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HomeMy WebLinkAbout539 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: 539 North Rouse Ave. ! Site Number: 24 GA 1712 (An historic district number may also apply.) Historic Address(if applicable): City/Town: Bozeman County: Gallatin Historic Name: Legal Location Original Owner(s): Church of God PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E Current Ownership ® Private ❑Public I NE '/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 of Section: 7 Current Property Name: Lot(s): 81' at north end of Tract 1 in Lot 9 Owner(s): Bill and Mary Ann Shott Block(s): NA Owner Address: 323 Astor Ave. ' Addition: Beall's First Year of Addition: 1870 Belgrade, MT 59714-7528 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman, MT Year: 1987 Phone: _.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.....................................--............--...........— - -.. __..........................................................................._.................. Historic Use: church UTM Reference www.nris.state.mt.us/topofinder2 Current Use: residence ElNAD 27(preferred) ®NAD 83 i Construction Date: 1936 ❑Estimated ® Actual Zone: 12 Easting: 497497 Northing: 5069096 i ® Original Location ❑Moved Date Moved: i National Register of Historic Places Date of this document: January 2006 i 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 SHPO USE ONLY Comments: Eligible for NRHP: ❑yes ❑no i Criteria: ❑A ❑B ❑C ❑D Date: i Evaluator: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 FFPrMerVme: 539 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1712 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ❑ See Additional Information Page Architectural Style: OTHER: If Other, specify: vernacular Property Type: Religious 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 building is comprised of two separate buildings that combined to form an L-shaped structure. Originally constructed as a church, with probable attached residence, the building now houses multiple apartments. The east portion--the former church--is a one-story, rectangular, wood-frame structure. The gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles; and the rafter tips are exposed. The west portion of the house fronts on East Peach Street and is a 1'/z-story, rectangular, wood-frame structure. The gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles. The floor level is set higher than in the east portion. This building section stands over a basement with windows. Both portions are covered with drop siding, and have a variety of windows, including double-hung 1/1, fixed plate, casement, and sliding. The fenestration pattern appears to be largely historic. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Property Name: 539 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1712 HISTORY OF PROPERTY ❑ See Additional Information Page In 1935, D. A. Cross purchased the vacant, 85 x 140-foot lot at 539 N. Rouse. In the following year, the Church of God built a church there, and moved into it from their former location at 312 E. Main. Under the guidance of pastor Rev. George Burton, the Church of God remained at their new building until the mid-1940s. By 1947, the Assembly of God Church had taken over the church building at 539 N. Rouse. That congregation remained there until 1958, the last year in which the building was used as a church. While the Assembly of God occupied the building, it employed a series of pastors including Earl Ayres, Bert Harrison, and Alf Redmond. Some of those pastors and their families lived in an apartment at the church. In October of 1958, the First Assembly of God Church sold the property to Ruby Price. Price apparently converted the former church building to two apartments. In 1959, Don Strang, a construction worker, and James Barnes, a cook at Colonel's Drive Inn, rented the apartments. At some unknown date, but certainly by 1963, Price added another building to the rear of the church, making a total of four apartments. INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY ❑ See Additional Information Page sewer/water permits 1936, 1938 R.L. Polk & Company 1936-1961 1927/revised to 1943 Sanborn map MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 Property Name: 539 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1712 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 unusual example of a largely vernacular church building from the first half of the twentieth century, which was refitted at the end of the historic period to serve as apartments. As a small, multi-unit apartment complex, the building is typical of many in the northeastern neighborhoods of Bozeman, which was traditionally inhabited by mostly blue-collar and lower-income residents. This building, 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 the northeastern residential neighborhood. 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 has been enlarged at least once during its history, but additions appear to date from the historic period. No substantive modern changes are apparent on the building's exterior. Thus, the building appears to retain all seven aspects of National Register integrity. 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