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Home My WebLink About408 N Montana 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`b Ave Helena,MT 59620-1202 Property Address: 408 N. Montana Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1740 (An historic district number may also apply.) Historic Address(if applicable): 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): most of 14 Owner(s): Douglas R. and Martha S. Drysdale Block(s): NA Owner Address: 1408 S. Black Ave. Addition: Beall's First Year of Addition: 1870 Bozeman, MT 59715-5638 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman, MT Year: 1987 Phone: Historic Use: residence UTM Reference www.nris.state.mt.us/topofmder2 Current Use: residence ElNAD 27(preferred) ®NAD 83 i Construction Date: after 1943 ❑Estimated ®Actual Zone: 12 Easting: 497485 Northing: 5058843 ® Original Location ❑Moved Date Moved: -.. .._.._.._..-•---._.._.. ..................................................................... National Register of Historic Places Date of this document: March 2006 NRHP Listing Date: Form Prepared by: Mark Hufstetler, Renewable Technologies, Inc. Historic District: Address: 511 Metals Bank Bldg., Butte, MT 59701 NRHP Eligible: ❑ Yes ®No Daytime Phone: 406-782-0494 MT SHPO USE ONLY Comments: Eligible for NRHP: ❑yes ❑no Criteria: ❑A ❑B ❑C ❑D Date: i i Evaluator: i MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Property Name: 408 N. Montana Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1740 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ❑ See Additional Information Page Architectural Style: OTHER: If Other,specify: vernacular Property Type: Residential Specific Property Type: Architect: Architectural Firm/City/State: Builder/Contractor: 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 building is a small, multi-unit residential building of vernacular design, likely dating from the middle of the twentieth century. The building is wood-framed, with a simple rectangular mass. There is a concrete foundation. Exterior wall cladding consists of manufactured wood panels, scribed vertically. Doors are wood, and windows appear to be wood- framed casement units. The gently-sloping shed roof is surfaced with asphalt shingles. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Pro erty Name: 408 N. Montana Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1740 HISTORY OF PROPERTY ❑ See Additional Information Page At some unknown date after 1943, owners of Lot 14 of Beall's First Addition built the house at 408 N. Montana or moved it to that location from another site. By 1943, three houses stood on that lot west of Bozeman Creek, all owned by a single man, Frank Slaughter. Slaughter was a long-time resident of North Montana, having moved there at about the time he purchased Lot 14 in 1914. He resided at 406 N. Montana, a house facing directly on Montana that he probably built himself or had built. Early on employed as a cook, he soon became a constable, working sometimes for the city and sometimes for private businesses. He stayed in that profession until the late 1930s. Although Frank had deeded the lot to George Slaughter, a presumed brother, in 1931, Frank probably acted as the owner in all other respects. He is almost certainly the one responsible for building on or moving to the lot the house at 410 N. Montana and the house now known as 412 N. Montana. These houses would have been rented to other parties, generating income to supplement his wages and provide for his retirement. Frank Slaughter may have died in the early 1940s and George Slaughter died by the early 1950s. In 1951, their heirs sold Lot 14 (excepting the triangular piece on the east side of Bozeman Creek) to James and Jennie McReynolds. The property stayed in the McReynolds family until 1965 when purchased by Martha Story Drysdale. Any of these owners might have built or moved the house at 408 N. Montana there. The address is not listed in the city directories until 1961, but it is quite possible that the address changed over time as more houses were added to Lot 14. INFORMATION SOURCESBIBLIOGRAPHY ❑ See Additional Information Page 1927/revised to 1943 Sanborn map R.L. Polk&Company. Bozeman City Directory, 1912/1913-1961 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: 408 N. Montana Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1740 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, vernacular multi-family dwelling from the mid-twentiech century. Buildings of this scale and Ifunction were frequently seen in working-class neighborhoods in period American towns, and a number of examples of this building type exist in Bozeman's northeastern residential neighborhood. 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 buildings 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 building is a simple, representative example of period vernacular residential architecture. It is not, however, a quality example of the type. No site-specific historical significance is known to be associated with the building. For these reasons, the property is not independently eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. INTEGRITY(location,design, setting,materials,workmanship,feeling,association) ❑ See Additional Information Page This building appears to fully retain all seven National Register aspects of integrity. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS Property0: N. Montana Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1740 ` W. j � Y� � ;)\ A 1 , � �'� I� •'ice ��l�r��, kL '4 -�'9'. t�l,� - .. ', '�•awe�'w.•r�z+�''`�'�yr•�Y�xS��/ � ,'♦!ti_�G. ` �'4�-"'tt � ' .t. �` R s.. ,yam s, +r wi I � �.-.. "�i gat :R+cw -�n �r�Qy ��• :1 ' ��.t•�:..'' ��E.,A '.-fib S ��`�'�' r9' � I-_. ..l o •I --� �I ,,l r, i �� .... � , •fit: � ,;, `�. 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They may not necessarily \ reflect current conditions,and are for illustration purposes only. \ MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD TOPOGRAPHIC MAP Property Name: 408 North Montana Ave Site Number: 24GA1740 Zi r Tanks � �;,~ •t 4L�� s- -� `„ kh t,� 0 • � • a LVT TA OT ' Oaf I I 4768A.T*. _ w �A - k i FeJFyroa d • 2q6• 3! � --� 76 fmA I r j;r 1� fix. ;j': •IF.J ~3 ••\� ,� 11 `k: UN f — - �- - - •1 \ f igo USGS Topographic Quadrangle, 1:24000 scale Bozeman, Montana (1987) Section 7, T2S R6E