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Legal Description: Fairview Blk 5/Lots 7 to 10
Address '511 521 South Willson
Ownership: name:
Martha S. Drysdale
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private address: c/o Malcolm C. & Rose Story, 521 South Willson Roll N 31 Frame N 25
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Unknown
Historic Name:
common Name: Unknown kn own
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Date of Construction: 1 RRh Ed docup
Unknown I J Architect-
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' Builder Unknown �' .
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- Research Sources:
— ❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
1 t�platrecords/maps tract ❑ sewer/water permits
❑ tax cards ❑ obituaries
•�L_� _�_.1 � ` ' � El building permit [}[biographies
❑ Sanborn maps—dales.
Bibliography: Department of Sanitation
Avant—Courier—April 30, 1885
^� May 13, 1886
1 Leesons — See attached sheet
yu, —^—� } National Register
Locanon map or ounaiL7,an with arrow north. S _ 21 4
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appearance of structurelsite,then contrast and compare that with it's original appearance,
noting additions,alterations,and changes in materials. Discuss significant architectural features.
This detached two-and-one-half story double-family residence has a square plan
with an enclosed gable-roofed second story sun room above an enclosed hip-roofed
front porch. The facade is asymmetrical and consists of an off-center front
entrance with 4/4 double-hung windows and a pair of 16/1 double-hung windows
in the gable ends. The frame construction is finished in board and batten
and rests on a sandstone foundation. The multi -gabled roof is covered with
grey asphalt shingles and features a decorative semi-circular roof-peice at
the gable corner and decorative returning eaves. There is a central brick
chimney. Outbuildings include a barn and a carriage house.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,impor{ant events,andlor historical patterns associated with the structurelsite
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
i This property is significant because the residence is associated with a person
important to Bozeman history, John S. Mendenhall. Born- in 1835 in Indiana,
Mendenhall came west and settled in Bozeman 1864 and formed in the Gallatin
t Valley. In 1868, he set up a general mercantile store with Achilles Lamme,
f at the present 27 East Main. The Mendenhall family lived in this house for
nearly 50 years.
Matt Cohen
Revision 1985
-Old Mendenhall home; 1886 by John Mendenhall
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This structure is potentially eligible for the National Register because
1 of its historical associations and because of its architectural significance.
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' 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 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.
FORM PREPARED BY: 7P.G.
EOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
JAMES R. MCDONALD ARCHITECTcreage:NameP. 0. DO;C 8163 SGS Quad: --
Address
P4.1SSOULA, MONTANA 59807 UTM's:- — —
Date:
" AUG 1984
South Central Ave. Historic District
National Register nomination
John N. DeHaas, 1978
4 10. 521 S. Willson --
Mendenhall House
On the southwest corner of the block at the intersection of S . Willson and
i —Bickerson stands a large tiro-and-a-half-story frame building erected in 1886. The
plans came from D. S . Hopkins , architect, of Grand Rapids , Michigan . The building
has numerous steep gables and a projecting bay two stories in height on the south
facade. A one story angular bay window is located on 'the southeast corner of the
building. To the north of it is the porch, once probably open but now enclosed.
Above the porch there is a gable projection above a space that also was probably
an open balcony but is now enclosed . This space has a large flattened or segmental
arch topped by a decorative carved wood moulding . This motif occurs elsewhere on
the building also. The house is raised on a stone foundation. There is an enclosed
1 shed on the south to protect the exterior basement steps .
j10. 521 S. Willson -- fendenhall House
This house was built in 1886 for John S. Mendenhall , one of the 1864 settlers c
Bozeman. The plans came from D. S. Hopkins, architect, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
who published plans books of house and cottage designs .. The current owner is Malcoo
Story, grandson of 111elson Story and son of T. B. Story (Buildings 19 and 19) . Nel,-
Story was an early pioneer/entrenpreneur of the area. Previously it was owned by
0. S. Sheppard, head of the Chemistry Department , Montana State College.