HomeMy WebLinkAbout209 S Tracy 1984 MONTANA HISTORICAL AND
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Legal Description: Alderson r s Block F. I o -S 4 and 2 of - r
Address! 209 South Tracy
Ov.nership:name: Grace Baptist Church
private address: P.O. Box 1065 Roll b Frame p 17
r' public
Historic Name: Unknown
Common Name:
❑ estimated
Date of Construction: 1879 ❑ documented
Architect' Byron Vreeland
I Builder: Byron Vreeland
Original Owner Samuel Lewis
OL-1 V E (�L I I/E Original use: Rental Residence
Present use: Sunday School - Baptist Church
Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
❑ plat records/maps ❑ sewerlwater permits
tax cards ❑ obituaries
V ❑ building permit ❑ biographies
❑ Sanborn maps—dales
Bibliography:
C u ��S S Leesons , 1884
C Ue_'(15 S Avant Courier, 11-7-1878; 11-13-1879
`Alderson Tour
Department of Sanitation
Location map or building plan with arrow north.
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 detached one-and-one-half story single-family residence has a rectangular plan
with a bracketed hood above the front door and small dormer windows built above
theis entrance. The asymmetrical facade consists of the central front entrance
with 4/4 double-hung windows and a shed=roofed bay .window next to the front door.
The frame construction is finished in bevel siding and rests on a concrete foundatio .
The gable roof is covered with red and grey asphalt shingles and is clipped on the
corners. The axis of the roof is parallel to the street and features exposed
rafters. A plywood shed has been attached to the northwest corner. The style is
Carpenter Gothic.
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 structure is associated with Samuel W. Lewis (b. 1832 in the West Indies)
a prosperous member of a very small black community in Bozeman from 1868.
Raised in the West Indies and Newark, New Jersey, Lewis moved to San
Francisco in 1852, establishing a barber shop. Two years later he relocated
his business in Sierra County, California, also engaging in mining there.
He then traveled to Europe, the West Indies , San Francisco and Portland.
He established a business in Idaho City in 1864. In 1866 he traveled to
Montana, including Virginia City, Helena, Elk Creek and Radersburg, where
he opened a shop. He traveled to the mining camps , working as a barber.
From 1868 Lewis practiced his trade in Bozeman , and in the course of the
following years built several commercial buildings and residences. Byron
Vreeland was a noted Bozeman architect of the Village Phase and early Civic
Phase. Bozeman's original courthouse and the East Side School (no longer
standing) were among Vreeland's designs .
This structure qualifies as a contributing element within a potential historic
district due to its association with the residential aspect of the Village
Phase of Bozeman 's historic/architectural development.
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INTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which the structurelsite,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.
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