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Home My WebLink About39 N Rouse 2006 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`'Ave Helena,MT 59620-1202 Property Address: 39 North Rouse i Site Number: 24 GA 1686 (An historic district number may also apply.) Historic Address(if applicable): also 326 E. Mendenhall i City/Town: Bozeman County: Gallatin ............_......__.____._._._ _._._.._.. ._.._.._.._.._................................;._. ._.._.._..__._._._._._.._._.._._._-------------.._.._.._..----•--•--.._.._.._.._ Historic Name: Tuttle's Service Station Legal Location Original Owner(s): Rollo and Cleone Tuttle PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E i Current Ownership ®Private ❑ Public SE '/4 SE '/4 NW '/4 of Section: 7 Current Property Name: Lot(s): N 70' of Lots 20 and 21 Owner(s): J. Paul and Eunice L. Petersen Block(s): D Owner Address: 6223 W. Shawnee Ave. Addition: Original Townsite Year of Addition: 1870 Spokane, WA 99208-8311 i USGS Quad Name: Bozeman, MT Year: 1987 Phone: Historic Use: commercial building UTM Reference www.nris.state.m.t.usitopofinder2 Current Use: commerical building ❑NAD 27(preferred) ®NAD 83 i Construction Date: 1941 ❑Estimated E Actual Zone: 12 Easting: 497481 Northing: 5058515 ®Original Location ❑Moved Date Moved: National Register of Historic Places Date of this document: January 2006 NRHP Listing Date: Form Prepared by: Dale Martin, Renewable Technologies, Inc. Historic District: Address: 511 Metals Bank Bldg., Butte, MT 59701 NRHP Eligible: ❑Yes E No Daytime Phone: 406-782-0494 MT SHPO USE ONLY Comments: Eligible for NRHP: ❑yes ❑no Criteria: ❑A ❑B ❑C ❑D Date: i Evaluator: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 .=rty Name: 39 North Rouse Site Number: 24 GA 1686 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ❑ See Additional Information Page Architectural Style: OTHER: If Other,specify: vernacular Property Type: Miscellaneous Specific Property Type: gas station Architect: unknown Architectural Firm/City/State; Builder/Contractor: unknown Company/City/State: Source of Information: Concisely,accurately, and completely describe the property and alterations with dates. Number the buildings and features to correlate with the Site Map. This is an irregularly-shaped commercial building, largely of masonry construction. It consists of an historic core (to the northeast), and non-historic additions to the west and south. The original mass of the building is stuccoed, with a rounded northeast corner. The rounded corner, combined with a projecting cornice line along the north and east elevations, suggest that the building once had at least minimal Moderne detailing. Areas of brick veneer exist on these elevations, beneath historic wood-framed windows. The modern entry door is metal, with a half-light window. This original section is set in the ell of concrete-block additions built on its west and south sides. The cornice from the original building mass extends along the north and east elevations of these additions. Most of the addition walls (except for the west elevation) are stuccoed. The entire building has a concrete foundation and a flat roof behind parapet walls. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 .=rty Name: 39 North Rouse Site Number: 24 GA 1686 HISTORY OF PROPERTY ❑ See Additional Information Page The original section of this building dates to about 1941. In August 1939, Rollo and Cleone Tuttle, who resided in Ennis at the time, purchased the lot on which the new building would stand. Within about two years, they had erected a small gas station, naming it"Tuttle's Service." The station apparently had no assocation with a regional or national oil company, and, as was not uncommon for such "Mom and Pop"stations, the proprietors resided next door in an adjacent building. The Tuttles remained in business for only a short time, though; the building was vacant in 1944. This closure may have been due to the shortage of available gasoline during World War II. Immediately after the war, Rollo Tuttle sold the building and land parcel to Maurice and Bernice Farnstrom. Farnstrom operated the independent service station for only about three years, before selling out to Vernon McGahen. McGahen, in turn, owned and ran the gas station for four years until late 1952, again as an independent. From 1953, through at least 1961, Robert R. Braun had the gas station, in the latter year operating it as "Bob's Carter Servicecenter." The name indicates an affiliation with the Carter Oil Company by that time. Like the Tuttles 20 years earlier, Robert and Hazel Braun lived next door to his business, at 322 N. Mendenhall. Tuttle's Service station was one of several independent service stations in Bozeman during and immediately after World War II. Scattered throughout the town, they provided gas and often little else. By the 1970s, if not earlier, they began to be replaced by larger gas stations that also had mechanics on hand. More and more, these came to be owned by national oil companies. Even later, the stations incorporated convenience stores, and completely replaced the older, independent businesses. INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY ❑ See Additional Information Page 1927/revised to 1943 Sanborn map R.L. Polk& Company. Bozeman City Directory, 1940-1961 deeds on file at Gallatin County Clerk and Recorder's Office (refer to attached partial chain of title) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 Property Name: 39 North Rouse Site Number: 24 GA 1686 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NRHP Listing Date: NRHP Eligibility: [] Yes ®No ❑Individually ElContributing to Historic District ElNoncontributing to Historic District NRIIP Criteria: ❑A ❑B ❑C ❑D Area of Significance: Period of Significance: STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE ❑ See Additional Information Page This original mass of this building is a representative example of a mid-twentieth century gas station with simple Moderne detailing. Several such buildings existed in and near Bozeman's commercial district during the middle years of the twentieth century, reflecting the increased prominence of the automobile in daily life of the era. Most gas stations were on Bozeman's Main Street, with a smaller number on prominent side streets. This station was probably sited here in part because of the designation of North Rouse Avenue as a Montana state highway. This building is potentially significant as a representative example of period vernacular commercial architecture, as well as for its association with the twentieth-century growth of Bozeman and its commercial trades. Major additions to the building, however(as described below), have cost it its historic integrity. Because of this loss of integrity, the building is no longer a high-quality example of its type, and is not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. INTEGRITY(location, design, setting,materials,workmanship,feeling,association) ❑ See Additional Information Page This building retains integrity of location and setting. Other aspects of integrity have been diminished by substantial, non-historic alterations to the building's exterior. These changes include large structural additions to the east and south, and changes to historic fenestration. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property Name: 39 North Rouse Site Number: 24 GA 1686 - I i T El[CfhC '-�1`y Malt'' t' LJ71 View to souithwest. .Yk 1 View to west. .0 q — — — y 'd o A N Q" O o A •" 'o � PG � N o .� •��°�, A A A A A c � eJ O O O O O O Y N W PG Pal N G 'b M M M M Cd M W yy N N N N N O O y N ON N ON +� ON O p + c a a ..°° a° a k a a A � ° � O � .. a p rA a b Oza a In o� w •Q � M O 10) w N N U o pq a: a ►. vi a O f�7 � " � 'cd v cOi c� 'd O Cd bCC b � Phi td b � � o •� o z � c � � o ° U � b o Cd 0 CdCd ua as b 0 a"a •o � � � a � > O w � � o c ��-+•• � 8 rn kn v vNi M oo •b ° O z w ^O ... 00 — 00 M �n MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD SITE MAP Property Name: 39 North Rouse Ave Site Number: 24GAl686 Q / z N / o / m -------------------------' / LF I E Mendenhall St I I I o 39 m I� I� L. 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