HomeMy WebLinkAbout218 Lindley Pl 1985 ;IVIONTANA HISTORICAL AND
ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORYI Site# P ��.
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Ownership:name: Carol J. Schell
❑ public address: 21S Lindley Place
oflvale Roll# 74 Frame# 31
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Common Name: Nnnp
❑ estimated
Date of Construction: 1884-1890 ± 't + ®documented
Architect' Unknown
i Builder. Unknown
Original Owner. Augustine & Minnie -
~- W George Behrigner - 1886
Original Use:
Present Use: Rpsidpnrp
Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title city directories
F_.. �. 2 plat records/maps tract ® sewer/waterpermits
❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
❑ building permit ❑ biographies
..� t 21 Sanborn maps—dater
l Bibliography:
;__ _ ' - • - —• Sewer Permit, 1911, C. A. Baches
Charles Backes- name on sidewalk
1931 =..Gas easement
Department of Sanitation
CH S T R E ET ructurelsite,then contrast and compare that with it's original appearance,
ndtTng•a ns�anv.....�,._,. ._ _ 1 significant architectural features.
This detached one-and-one-half story single-family residence has a
rectangular plan with an open front porch. The shed-roofed porch has a
decorative. wood cornice and is supported on bracketed, wood-turned posts,
and has a spindle railing. The one-bay facade is asymmetrical and consists
of an off-centered front entrance with fixed and 1/1 double-hung windows.
There is a bay window to one side. The frame construction is finished in
asbestos siding with a different color in t -e—gnds. The structure
rests on a rubble stone foundation. l�h gable roof_'.s covered with grey
asphalt shingles and features a gable-roo`e�d rmer and one central brick
chimney. The axis of the roof is perpendicular to the street.
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Matt Cohen 218 Lindley Place
Revision 1985
HIST
and: Though covered b asbestos shingle sheath this vernacular,9 Y 9 gr gable front house
appears to retain all of its considerable Queen Anne style detailing. . The very
ornate porch is especially noteworthy,. for it is one of the few elaborate exampl
of Queen Anne style ornamentation in Bozeman. Varieated shinglework probably
remains intact beneath the asbestos shingles as well.
Previous deed research suggest that Augustine and Minnie McNeal, along with
George Behringer, became the first owners of this site in 1886. Neither name
appears in the 1892 city directory, though this house appears on the 1890 Sanborn
Map. From at least as early as 1900, Charles A. Backes, who settled in Montana
in 1892 from New York, lived here and remained until his death some time in
the 19201s. Backes was a saloon keeper in the 1890's a grocer by 1900, and
a farmer and rancher by 1910. He served as a city alderman in 1904. The sidewalk,
which was paved in 1906, bears the nanf Charles Backes in front of the house.
Backes' wife, Christine Backes,lived here until about 1934, following the death
of her husband. The house stood vacant in 1935, and by 1940, Bert Christie,
a laborer, was living here.
Christie later built 216 Lindley in 1947.
Bibliography
Application for Sewer Connection: Oct. 17, 1911, C.A. Backes
Sanborn Map: 1890
A., Bird's Eye Views: 1884,1898.
City Directories: 1892-3, p. 92; 1900, p. 125; 1904-5, p. 71; 1910-11, p. 5.
1912-13, p. 44; 1916-17, p. 43; 1927, p. 25; 1933, p. 160; 1935-6, p. 172; 1940.
INTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which t e-structureisite,and surrounding area accurately convey the historical associations of the
properly.
The historic integrity of this property has been retained due to the survival
of original design 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:
blame JAMES R. i.-TCONALD 4R,NITECTS P.C. Acreage-