918, p. 11. Evan V. Davis , photographer,_Souvenir of Bozeman & the Gallatin Valley, Mt: Photo Gravures, Brooklyn, N.Y. : The Albertype Co. , 1908, p.9 shows photo of house in original condition, labeled, "J.A.. Luce. 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