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Home My WebLink About330 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 8d Ave Helena,MT 59620-1202 Property Address: 330 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1696 (An historic district number may also apply.) Historic Address(if applicable): 237 and 246 N. Rouse City/Town: Bozeman County: Gallatin _.-..-._.......................... .......... ..._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._..... __ Historic Name: Legal Location OriginalOwner(s): unknown PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E Current Ownership ®Private ❑ Public SE '/4 NE '/4 NW '/4 of Section: 7 Current Property Name: Lot(s): 50x119' in SW Corner of Lot 12 i Owner(s): Dorothy Bailey ' Block(s): NA i Owner Address: 330 N. Rouse Ave. Addition: Perkins and Stone Year of Addition: C. 1889 Bozeman, MT 59715-3769 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman, MT Year: 1987 Phone: Historic Use: residence UTM Reference w«-w.nris.state.mt.usitopofinder2 Current Use: residence ❑NAD 27(preferred) ®NAD 83 i Construction Date: by 1904 ❑Estimated ®Actual Zone: 12 Easting: 497536 Northing: 5058833 ® 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 ®No Daytime Phone: 406-782-0494 .........................._..__.._.._._.._.._.._.._.._-__._._........................... ._.r....................._................................................. _—._.—.._..- MT SHPO USE ONLY Comments: Eligible for NRHP: ❑yes ❑no Criteria: ❑A ❑B ❑C ❑D Date: Evaluator: l t MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Property Name: 330 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1696 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ❑ See Additional Information Page Architectural Style: OTHER: If Other,specify: vernacular Property Type: Residential Specific Property Type: 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 a 1'/-story vernacular residence of wood-frame construction. It is rectangular with irregular additions. The building is clad with non-historic wide-lap siding. The gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles and on the south side has a gable dormer. There are a variety of windows in the house, including double-hung 1/1, sliding, and picture windows flanked by casements. Most, if not all, of the windows are modern units, and many occupy non-historic openings. The foundation is mostly concrete, but includes some concrete block; it appears not to be original. There are two adjoining rear additions. The east side addition is two stories tall, while the southeast addition is one-story. Both have shed roofs and are covered with the same siding as the house. Southeast of the house is a 10 x 16-foot shed. It has a gable roof and wide-lap siding. It is accessed via a plywood door. County assessor records indicate that it was built in 1970. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Property Name: 330 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1696 HISTORY OF PROPERTY ❑ See Additional Information Page This house was erected between 1891 and 1904. The owner during that period is unknown, so no specifics about the earliest occupation are available at this time. By 1904, though, the house was one of four dwellings on a single 100 x 234- foot lot owned by Alson and Jeremiah Sawyer. The men were long-time Rouse Avenue residents and property owners. They possessed lots in the 300-600 blocks of North Rouse in the early 1900s. They resided at 314 and 404 N. Rouse (modern addresses) just after the turn of the twentieth century, during which time the city directories noted they worked as laborers. In fact, it is possible that they built houses in the neighborhood at that time, and conceivably the one at 330 N. Rouse was one of them. Between the two of them,Jeremiah and his presumed brother Alson Sawyer held the large lot on which the house at 330 N. Rouse stood until 1930. Renters during the late 1920s, right before Alson Sawyer sold out, were laborers. John Scanlon purchased the house in early 1930, then on a smaller, 50 x 119-foot lot. Initially, he rented it to Lula Jones, a widow, but later resided in it himself. He sold the house in 1933. The next owner, Pearl Pelter, held the property until 1941, but never lived there. Renters during her ownership included Henry and Minnie Parsons (laborer for the Montana Flour Mills Company) and Fred and Marie Baker(auto radiator repair). The next people who retained ownership for more than a couple of years were C.M. and Pearl Preston, who acquired the house in 1945. Robert and Cora Preston, presumed relatives, stayed in the house in the late 1940s. Robert and Elizabeth Montgomery purchased 330 N. Rouse in 1950 and, like the previous owners, held the property for only five years. They also rented the house to others. Lawrence and Anna Kern (janitor at Montana State College) rented for at least a portion of that five-year period. The last owners during the historic period were Charles and Willa Tift. Upon purchase, they moved into the house and remained there until selling out in 1962. At that time, Charles Tift was a painter at Montana State College. INFORMATION SOURCESBIBLIOGRAPHY ❑ See Additional Information Page 1891 and 1904 Sanborn maps R.L. Polk& Company, Bozeman City Directory, 1927-1961 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: 330 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1696 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 a representative example of a small, largely vernacular home from the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. Houses of this scale and level of detailing were typical of working-class neighborhoods in turn-of-the-century American towns, and it is the characteristic building type in Bozeman's northeastern residential neighborhoods. This portion of the community was home to much of Bozeman's small industrial area-- primarily devoted to the processing and shipping of agricultural products --and consequently, much of the neighborhood's residential component served blue-collar workers and their families. In general, these houses were smaller and less ornate than those found elsewhere in the town. The bulk of the neighborhood's homes were constructed during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period of growth for the town of Bozeman as a whole, and particularly for the northeastern neighborhood, which benefitted from proximity to the newly-constructed Northern Pacific and Milwaukee Road railway lines. This house, therefore, is potentially significant as a representative example of period vernacular residential architecture, as well as for its association with the early growth of Bozeman and its agricultural industry. The building, however, suffers from a diminished level of historic integrity (as described below). Because of this loss of integrity, the building is no longer a high-quality example of its type, and is not independently eligible for 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 non-historic alterations to the building's exterior. These changes include exterior siding of non-historic pattern and materials, and non-historic windows in an altered fenestration pattern. 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