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Home My WebLink About517 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 8th Ave Helena,MT 59620-1202 Property Address: 517 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1706 (An historic district number may also apply.) Historic Address(if applicable): c City/Town: Bozeman ` County: Gallatin Historic Name: Legal Location OriginalOwner(s): unknown PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E Current Ownership ®Private ❑ Public NE 1/4 NE I/4 NW '/4 of Section: 7 i Current Property Name: Lot(s): S. 48' of Tract 1 of Lot 11 c Owner(s): Charles McDonald Block(s): NA Owner Address: 517 N. Rouse Ave. Addition: Beall's First Year of Addition: 1870 Bozeman, MT 59715-3747 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman, MT Year: 1987 Phone: Historic Use: residence UTM Reference www.nris.state.mt.us/topofinder2 Current Use: residence ❑NAD 27(preferred) ®NAD 83 Construction Date: by 1904 ❑Estimated ®Actual '; Zone: 12 Easting: 497604 Northing: 5059010 i ®Original Location ❑Moved Date Moved: ! i National Register of Historic Places Date of this document: January 2006 NRHP Listing Date: Form Prepared by: Dale Martin, Renewable Technologies, Inc. Historic District: North Rouse Avenue (Bozeman) Address: 511 Metals Bank Bldg., Butte, MT 59701 NRHP Eligible: ®Yes ❑No Daytime Phone: 406-782-0494 ._.._.._.._.._..------._.._.._.._.._............................... . .._._.........-------------_.................. ..- MT S11PO USE ONLY Comments: Eligible for NRHP: ❑yes ❑no Criteria: ❑A ❑B ❑C ❑D Date: Evaluator: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Property Name: 517 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1706 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 one-story, vernacular residence exhibiting a foursquare design. Exterior walls are soft brick, laid in a common bond; the brick has been painted. The truncated pyramidal roof is covered with modern, ribbed metal roofing. The primary (east) elevation is symmetrical, with a central entry flanked by window openings. Door and window openings are beneath shallow, segmental brick arches. The entry door is non-historic, but windows (single and paired double- hung 1/1 units) exhibit historic design. The fenestration pattern is original. The foundation is covered by brick. A shed-roofed addition is in the rear of the residence. It is sided with wide-lap siding. There is also a recent gable- roofed shed behind the house. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Property Name: 517 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1706 HISTORY OF PROPERTY ❑ See Additional Information Page This house is one of those in the 500 block of North Rouse Avenue which were built sometime in the 1890s or early 1900s prior to 1904. Although the parcel lines have changed since first described, it appears that the houses at 513, 515, and 517 N. Rouse all stood on single parcel until 1905. RTI was unable to determine a complete chain of title, but by late 1902 Elizabeth Wright owned the large lot. In that year, she sold it to Mary Urguhart Lee, who like Wright before her apparently did not occupy any of the three houses. The next owner, George Ellis, who gained title in 1905, was responsible for dividing the large lot into three parcels, one for each of the houses. RTI was unable to follow the chain of title between 1905 and 1933, and so a list of owners is not available. From about 1927 through 1933, however, Harley and Florence Smith occupied 517 N. Rouse, apparently as renters. Harley Smith was variously a"proprietor" at the Gallatin Motor Company, a mechanic, and a blacksmith during those years. While working as a blacksmith in the early 1930s, he owned a business in the brick building at 101 N. Rouse,just four blocks to the south. Francis M. Hendershott purchased the house in 1934, and lived there fore the six years that he owned it. Hendershott was unmarried and worked as a farmer. When Homer Thompson bought 517 N. Rouse in 1940, he and his wife Lily moved into the house and resided there for most if not all of the following 10 years. They shared the house with renters and presumed family members, who apparently occupied a separate apartment at the rear of the house. Homer Thompson was an employee with the Montana Power Company, and worked as a meterman and laborer. The known renters were Thomas and Jessie Wood (laborer for Jersey Dairy) and Arth Thompson (laborer). In 1950 the Thompsons sold the house to Loran and Grace Clark. Loran Clark was a janitor at Montana State College. The Clarks lived at 517 N. Rouse while they owned it, but sold the property just 2'/2 years after purchase, in 1953. The next owners were William and Juanita Stutsman, who held the property for the remainder of the historic period. They specifically bought the house as rental property, never intending to live there. Their renters through the 1950s included Glen and Vernie Martilla (plant worker at Kessler Dairy) and Ed and Bertha Johnson (laborer at Montana State College). _ _.___................................. INFORMATION SOURCESBIBLIOGRAPHY ❑ See Additional Information Page 1904, 1912, and 1927 Sanborn maps sewer/water permits 1945 R.L. Polk &Company. Bozeman City Directory, 1925-1961 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: 517 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1706 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 quality, 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 is unusual in that it is one of the few northeast Bozeman homes constructed of brick, rather than lumber. This house, therefore, is 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 retains a high level of historic integrity, although no site-specific historical significance has been attributed to the house. This building is a contributing resource to a proposed North Rouse Avenue Historic District. INTEGRITY(location, design,setting,materials,workmanship,feeling,association) ❑ See Additional Information Page This building appears to largely retain all seven aspects of National Register integrity. The only substantial change to the property appears to be the construction of a rear addition. The addition is unobtrusive in scale and does not impact the primary view of the house. Y .t I ' r. ;•.I. L#�� 4(� .�',-t-. Yy�� C `fit, • y lot MAW&. +: wN M CIA ONO 110 000 O\ O m � O. t1 G. 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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: 517 North Rouse Ave Site Number: 24GA1706 _fir -� T.fxn 06 �,rrq - •��,. • I ' �: �� .�� 1 � 4Qfi ��..l. • ` • w \ r � a .\.mac ��../J, �\ one 4168AT,r s. . r,i ! Tfa7Fg aa 24 `- -- � i ( � ■ �1 II ..�� i �.. ,�-- '' �� ilk 0� t.rs t •��; f ks/ 48r� I c p "I r w... • l�s 1� ` IfI rr � ` 1 •mac- _ F�tl ro Ic �re 75 n. f USGS Topographic Quadrangle, 1:24000 scale Bozeman, Montana (1987) Section 7, T2S R6E