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Home My WebLink About23 W. Babcock 2016Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 3/16/2015 Modification Date: 11/3/2014 4:52:38 PM Time: 23 Property Address: number W Babcock St Property Address: street 25 W Babcock St Historic Address: Bozeman City/Town: Site Number: Gallatin County SLC Intl: Montana Motor Supply Historic Name: John A. Lovelace Original Owner Private Current Ownership: Architect's Wife Interiors Current Property Name: MMSB LLC Owner: 193 Candle Ln, Bozeman, MT 59715 Owner Address: Phone: Machine Shop/Motor and Automobile Parts Supply Historic Use: Retail, Interior Design Current Use: ca 1940 and addition 1943-1945 Estimated Construction Date: Original Location Date Moved: WGS84UTM Reference 497036 Easting: 5058332 Northing: 12TUTM Zone: Legal Location PM: Montana 2 Township: South 6 Range: East SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 7Section Lots 16, 17 Lots: Story's Addition to Bozeman Addition: 1872/1889 Year of Addition: Bozeman, MT 7.5 min. topographic USGS Quad Name: 2014 Date: A Blocks Other GPS Accuracy: 5 m GoogleEarth ProGPS Equipment: 24 South doorUTM Location Pt: UTM Reference Site Name 23 W Babcock St Property Address InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: Bozeman Main Street Historic District Historic District: 11/7/2014 Date of this document: Scott L. Carpenter Form Prepared by: Address: Daytime Phone: InteResources Planning, Inc. 505 Bond St., Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406-587-9477 Yes NRHP Eligible Recommendation: MT SHPO USE ONLY Eligible for NRHP: □ yes □ no Criteria: □ A □ B □ C □ D Date: Evaluator: It is recommended that this building is a contributing property to the Bozeman Main Street Historic District based on Criteria A (association with events related to the historic development of Bozeman's Main Street/Downtown Area) and Criter B (association with the lives of the Lovelace family and architect Fred Willson). The historic business/ghost-signs are significant architectural features. Comments: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman ARCHITECTYURAL DESCRIPTION See Additional Information Page Commercial Property Type: Commercial Style (Industrial) Architectural Style: Industrial shop If Other, specify: Commercial machine shop Specific Property Type: Fred Willson Architect: Fred Willson Architectural Firm: MT State Bozeman City Town Builder/Contractor:Company: MT State Bozeman City Town Confirmation that Willson was architect of original north portion or existing building addition does not exist, but style, materials, and configuration is similar to other Willson Buildings of the the period and is similar to Willson's design for an addition to the existing building in 1946. MSU Special Collections, Architectural Drawings, Collection 2143, Drawing Set 203 Source of Information: Simple Rectangle Architectural Form: Combination gable and flat roof Roof Form: Single Stories: Brick and brick blocks Materials: Overall Dimensions: 72 ft North - South 60 ft East - West Original (north) block of building with flat roof measures approximately 34 ft east-west by 30 ft north-south. Addition to east of original block measures 14 ft east-west by 24 ft north south, and large gabled addition to south measures approximately 60 ft east-west by 42 ft north-south Projection InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 Concisely, accurately, and completely describe the property and alterations with dates. Number the buildings and features to correlate with the Site Map. The original portion of the building (Part A, built prior to 1943 but after 1927) is a single-story brick commercial machine shop building measuring approximately 34 ft east-west by 30 ft north south with a diagonal corner entrance from the alley on the northeast corner. The building is situated at the south edge of the east-west running alley north of Babcock Street, between Willson and Tracy Avenues. This building has a flat built-up roof behind brick parapets 15 ft high. The building is attached with a butt-joint to the brick building on the adjoining lot to the west. Formed concrete lintels are placed over the windows and entrance door. Original industrial shop windows have been recently replaced with modern architectural windows. Top of brick wall has modern metal coping cap. Interior of original block has been altered. Two additions were added to the original building in 1942 as indicated by the 1927/rev. 1942 Sanborn Map and Willson's architectural drawings dated 1943 for another addition to the south on the same lot. One of the two additions is a small single-story, flat roofed, brick addition (Part B), attached to the east side of Part A. The second, and possibly contemporaneous, addition (Part C) is a larger single-story, brick addition with gabled roof attached to the south of Parts A and B. Part C has walls built of brick and tile brick with formed-concrete lintels over window and door openings. The original windows were multi-light industrial shop widows with hinged openings, now replaced by modern windows. Part C was known to exist in 1943, since the structure is noted as "existing" in Willson's 1943 drawings for for an another, never- built addition to have been attached to the south wall of Part C. Willson's drawings show the existence of 3/4" iron reinforcing bars protruding from the south face of the southwest corner of the existing building, to which the future addition was planned to be attached. These same bars are shown in the attached photo. All windows and doors have been recently replaced with modern pieces. The original main entrance of the building was at the northeast corner off of the alley. The façade of the Part C addition is assymetrical on the south gable side. (continued...) Foundation is concrete, with concrete floor. Foundation Roof on Parts A and B is flat built-up composition material behind brick parapet walls with drainage ports. Roof on Part C is a gable roof with ridge-line running perpendicular to Babcock Street, but with the approximately 6 ft of east and west portions of roof built in a flat design. Roof material covering Part C is composition/rolled roofing. Gable roof of Part C is supported by a manufactured steel truss system. Roof None. Porches/Outbuildings MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Recent photo of south façade shows original industrial/shop windows, now replaced by modern architectural fixed windows. Four recent/modern fixed windows, and one double glass entry door on the south façade. Three recent/modern fixed windows on west, five on east elevation, two on north/alley elevation (along with one roll-up door and single entry door). Fenestration: InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman The 1927 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for Bozeman (Sheet 21), shows a long, east-west running "implement storage" shed and auto garage on the subject property. The 1943 revision of the the 1927 Sanborn Map (Sheet 21), shows the implement and auto storage sheds removed and the Part A building labeled "Machine Shop (Tile Brick Faced), in it's current location. The configuration with the diagonally clipped alley entrance on the northeast corner is clearly indicated. The 1927/rev. 1943 map also shows a small single-story masonry "Machine Shop" attached to the south face of the southwest corner of the Lovelace Building, on the north side of the alley, at 20 W Main St. Examination of the same building still located south of the the Lovelace Building reveals the same design and workmanship as the machine shop building at 25 W Babcock, with brick construction and formed-concrete lintels above windows and doors, indicating the possibility that both were designed/built at the same time and perhaps by the same person. The 1957-59 revision of the 1927 Sanborn Map shows the original Part A portion of the building with the additions of Part B, on the east, and Part C, on the south. All three parts are shown to be attached and communicated with interior doorways. Fred Willson's architectural drawings for the proposed "Shop Building for Lovelace Realty, Inc., 23 West Babcock St," dated 12/7/1946, Shows the south end of the then existing Part C of the building. It is obvious that the addition designed in 1946 would have extended from the south wall of Part C to the sidewalk at W Babcock Street, however it was never constructed. The Polk's City Directories for Bozeman, 1937-38 (pg 102), 1940 (pg. 94), 1944 (pg. 86), and 1947 (pg. 131) list the Lovelace Motor Supply as a business operated by John A. Lovelace, in the Lovelace Building at 20 W Main Street (across the alley to the north,and one lot to the east of the subject property). The attached machine shop building to the south of 20 W Main, and the machine shop building at 25 W Babcock St, are presumed to all be part of the same business. Such presumption is made based on the similarity of building materials, design, and the Willson architectural drawings showing the existing structure planned with addition for the Lovelace business. Beginning with the 1956 Bozeman City Directory (pg. 159), the motor supply business located at 20 W Main is identified as the Montana Motor Supply. This same identification of business name exists in the directories for 1959 (pg. 153) and 1961 (pg. 143). None of the city directories show listings for 23/25 W Babcock St, presumably due to the fact that the buildings were secondary buildings on the alley behind/near the primary business location at 20 W Main St. From the detailed information contained on the Sanborn Maps, City Directories, and Fred Willson's architectural drawings, it is estimated that Part A of the subject building was built sometime between 1927 and 1942, and that Parts B and C (historic additions to the existing building) were built at the same time between 1943 and 1945. History of Property: See Additional Information Page InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 See Additional Information Page Architectural Drawings, Fred F. Willson, Architect, Bozeman, Montana "Shop Building for Lovelace Realty, Inc. at 23 West Babcock St, Bozeman, Montana" (4 sheets), December 7, 1946. Located at Montana State University, Special Collections, Collection Number 2143, Description 4680, Drawing Set Number: 203. Information Sources/Bibliography Sanborn Maps:Structure appears on these Bozeman Sanborn Maps: Nov 1884 Jan 1889 Jul 1890 Nov 1891 Jan 1904 Sep 1912 Sep 1927 XSep 1927/Rev Aug 1943 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman City Sewer Hook-up Records City Water Hook-up RecordsDate Date Polk's Bozeman City Directories: 1937-38, pg. 102; 1940, pg. 94; 1944, pg. 86; 1947, pg. 131; 1956, pg. 159; 1959, pg. 153, and 1961, pg. 143. City Directory Deeds not researched. Deeds Sep 1927/Rev 1957 X Sep 1912/Rev Feb 1921 XSep 1927/Rev 1960 InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman National Register of Historic Places 12/21/1987NRHP Listing Date: NRHP Eligibility: Yes X No Individually XContributing to Historic District Noncontributing to Historic District Commercial development of the Bozeman Main Street areaArea of Significance: Early 20th century - Nationalization Phase (1930-1945)Period of Significance: See Additional Information PageStatement of Significance The building located at 23/25 W Babcock St., exhibits significance based on its relationship to the Lovelace family and historic Lovelace Building located across the alley at 20 W Main St. The building is unique in its original design, construction, and intended use as a secondary/back-alley shop building to the primary business located on Main Street, to the north. The building was most likely designed by Fred F. Willson, renowned Bozeman architect, as was the planned, but not completed, 1946 shop addition. NRHP Criteria:A XB XC D See Additional Information PageIntegrity (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The building exhibits key elements of original location, setting, design, workmanship, materials, and association within the Bozeman Main Street Historic District. The building is located on the most historically intact alleys in downtown Bozeman, exhibiting original building layouts and relationships to alley arrangement. The historic business/ghost-signs, located at the north alley entrance to the building and on the south façade are significant key architectural features of the building. InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PAGE Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Additional information/Building Description from page 4: Brick pattern on exposed north wall of Part A is in standard stretcher or running bond. Brick pattern on the east wall of Part B and C and west wall of Part C are laid in a common bond with header bricks exposed on every seventh row. The east wall of Parts B and C is built all as one, indicating a contemporaneous construction date. South wall exhibits a custom pattern of alternating rows of bricks in stretcher bond followed by a row of larger tile brick. Brick patching on the south façade indicates that the wall was originally built in a symmetrical pattern of two evenly spaced window openings on either side of a double wide central door opening. Sometime after 1946 the eastern window on the south façade was moved to the left to accommodate the addition of a single entry door on the right end of the façade. This evidence is supported by the "west elevation of existing building" sketch on Willson's 1946 drawing for the proposed addition. Diagonally clipped northeast corner of Part A (original) building is built to directly face the small brick machine shop located to the northeast across the alley, behind the Lovelace Building (20 W Main St). South wall if building is located approximately 75.5 ft north of north curb of W Babcock St. Two historic business/ghost signs exist on the exterior of the building. One is a black lettered sign "Montana Motor Supply Shop Entrance" on a black background with black line frame, above the alley entrance at the northeast corner of the north elevation of the building. The second sign is a large black lettered "Montana Motor Supply Inc. Shop & Store Entrance" on rectangular white background located on the south façade of the building. It is presumed that these signs date to at least 1956 when the business name of "Montana Motor Supply" succeeded Lovelace Motor Supply in the Bozeman City Directories. InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Façade Photo IRP_114_110914_IRP01887Exposure/File #: NorthFacing: 23/25 W Babcock StFeature: View to north at south façade of building. Note the business/ghost-sign, compound gable and flat edge roof, combination brick and tile blocks, and recently replace windows and doors. Description: 11/3/2014 4:52:38 PMTime: InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Reference Photo Exposure/File #: Facing: Feature: Description: Time:IRP_B3_23-25WBab_GooglePrint North 23/25 W Babcock St. GoogleEarth image (July 2012) of south façade of 23/25 W. Babcock St. showing original details including window placement and metal industrial shop windows. Windows on left covered by attached shed. Note Google image causes horizontal distortion at windows. InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Reference Photo IRP_114_110914_IRP-1884Exposure/File #:Time: NortheastFacing: 23/25 W Babcock StFeature: View to northeast at southwest corner of building. Note formed concrete structural beam full length of building above windows, and 3/4 in iron rods extending from concrete beam for planned future addition (never built). Note northwest corner of building attached to building on adjacent lot to west. Description: InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Reference Photo Exposure/File #: Facing: Feature: Description: Time:IRP_118_112114_IRP01986 Northeast 23/25 W Babcock St Detail image of southwest corner of building with six 3/4-inch iron reinforcing bars extending from formed concrete beam. Bars are noted as existing at southwest corner of existing building on 1946 Willson architectural drawing for proposed building addition to west (never completed). InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 Reference Photo Exposure/File #: Facing: Feature: Description: Time:IRP_B3_23/25WBab_FileGraphic North 23/25 W Babcock St View to north (bottom) showing illustrated original window placement, including original four windows with no single entry door at right. Top image is portion of 1946 Willson architectural drawing showing "Present Building - Present Opening to Remain". Red highlights are added for emphasis. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Reference Photo IRP_114_110914_IRP01889Exposure/File #: SouthwestFacing: 23/25 W Babcock StFeature: View to southwest at rear (northeast) corner of building. Note diagonally clipped alley entrance beneath business/ghost-sign. Original Part ! of building includes diagonally clipped entrance and portion to right. Later addition of Part B is flat-roofed portion in foreground. Later addition of Part C is to left with gable roof and full-length formed concrete beam above three windows. Description: Time: InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Reference Photo IRP_118_112114_IRP01994Exposure/File #: WestFacing: 23/25 W Babcock StFeature: View to west at east elevation of building showing taller gable-roofed addition (Part C) on left and smaller flat-roofed addition (Part B) on right. Note full-length formed concrete beam to support interior roof truss system. Description: Time: InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Reference Photo IRP_114_110914_IRP01885Exposure/File #: EastFacing: 23/25 W Babcock StFeature: View to east of west wall of Part C, gable-roofed addition. Note full-length formed concrete beam above windows to support interior roof truss system. Note recent addition of architectural windows. Description: Time: InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Reference Photo IRP_118_112114_IRP01995Exposure/File #: NorthFacing: Rear shop building 20 W. Main St.Feature: View to north and single-story brick attached machine shop building at rear, southwest corner of Lovelace Building (20 W. Main St.). This building is located diagonally immediately across the alley and to the northeast from 23/25 W Babcock). Note similar brick and roof construction and formed concrete lintels above windows and door, as noted on original Part A building of 23/25 W Babcock St. Description: Time: InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 Reference Photo IRP_B3_Sanborn_1943_GraphicExposure/File #: Facing: 23/25 W Babcock StFeature: Portion of Sheet 21, Bozeman Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1927/rev.1943, showing location of original building (Part A) at 23/25 W Babcock St. Note location of Machine Shop across alley at rear of 20 W Main St (Lovelace Building). Description: Time: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Reference Photo IRP_B3_Sanborn_1957-59_GraphicExposure/File #: Facing: 23/25 W Babcock StFeature: Portion of Sheet 21, Bozeman Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1927/rev.1957-59, showing location of existing building (Parts A, B, and C) at 23/25 W Babcock St. Note location of Machine Shop across alley at rear of 20 W Main St (Lovelace Building). Description: Time: InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD USGS Location Map Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Portion of USGS 7.5 Minute Topographic Map, Bozeman, MT, 2014, scale 1:24,000 (red square indicates approximate location of property. InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD General Location Map Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman General Location Map Red shape denotes project boundary, red arrow indicates property location. InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD Detailed Location Photo-Map Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Detailed Location Map Red shape denotes subject property. InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477 Montana Historic Property Record Bozeman Historic Structures Inventory - 2014 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD Building Sketch Map Property Name: Site Number: 24 23 W Babcock St Bozeman Property/Building Sketch Map InteResources Planning, Inc.505 Bond Street, Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715 406.587.9477