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Home My WebLink About516 S Tracy 1985 ___-:4N10NTANA HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY11si,e, Legal Description: Hoffman t S lot-, 17-29 Rlnrk F Address: 516 South Tracy Ownership:name: School District #7 0 private address: Roll#38 Frame#4 1 0 pubis s*Box 520, Bozeman, Montana Historic Name: r Common Name, Longfellow School ED estimated 1939 Dale of Construction: ❑ documcniE Fred F. Willson Architect* Unknown Builde.-. Original Owner School Original Use: SZ f I) Present Use: School Research Sources: [I abstract of title ❑EJ city directories LONG El plat records maps EX sewer)water permits El tax cards ❑ obituaries building permit E) biographies Sanborn maps—dale 1 91 2 Bibliography: Bozeman Chronicle , March 28, 1983. Bozeman School District. Water - sewer permit, 1905 1939 in files as 610 South Tracy. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appearance of structure/site,then contrastand compare that with it's original appearance, noting additions,alterations,and changes in materials.Discuss significant architectural features. This two-story modern school has an L-shaped plan with a recessed diagonal entry in the interior joint of, the 'ell . . The two-bay facade .is asymmetrical and consists of the entry with 4-paned upper and 2-paned lower fixed windows. The concrete construction includes Vx 6" glass block sections and features inset horizontal lines in the concrete. It sits on a concrete foundation. The one-story flat-roofed addition to the north and south has the same style. The entire building has a raised crenalated cornice ornament. There are concrete pilasters on the side of the building. T .� }, �'iM � -� MONTANA HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY INVENTORY1 Site Legal Description:J-of flllall-'S--L-ats-- 1 7-29_a1_o.c_k_E_ Address,. 516 Stith Trey Ownership: name:-S cho-o l--D1s_tri-c #7 ---- — — +• ❑ private address: Roll p 38 Frame N4 ❑ public Box 520 Bozeman Montana Utrk�l-own- � Historic Name: , •• i common Name: Longfellow School I k _ 1939 doeumente. ❑ eslimaleo Date of construction' C Fred F. Willson Architect' - I �---- Builder._. _ Unknown- --- - - -0yk- OWn Original Owner � _—��-�. ---- — Original Use: School School f) � , Present Use: t Research Sources: ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories •` � LONG ❑ plat recordslmaps 1X sewer/waler permits t ❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries IV ❑ building permit ❑ biographies — - — Sanborn maps—dales• 1 9 1 2 Bibliography: -- 4 Bozeman Chronicle, March 28, 1983. ' -- - - Bozeman School District. -� Water - sewer permit, 1905 1939 in files as 610 South Tracy. 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 two-story modern school has an L-shaped plan with a recessed diagonal entry in the interior joint of the ell . The two-bay facade is asymmetrical and consists of the entry with 4-paned upper and 2-paned lower fixed windows. The concrete construction includes 6"x 6" glass block sections and features inset horizontal lines in the concrete. It sits on a concrete foundation. The one-story flat-roofed addition to the north and south has the same style. The entire building has a raised crenalated cornice ornament. There are concrete pilasters on the side of the building. 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 , I 1 � 1 1 I ,1 ' ■ r i I tie• I 1 � - 1 1 ■ 1 1 � - ■ 1 I FU 1 •) • :• TO . ' vl HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,Important events,andlor historical patterns associated with the structurefshe and surrounding area lend the property significance. a I This property is significant because it is associated with a person important in Bozeman history, Fred F. Willson. Son of General Lester S. Willson, an early Bozeman pioneer, Willson was born in 1877 in Bozeman. He attended Montana State College for two years and graduated from Columbia University in architecture in 1902. 'He studied for two years abroad and upon his return, Willson practiced with C.S. Haire in Helena and Butte. In his long practice from 1910-1956, he designed many public, commercial and residential ' buildings. He designed this school for the Longfellow School District , j� City of Bozeman. 1 This structure is an—FFe-I-,e element within a potential historic district. I INTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which the structurelsite,and surrounding area accurately convey the historical associations of the properly. f The historic integrity of this property has not been retained due to change i in original design and materials. 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: ' Name-Ai�'��C A Il•^rnnnfat n nRr.FilTrc:TS p_C. Acreage, - Address:P. C. GUX 8163 USGS Quad' Date: G",I`SUULA f,iONTANA 59807 UTM's AIIG 1qR P. 'I.Msa . , i � �, i L 516 S. Tracy One of three identical school buildings designed by Fred F. Willson and built in 1939 with WPA financial assistance, the Longfellow School is the only one of the three that has been spared major alteration to the entrances. The schools represent an ambitious modernization of the school system physical plant undertaken during the Depression. Each replaced an impressive late 19-th' or early 20th brick school , all of diverse designs . The original Longfellow School on this site was a 2-story, "H" plan, hip-roofed brick structure with recessed bays, and a stone portico enclosing the entrance. In contrast to that one, this school , which bears traces of the Art Deco style, is of only moderate architectural significance. In concept however, the school was considered quite progressive when built. A 1942 Chamber of Commerce brochure describes the then-new schools as " . . .modern teaching units, providing for each classroom an additional project room where the students carry on handwork, build and exibit displays and otherwise train their hands to carry out the plans their heads conceive. Each of the schools is also provided with a combination gymnasium-auditorium. " Bibliography Application for Sewer Connection, May 17, 1939, School District #7 (Long- fellow) Burlingame, 1964, p.97. Bozeman Chamber of Commerce brochure, 1942, p. 15. The Coast, p.452 (photograph of original Longfellow School ) . r - �.J _ � J �. I � , � f .� .}�_