HomeMy WebLinkAbout716 W Babcock 1984 MONTANA HISTORICAL AND
ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY Site#
Legal Description Park. Lots 8 to 9/Blk 8
Address: 71617nTt Babcock
Ownership:name: Gene Cook, H. Burton Hoffman
❑ private address: Prichard H. Smith, Box 806 Rhis
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❑ public
Historic Name: Unknown
Common Name: Unknown
❑ estimated
Date of Construction: pre-1904 [ documented
Architect: unknown
Builder. Unknown
1 1 QCK -, c�t� Original Owner: Unknown
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Present Use: Rpsidpncp
Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
t ❑ plat recordslmaps ® sewerlwater permits
r El tax cards ❑ obituaries
❑ building permit El biographies
Sanborn maps—dates• 1904
Bibliography:
01- j �E Sewer Permit, 1925, Lester Todd
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-story single-family residence has an L-shaped plan with
a shed roof-ed front porch with solid railing. There is also a shed-roofed
addition to the rear. The frame construction is finished in drop siding
with imbricated and notched shingles in the gable ends , and has sliding
glass windows which are probably new. The gable roof is covered with
cedar shingles and features full eave returns. The axis of the main roof
is perpendicular to the street.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structurelsite
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
Research in the sources consulted with this survey has not yielded any ,
significant historical information concerning persons or events
associated with this property.
This structure is a neutral element within a potential historic district.
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 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:
Name 1AMES R. IvXC'ONALD ARCHITECTS P.C.
Acreage:
Address: P. 0. au.x 8163
USGS Quad:
Date: MISSOULA, MONTANA 59807
UTM's: