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HomeMy WebLinkAbout209 S Tracy 1985 AJONTANA HISTORICAL AND — NCH I T�C T U RAL I IVV ANT( RY Shea ' t�; _ — — — -- - _ I L- Description:_g1d­e-u-mLs- Block F, LotS A %-Of-- r 2Q9 South Tracy _ O.tinership:name Grace Baptist Church - Roll_q Frame a 17 r" address: P.O. BOX 1065 Historic Name: +uM--- --L Onknnw common Nam ne: Unknow Q [_ documenle' DateolGonstruetion: 1--8— ----`�— �1 Byron=eland------' Architect:_ `-- Builder.. — Byron Vreeland Original Oarier Samuel Lewis- Rental - — E '/ idenee_ OL�I ✓ L V Original Use:--� tl Stn Sunday School—gaP__ —ChUr - Chur Present Use: 1 s: Research source j D city directories ❑ abstract of title i,, sewerlwaler permits ❑ plat records/maps [] obituaries Cl ❑tax cards biographies tV�/lJl' ❑ ❑buildinp permit ❑sanborn maps Bibliography: _ Leesons , 1884 C-Ct V T- S S Avant Courier, 11-7-1878; 11-13-1879 Pllderson our Department of Sanitation t Loca'lor map or building plan with arrow north. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appv earance of structure/site,then contrast and compare that with it's orig na'.appearance, noting additions,a'terations,and changes in matte vials.Discuss significant architectural features. This detached one-and-one-ha if story single-family residence has a rectangular pl with a bracketed hood above the front door and small dormer windows built above thei s entrance. The asymme i� ri cal facade consists of the central ant entrance_ with 4/4 double-hung windows and a shed-roofed bay .window next to the ro � di and rests on a concrete foun''' The frame construction is f-6 nished in bevel siding on di The gable roof is covered w-i th red and grey asphalt shingles and is clipped tl corners. The axis of the roof is parallel to the street and features eexposed is rafters. A plywood shed ham beer, attached to the northwest corner. Carpenter Gothic. i I K �,,. �/.' _ � • '` - � r � � ' ,1 ! r `� '��' " � . �' , l'' •' . '' `���y rtant events,and/or historical patterns associated with the struclure'sile HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,Im ,o 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 . I iII >1 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. i } INTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which the structurelsite,and surrounding area accurately convey the historical associations of the i 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. i i INFORMATION VALUE: Explain how the extant structurelsite may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc- tion. None. t FName REPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: JAf',1ES R, f�,CPONALD A 1111FCTS4,10, — Acreage' t P. 0. BOX E16., USGS Ouad• IYISSOOLA, f�ONTANA 59897 uT?X Date• .• � .r.. ( 'lf"1'"1 . . I• H '�. .� I. ,' 209 S Tracy This very well preserved. vernacular example of the Stick Style (or High Victorian Gothic Style) is among the most significant historic houses in Bozeman due to both age and architectural significance. The house retains its full complement of original ornament, including its original 4/4 sash windows, with the exception of an iron cresting that originally crowned the roof ridge. Very few houses remain in Bozeman from the 1870' s, and those that do are considerably less ornate than this one. The significance of-this house is increased due to the fact that it was built as part of a pair, and both houses remain intact, 211 S. Tracy being the other. The two cottages were built in 1879 for rental by Samuel W. Lewis, a black barber who settled in Bozeman in 1868. The Avant Courier noted in November, 1878: "Samuel W. Lewis is having cel ars dug and other work done preparatory to building two neat cottages on Templar Ave. , nearly opposite the residence of Dr. G. W. Monroe. " The 1872 Bird' s Eye View shows two similar pair of cottages on the same side of this street, though closer to Main Street (probably between Babcock and Olive) . Lewis' pair may, therefore, have been merely a continuation of a pattern already established. They must have been of special note however, for Leeson' s History of Montana, 1885, contains an etching of the cottages. Lewis him -lived ed on Soi Bozeman Ave. Theophilus B. Sackett, a saloonkeeper from New York, was listed as the resident here in 1892 (no earlier directories are available) . Sackett' s Saloon, on Main Street, was called Ponsford & Sackett. By 1912, Sackett' s widow, Ann E. Sackett, was living here with two of her children, Ann and George. In the 1920' s and 1930' s , Emmet M White, a laborer at the Bozeman Canning Co. lived here. Bibliography Application for Sewer Connection, "207 & 211 S. Tracy" , May 8, 1911, Sackett & Cameron (sketch map shows both houses (209 and 211) on the same sewer line) . City directories: 1892-3, p. 147; 1700, p. 186; 1904-5, p.158; 1910-11, p. 150; 1912-13, p. 146; 1927, p. 150; 1933, p.137. Avant Courier, November 7, 1878, p.3 Bird' s Eye View, 1872. J .��,, �� t` t Y :.�f5.t.-�i� _ �•'�i�.u) %. ifs !!.� ' ''r^' ,1J� � f .,gip;;�.'1• �1,� •1, N IY.l, 1�-�"'',''�f,• I �� ' III: �r ',!' i�� •I �fl�� ! J } �r1, ,�� .�'die i' ��__of ItFj.l��' > t �''• -i,...t. ■ ■ ■ - - ■� ■I _ I ■ ■ I 1 Ap ■ ■ 1 af- ■ ■ ■ 7 , ■ ■ F1 1 mill ■ ■ = ■■ ' 1 . ■ ■ ' 1 1 1 � ■ adI im.L •• � 1 N ��1 fll 0 N TA N A HISTORICAL A N D ARCHITECTURAL INWENTORYFtli, y'Description: Alderso' s Block F, Lots 4 a of 5 .4 n rf Acl,ess* 209 South Tracy p r O-.%nership:name.• Grace Baptist Church [Z address: Roll# Frame# 17 C P.O. Box 1065 Historic Name:— Un nown Common Name: Unknn U estimated Date of Construction: 1879 C d&currienied; Architect: Byron riz ron Vr�eeland . Builden— Byron Vreeland 11 Original Carter Samuel Lewis OLIVE Original Use: Rental Residence Present Use: Sunday School - Baptist Ch.urchI Research Sources: ED abstract of title 13 city directories V E) plat records/maps ED sewerlwater permits ❑ lax cards 0 obituaries ❑ building permit 0 biographies ❑ Sanborn maps—dates: Bibliography: AQ% cckL-nss C_� r,.-T-( s S Leesons , 1884 Avant Courier, 11-7-1878; 11 -13-1879 'Pilderson Tour Department of Sanitation Lo_-a'io,:map or building plan with aurow,north, PHYSICAL DESCR;PTION: Describe present appearance of structure/site,then contrast and compare that with it's orig,na'appearance, noting additions,alterations,and changes in materials.Discuss significant architectural features. This detached on?=a4.-,,,4,,n -Pa story single-family rws Wence has a rectangular plan "dormer with a bracke e&hood AB ve e front door and smal trmer windows built above t b 9-?C I • theis entrance. The asymmetrical facade consists of the central ant entrance with 4/4 double-hung windows and a shed-roofed bay window next to the__f-rfft-UM�r The frame construction is finished in bevel siding and rests on a concrete foundatiol-• 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.