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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTietz Hall (24GA1888) final MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD For the Montana National Register of Historic Places Program and State Antiquities Database Montana State Historic Preservation Office Montana Historical Society PO Box 201202, 1410 8 th Ave Helena, MT 59620-1202 Property Address: Montana State University Campus N. Side Centennial Mall, 10 th Ave Historic Address (if applicable): NA City/Town: Bozeman Site Number: 24GA1888 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: Gallatin Historic Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility Original Owner(s): Montana State University Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Tietz Hall Owner(s): Montana State University--Administration Owner Address: 201 Main Hall / PO Box 172440 Bozeman, MT 59717-2440 Phone: 406-994-2001 Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 5E SE ¼ SW ¼ NW ¼ of Section: 13 Lot(s): Block(s): 26 Addition: Capital Hill Year of Addition: 1890 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Research Animal Facility Current Use: Research Animal Facility Construction Date: 1985 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov/topofinder2 NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred ) Zone: 12 Easting: 496027 Northing: 5057151 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: Historic District: Montana State University-Bozeman HD NRHP Eligible: Yes No Date of this document: July 1, 2013 Form Prepared by: Jessie Nunn / Consultant Address: 600 Meadowlark Lane, Livingston, MT 59047 Daytime Phone: 406-208-8727 MT SHPO USE ONLY Eligible for NRHP: yes X no Criteria: XA B X C D Date: October 2013 Evaluator: Kate Hampton Comments: Non-contributor in MSU-Bozeman HD – age. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Other: If Other, specify: Late Modern Property Type: Education Specific Property Type: Architect: Architectural Firm/City/State: E. F. Link & Associates Builder/Contractor: Company/City/State: Volk Construction Co. / Great Falls, MT (general); Ace Plumbing & Heating / Helena, MT; Allen Electric, Inc. / Helena, MT Source of Information: University Records (81-0055) Setting & Location Tietz Hall is attached to the rear (north) elevation of the 1923 Italian Renaissance Revival style Lewis Hall and the southwest corner of the adjacent Cooley Laboratory (1960), which is connected to Lewis Hall by a ground-story foyer and third-story walkway. The 1894 Taylor Hall (Extension Service Building), MSU’s oldest extant building, is located immediately to the west and the 1909 Linfield Hall (Agriculture Hall) and its 1953 Addition (Linfield South) are found to the southwest. Leon Johnson Hall (1973) is found to the east. A service road off of S. 11 th Avenue runs east between Linfield South and Taylor Hall before splitting off to serve the north elevation of Teitz Hall, the east elevation of Linfield South and west elevation of Leon Johnson Hall. Farther to the northeast, across an open green space, is the 2007 Chemistry and Biochemistry Building. In general, this portion of campus has a service or “back alley” feeling. The site slopes heavily from southwest to northeast, making Tietz Hall’s elevations taller toward their northern end. Summary Completed in 1985, Tietz Hall is a flat-roofed, one-story reinforced concrete building clad in variegated red face brick laid in a running bond. It was designed by the Billings, Montana architectural firm, E. F. Link & Associates, in a modest Late Modern style. The building has a nearly rectilinear 117’ x 130’ footprint with a 30’ x 62’ ell, which originally held the biohazard suite, on its southeast corner. It is attached to the center of Lewis Hall’s rear (north) elevation by an approximately 35’ long 4 hour fire wall flanked by a 22’ wide courtyard to the east and an approximately 9’ to 16’ wide courtyard to the west. Teitz Hall is also connected to Cooley Laboratories via an entrance into the ground-story foyer between the two older buildings. Two loading dock bays extend off the north elevation at a 45 degree angle, opening to the northeast. A 103’ x 30’ mechanical penthouse is located along the south and east sides of the building. The building’s concrete foundation becomes increasingly visible to the north due the downward slope of the site. Tietz Hall’s only decorative feature, outside the diagonal orientation of its entrance and loading bays, are bands of elongated soldier course brick found just above the foundation, mid-wall at the lintel level of the entrance and at the roofline, where there are two courses. The loading dock bays and openings on the north elevation of the penthouse also have soldier course lintels. West Elevation Teitz Hall’s 8’ wide main entrance, which accesses the foyer between Lewis Hall and Cooley Laboratories, is located at the south end of this elevation, directly against the southeast corner of the1960 building. The lower building wall takes a 45 degree turn to the southeast to meet the recessed entrance, which contains double aluminum-framed glass doors and a single sidelight to the north. The remainder of this elevation, including the setback east wall of the mechanical penthouse, is solid brick adorned only by the building’s stringcourses. North Elevation The north wall of Tietz Hall extends 43’ east before turning northeast for 13’ 8” to create the west wall of the building’s nearly 50’ long loading dock extension. A 15’ 4” northeast-facing wall creates the east end of the loading dock extension and continues on to meet the main building’s east elevation. Both loading docks are recessed under the elevation’s upper wall and contain elevated northeast-facing overhead garage doors, with the 22’ 4” wide west bay also having an elevated northeast-facing metal door entrance reached by concrete stairs to the east and the 23’ wide east bay an identical northwest-facing entrance to the east. The north elevation of the penthouse sits back approximately 85’ from the north end of the loading dock bays. It contains four , approximately 20’ wide , openings on in its eastern three-fourths with a solid brick wall to the west. Portions of the building’s mechanical equipment extend out from the openings. East Elevation The east elevation recedes in a series of 3 set backs as extends north. To the south is the one-story end of the main building, which sits approximately 22’ from the northeast corner of Lewis Hall. It extends 8’ to the south before turning east MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Architectural Description Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 for 10’ to accommodate a nearly 30’ wide two-story stair to the mechanical penthouse. The hidden stair “tower” is flush with the sides and roofline of the penthouse and is accessed by a single door entrance on its north-facing wall. After the stair tower extension, the east elevation travels south for another 24’ before stepping back almost 40’ west to create the building’s ell. It then travels another 51’ north before meeting the north elevation. South Elevation The south elevation of Tietz Hall is largely obscured by Lewis Hall, however, original plans show a ribbon of four door- length lights (with the westernmost functioning as a sliding door) opening into the wider portion of the west courtyard between the buildings. A single door entrance opens into the narrower portion of this same courtyard and a single door entrance situated directly above it offers roof access from the penthouse. The remainder of the elevation flanking the fire wall appears to be solid brick adorned only with the building’s continuous stringcourses. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 HISTORY OF PROPERTY Development of Montana State University Campus Montana State University was founded on February 16, 1893 (four years after statehood) as Montana’s land grant college under the Morrill Act of 1862. It has the distinction of being Montana’s first legislatively-created public university, with the University of Montana in Missoula being created the following day. Initially called the Agricultural College of the State of Montana, the new college was situated on a 200-acre site, part of which had been platted as the Capital Hill Addition in a (failed) bid for the State Capital. Bozeman citizens raised funds to purchase half the land, and Gallatin County donated the other half, which included the County poor farm. The first purpose-built building on campus was the Agricultural Experiment Station (Taylor Hall) constructed in 1894. Main Hall (or Montana Hall), the centerpiece of the campus, was completed in 1898. The construction of the Neo-classical Revival style Agricultural Building (Linfield Hall) in 1909 further illustrated the primary role of agriculture at Montana State. In 1913, the college was renamed the Montana State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (MSC). The college anticipated a period of expansion after World War I, and contracted with Montana architect, George Carsley, and nationally-known landscape architect, Cass Gilbert, to develop a campus plan, now known as the “1917 George Carsley / Cass Gilbert Plan.” This plan, which exhibited a formal Beaux-Arts symmetry, was adopted by the Montana State Board of Education in 1920 and guided campus development until the outbreak of World War II. Its implementation was assisted by a $5 million bond to fund building development programs on all of Montana’s campuses. At MSC this resulted in the construction of several Italian Renaissance Revival buildings, including Roberts Hall, Traphagen Hall, Lewis Hall, Harrick Hall, Romney Gymnasium and the Heating Plant. MSC continued to grow and evolve during the Great Depression and World War II. This was spurred in part by the growth of the Extension Service under the New Deal’s Agricultural Adjustment Administration, an increase in unemployed students who enrolled in the years from 1932 to 1939 and expanded military training (including a flight school) during World War II. The 1935 “Quads,” a women’s dormitory financed through the Works Progress Administration, and the oldest portion of the Student Union, completed in 1940, were the era’s most significant additions to campus. Both were designed by Bozeman architect, Fred F. Willson, in the Tudor Revival style. Slight deviations from the 1917 George Carsley / Cass Gilbert Plan during the mid-1940s resulted from a desire for new buildings alongside a need to curb paving and heating costs by reducing the space between buildings. Along with colleges and universities across the nation, MSC expanded to accommodate students attending college under the “GI Bill” after World War II. The square footage of campus buildings doubled in the following decades. At this time, further departures were also made from the 1917 George Carsley / Cass Gilbert Plan as growth demanded expansion beyond its boundaries and within its open spaces. The Renne Library (1949) and the small Danforth Chapel (1952), MSC’s first Modern style building, were the era’s earliest additions to campus but several others followed during the 1950s and early 1960s. Four Mid-Century Modern dormitories were added to the northern end of campus and new academic buildings, including Reid Hall and the Math-Physics Building (AJM Johnson Hall), were erected in open spaces south of Garfield Street. Several older buildings also received significant Modern style additions, including Renne Library and Linfield and Lewis Halls. The result was a campus showcasing a dynamic blend of revivalist and modernist styles. The college was re-named Montana State University (MSU) in 1965, and the high-rise dormitories (Hedges and Roskie Halls) that would symbolize the modern era were completed by 1967. More buildings were added in the 1970s as MSU replaced all of its temporary frame buildings with permanent structures. Growth slowed during the 1980s through the beginning of the 21 st century in the core campus area, although a few new buildings (Visual Communications, the EPS Building and the Chemistry & Biochemistry Building) were added. Many older buildings have also undergone significant alterations in recent decades. Perhaps the greatest addition to campus during the contemporary period was Centennial Mall along what was once Garfield Street. In providing a strong east-west linear focus, the well-landscaped pedestrian mall was actually a return to the axial arrangement of 1917 George Carsley / Cass Gilbert Plan. Today the MSU campus represents a blend of early formal planning, post-war expansion and contemporary buildings that respond to current needs. It offers an excellent example of the evolution of campus planning in Montana. (Burlingame, in passim; Painter, Montana Property Record Form for Langford Hall.) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 History of Property Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 Central Laboratory Animal Facility (Teitz Hall) In 1979, small animals used for research purposes were housed in a number of campus buildings, including Cooley Laboratory (rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs), Herrick Hall (chickens), Gaines Hall (mice) and Traphagen Hall (rats). (Warmblooded Animal Care Facilities, 3/1/1976; Patton, 1980). These animals were essential to scientific research in a variety of fields including Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Psychology , and Nutrition . However, the facilities housing them were woefully substandard. During a site visit in January of 1979, for instance, USDA Veterinarian G. A. Hofmann found fifteen violations of the 1966 Animal Welfare Act and threatened MSU with fines and the loss of their National Institute of Health funding. (Hoffman to Jutila, 2/5/1979). Over a year later, an accreditation team from the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, warned, “…the present treatment of animals used in research is a discredit to the University, seriously limits current research and instructional programs in all the biological sciences; it very likely places the future of research in this area in jeopardy….Montana State University should provide property facilities or get rid of the animals now inadequately housed.” (NWASC, 1980). MSU was well aware of the problem—they had reported the urgent need for better animal housing as early as 1970—but was slow to act due to lack of funding. However, in April of 1979 the State Legislature finally authorized construction of a new animal facility and MSU planned to move forward quickly, completing a “preliminary educational programming” by August, selecting an architect in September and having design and cost projections finalized by April of the following year. (Van Teylingen to Jutila, 7/16/1979). Of course, construction was still contingent of funding. Luckily, the State Legislature allocated $2.18 million towards the building during their 1981 session. E. F. Link & Associates, the successor of J.G. Link & Co. (formerly of Link & Haire), was selected to design the new building. Despite their pedigree, the firm was on shaky ground with both MSU and the State of Montana from the start. When bid documents and architectural drawings were received late by the MSU Physical Plant, despite the firm’s regular protestations that the University was taking too long to advertise for bids, Director Edward Rice, could only report, “the architect’s handling of this job so far leaves a little to be desired,” to the State Division of Architecture and Engineering. (Rice to Hauck, 9/15/1982). Still, bids were received in September of 1982 and Volk Construction of Great Falls, Montana was awarded the $1,078,150.54 general contract with notice to proceed in November. (Project Report, 4/20/1984). And while E. F. Link & Associates left something to be desired in the area of project management, which would become even more evident later, they could design a building. Their plans for the “Central Laboratory Animal Facility” (CLAF) called for a complex one-story building with animal rooms to the west, quarantine and shipping to the north, administrative rooms to the south, all surrounding work and storage rooms. The “biohazard suite,” which was used to house “animals/activities posing threat(s) to humans,” was to be housed in a separate ell of the east side of the building. (E. F. Link & Associates, CLAF Program). Finally, it would be connected to Cooley Laboratory and Lewis Hall through an entrance into the back of their shared ground-story annex. Volk Construction’s general contract allowed for 547 days (nearly one-and-half years) with an end date of May 1, 1984, but construction dragged. (General Contract, 9/30/1982). First a month-long extension was granted, then a two-week extension, and by the middle of July, Animal Resources Director, W. W. Frost was still, “unable to determine from the architects exactly when we might be able to occupy the building.” (Frost to Rice, 7/17/1984). “It is my opinion,” he continued, “that this project has suffered from a lack of direction and coordination and I would assume that this is the responsibility of a single agent, presumably the architect.” Even well after the building was occupied, University President William Tietz was forced to write to the State Architect about difficulties in getting E. F. Link & Associates to fix a sloping floor. (Tietz to Hauck, 8/13/1985). Finally, on September 5, 1985, almost three years after the general contract had been signed, the State declared the project complete. As it turned out, the CLAF at MSU would be one of E. F. Link & Associates last buildings. The firm declared bankruptcy in December of 1985, unable to finish work on their final design, a $16 million expansion to the Montana State Prison. The CLAF was renamed Tietz Hall in 2007 to honor former MSU President, William Tietz (1977-1990). It continues to serve its original function as the University’s central facility for the care and management of research animals. (Montana State University, “Tietz Hall”). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY “Architect Firm Seeks Bankruptcy Protection,” Billings Gazette , 25 December 1985. Building Master List. Physical Plant Records, Montana State University. Burlingame, Merrill. A History: Montana State University. Bozeman, Montana. Bozeman, MT: Office of Information Publication, February 1968. E. F. Link & Associates, “Central Laboratory Animal Facility, Montana State University,” 30 August 1982. University Records, 81-0005. E. F. Link & Associates, “Central Laboratory Animal Facility Program,” c. 1980. University Records, 81-0005. Frost, W. W (Director, MSU Animal Resources). Letter to Edward Rice, 17 July 1984. University Records, 81-0005. Hauck, Phillip B (Montana State Architecture & Engineering Division). Letter to Volk Construction, 5 September 1985. University Records, 81-0005. Hoffman, G. A (Regional Animal Care Specialist, USDA), Letter to Dr. John Jutila, 5 February 1979. University Records, 81-0005. Montana State University, “Currently Designated Warmblooded Animal Care Facilities,” 1 March 1976. University Records, 81-0005. Montana State University, “Project Report, Central Laboratory Animal Facility,” 20 April 1984. University Records, 81- 0005. Montana State University. “Tietz Hall,” Website accessed online at http://calendar.msu.montana.edu/locations.php?building=15&ref=map . Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, “Draft Accreditation Report,” (excerpt). 1980. University Records, 81- 0005. Painter, Diane J. “Langford Hall, Montana Property Record Form,” July 18, 2010. Montana State Preservation Office. Patton, Nephi M (D.V.M. Consultant), “Recommendations for Improving the Laboratory Animal Care Program at Montana State University,” January 1980. University Records, 81-0005. Rice, Edward (Director, MSU Physical Plant). Letter to Phillip H. Hauck. University Records, 81-0005. State of Montana, “Contract by and between Volk Construction,” for CLAF, 30 September 1982. University Records, 81- 0005. Tietz, William (MSU President). Letter to Phil Hauck, 13 August 1985. University Records, 81-0005. Van Teyligen, A. A. Letter to Dr. John Jutila, 16 July 1979. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Statement of Significance Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NRHP Listing Date: NRHP Eligibility: Yes No Individually Contributing to Historic District Noncontributing to Historic District NRHP Criteria: A B C D Area of Significance: Period of Significance: STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Completed in 1985, Tietz Hall does not currently contribute to the Montana State Historic District due to its recent age. Its eligibility should, however, be reassessed during future amendments and expansions to the district. The building is importantly associated with the continued development of research at MSU, and is indicative of an increasing sensitivity to animal rights in academic settings. While the building intentionally reads as a nondescript addition to Lewis Hall, it is still an excellent example of a design meeting the needs of a very specific function. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Integrity Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) Tietz Hall has changed little since its construction and retains excellent integrity of design, materials and workmanship. It also retains its integrity of setting and location, nestled amongst the academic buildings that most commonly require test animals, including the 1923 Lewis Hall (the Biology Building), the 1960 Cooley Laboratories (the Medical Science Research Building) and the 1973 Leon Johnson Hall (the Life Science Building). Should it retain its current level of integrity, the building could potentially contribute to the Montana State University Historic District in 2035. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 Tietz Hall West Elevation, Facing: SE Montana State University Jessie Nunn, November 3, 2012 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Photographs Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 Tietz Hall Entrance, South End of West Elevation & Connection to Cooley Laboratory, Facing: SE Montana State University Jessie Nunn, November 3, 2012 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Photographs Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 Tietz Hall North Elevation, Facing: SE Montana State University Jessie Nunn, November 3, 2012 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 12 Photographs Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 Tietz Hall East Elevation, Facing: W Montana State University Jessie Nunn, November 3, 2012 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 13 Photographs Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 Tietz Hall Southeast Corner with Connection to Lewis Hall, Facing: W Montana State University Jessie Nunn, November 3, 2012 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 14 Site Map Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 15 Topographic Map Property Name: Central Laboratory Animal Facility/Tietz Hall Site Number: 24GA1888