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Home My WebLink About2421 W. College 2011 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 81"Ave Helena, MT 59620-1202 Property Address: 2421 West College Street Site Number: 24 GA 1835 (An historic district number may also apply.) Historic Address(if applicable): '• City/Town: Bozeman County: Gallatin { Historic Name: Alford and Mamie Yergey farmhouse Legal Location Original Owner(s): Alford and Mamie Yergey PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 5E i Current Ownership: ® Private ❑ Public SE '/4 SW'/4 SE '/4 of Section 11 i Current Property Name: David George Fjeld House I Lot(s): 8 i Owner(s): David George Fjeld Block(s): 2 i Owner Address: 2421 West College St. Addition: Triangle Area Annexation Year of Addition: Bozeman, MT 59718 i I Phone: E USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 _. .._._._.-----.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.�.a._ _._.:.._.._.._.._._.._.._«_.._.—.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._._.__. .—.—._._.._..-.-- Historic Use: house ; UTM Reference ww\�,.nris.mt. oQ. v/topofinder2 i Current Use: house ❑ NAD 27 or ® NAD 83 { Construction Date: 1923 ® Estimated ❑ Actual i Zone: 12 Easting: 494555 Northing: 5057548 I { ® Original Location ❑ Moved Date Moved: l i _.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._....................................«.......................... .._.._.._.._ _._._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._. National Register of Historic Places Date of this document: 4/12/2011 I NRHP Listing Date: Form Prepared by: Mark Hufstetler Renewable Technologies, Inc. Historic District: Address: 8 West Park, #313 NRHP Eligible: ❑ Yes ®No Butte, Montana 59701 Daytime Phone: 406-782-0494 ---.._.._.._.._..----.._.._..----.--.._.._.._.._.._.._ _._._.._.._._.._.._.. . ._._.._ . .._.. .. ._.._._._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._._.._.._.._.._.._.._«------ �._ - -.._.._..�._.._�.._.._. MT SHPO USE ONLY { Comments: Eligible for NRHP: ❑yes ❑no Criteria: ❑A ❑B ❑C ❑D i Date: ' Evaluator: { MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Pro wi-tN Name: Alford and Mamie Yergey farmhouse Site Number: 24 GA 1835 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ❑ See Additional Information Page Architectural Style: OTHER: If Other,specify: vernacular Property Type: Residential Specific Property Type: Single-family residence Architect: Architectural Firm/City/State: Builder/Contractor: Company/City/State: Source of Information: There are two buildings on this site in 2011: a house(Feature 1) and a garage (Feature 2). The house is a single-story, wood-framed structure on a high concrete foundation. According to tax assessment records, the building was constructed in 1923, but this is unconfirmed; the unusually high foundation suggests the possibility that the house was moved to this site. The building is rectangular in massing and largely vernacular, although the exterior cladding and a portion of the window arrangement is suggestive of the Craftsman architectural style. Walls are clad with narrow-exposure lapped wood siding, and the gabled roof is surfaced with asphalt shingles. A red-brick interior chimney is present. The west elevation is marked by a rectangular bay below a gabled roof. The fenestration pattern of the building is at least partially non-historic, with large, single-light picture windows and modern one-over-one double-hung units present. There is a large, non-historic wooden deck at the south elevation of the house. The garage is a large, single-story wood-framed structure on a concrete foundation. Tax assessment records indicate that the building was constructed in 1967. Walls are clad with wide-exposure lapped hardboard siding, and the gable roof is surfaced with wood shingles. The building's south elevation includes a paneled wood, 2-car overhead garage door with a horizontal band of windows across the panels. A half-light person door is to the left (west) of the garage door. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 1'i-opco\ Name: Alford and Mamie Yergey farmhouse Site Number: 24 GA 1835 HISTORY OF PROPERTY ❑ See Additional Information Page During the first half of the twentieth century, this house was at the southern end of an 80-acre tract of land used for agricultural purposes—one of a number of similarly sized tracts in the immediate area. By the late 1910s, the land was owned by a local man named John Herbert Howell, who farmed the land but apparently did not live on it. City directories of the era show Howell's address as 1510 West Babcock, and the estimated value of this 80-acre tract at $10,000. A series of land transactions in the early 1920s saw the property briefly owned by a woman named Harriet Ruffner Greiser. Deed records show a variety of out-of-state addresses for Greiser, and her role in the property's history is unknown. It is possible she was a representative of a finance or land investment company. County tax assessment records indicate that this house was constructed in 1923, and if true, the building was constructed during Greiser's ownership. This estimate may not be correct, however, and it is also possible that the house was moved to this location after its construction. The property was purchased by Alford Yergey in 1925, and he owned the land until 1954. Yergey had a local dairy, and also operated a real estate office for a time; like Howell, period directories listed his address as 1910 West Babcock. If the house existed at this location during Yergey's years of ownership, it was possibly used as a rental property. The historic 80-acre tract was first subdivided in 1954, when the smaller parcel containing this house was sold to Bernard and Marie Brooks. If the house was moved to this location, it likely occurred during the years of Brooks' ownership of the parcel. INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY ❑ See Additional Information Page Gallatin County. Deed records maintained at the Gallatin County Clerk& Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana Montana Department of Revenue. Real property assessment records for Gallatin County, maintained at the Property Assessment Division office, Bozeman, Montana. R.L. Polk& Co. Bozeman City Directory (title varies); 1922-1999. Renewable Technologies, Inc. Bozeman, Montana: An Historic and Architectural Context, 2008 Revised Edition. Unpublished report prepared for the Department of Planning and Community Development, City of Bozeman, 2008. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 Property Name: Alford and Mamie Yer-qev farmhouse Site Number: 24 GA 1835 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 ❑ See Additional Information Page This building is an example of a small, single-story vernacular residence with mi,nimal architectural detail. Although the narrow-exposure lap siding and some of the window arrangements suggest the Craftsman architectural style, the building's overall form is not wholly reflective of that style. In size and overall form, however, the house is reflective of early twntieth-century residential architecture in Bozeman. Overall, the building displays a greatly-diminished level of architectural integrity. The building's original fenestration pattern has been substantially altered, and a modern deck has been added to the north elevation. In addition, the building's unusually-high foundation suggests the possibility that it was moved to this site. The garage building on the property is less than 50 years old, is not architecturally compatible with the house, and is visually prominent on the site. Due to the loss of integrity reflected in the above statements, this building is not eligible for the National REgister of Historic Places. INTEGRITY(location,design,setting,materials,workmanship,feeling,association) ❑ See Additional Information Page This site displays a greatly-diminished level of integrity overall. Though the house at the site retains its historic massing, the building the building's fenestration pattern has been substantially altered, and a large exterior deck has been added to the building. In addition, it is possible that the house was moved to this site at an unknown date. The garage on the site is a modern, non-contributing resource, with a scale that visually overshadows the house. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PAGE Property Name: Alford and Mamie Yerqev farmhouse Site Number: 24 GA 1835 SUMMARY CHAIN OF TITLE Alford and Mamie Yergey farmhouse—24GAl835 Date Document Grantor Grantee Notes reference 2-13-1918 Book 57, page Thomas W. & John H. Howell W 1/2 SE 1/4 of 612 Lizzie C. Simpson, Section 11, 80 acres. and Leban W& Esther Truitt 2-26-1920 Book 58, page Ruby Harriet John Herbert Howell Consideration was 326 Ruffner, of Atlanta, $16,000.00. Georgia 8-8-1922 Book 66, page John Herbert Ruby Harriet Ruffner, Subject to an 254 Howell and Elsa of Kansas City, Mo. $11,000.00 mortgage. M. Howell 3-18-1925 Book 65, page Ruby Ruffner Alford Yergey Sale included "one 636 Greiser, of Los share, second series, Angeles, formerly stock in the Farmers Ruby Harriet Canal Company, a Ruffner of Kansas Montana corporation." City, Mo., and Paul Greiser, of Los Angeles 12-2-1954 Book 117, page Alford and Mamie Bernard B. & Marie Tract of land 200' N-S 129 E. Yergey O. Brooks by 140' E-W, north of US 191, "also known as Huffine Lane." 8-21-1980 Film 57, page Bernard B. Brooks Marie O. Brooks 2349 (1/2 interest) 8-30-1991 Film 117, page Marie O. Brooks David George and 4709 Catherine Monica Fjeld 11-13-1995 Film 158, page Catherine Monica David George Fjeld 800 Fjeld MONTANA HISTORICPROPERTY O . 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