HomeMy WebLinkAbout414 W Babcock 1985 MONTANA HISTORICAL AND
ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY Site# �A
Legal Description: Rouse's 3rd, Lots Tr. 2/Blk 1
Address: 414 West Babcock
Ownership:name: John B. Lovelace
Private address: 414 West Babcock Roll N 63 Frame N 30A-3
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- Historic Name: Unknown
Common Name: Unknown _
M A I N `ITT E E T ❑ estimated
Date of Construction — $�1--1904 _ documented
1 ! it Architect Unkno
M Builder. Unknown
WILL,;
_ + Original Owner Unknown
SC l 1n C Original Use. Residence
Riesiden
I i Present Use:
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J L Research Sources:
dA B C )SO /,WIC S ❑ abstract of title I—' city directories
FF-//. - • , ❑ plat records/maps LYv sewerlwater permits
TIt ❑ tax cards E obituaries
❑ building permit ❑ biographies
Z Sanborn maps—dates- 1904
Bibliography:
EMERSCN No sewer/water permit
SCHOOL Department of Sanitation
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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 two-story single-family residence has a T-shaped plan with a
shed-roofed front porch- in an interior ell . The two-bay facade is asymmetrical
and consists of an offset front entrance with 1/1 double-hung and fixed, transomed
leaded, stained glass windows. The frame construction is finished in asbestos
shingles and grooved plywood and the intersecting gable roof is covered with
asphalt shingles. There is an interior brick chimney. The axis of the main
roof is perpendicular to the street. Outbuildings include an attached shed
and a garage.
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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
Research in the sources consulted in this survey has not yielded any
significant historical information concerning persons or events
associated with this property.
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This structure is apf-44,etrus+ve 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 not been retained due to change
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 } OFADARCH-REMAcreage:_
Address: P. 8163
USGS Quad: — —
Date: A raQft UTM's: - -
414 W . Babcock
1985 revision
Matt Cohen , surveyor
Though of marginal significance due to alteration to the
porch and the installation of asbestos shingle sheathing ,
this tri -gabled , vernacular Queen Anne style house never-
theless retains its original massing , fenestration , and
detailing such as. ornate shingle work and stained glass
window transoms . This house is among the oldest in the
district .
Whether the house was built in connection with a small
subsistence farm or merely as a residence in a newly developing
part of town , is unknown . From about 1912 to 1927 , Harris
Kirk , a rancher , was living here . By 1933 , he , and his wife ,
Elizabeth B . Kirk , had moved to 1301 W . Babcock .
The house design is similar to "House Design No . 1020" in
Hodgson ' s mail order house pattern catalog .
Bibliography
' Record of Water Service , Ap . 29 , 1949 , E . F . Cass
Sanborn Maps : 1910- 11 ; 1912- 13 ; p . 107 ; 1916- 17 , p . 107 ;
1927 , p . 158 ; 1933 , p . 91 .
Hodgson
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