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Home My WebLink About601 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 h Ave Helena,MT 59620-1202 i Property Address: 601 North Rouse Ave. ! Site Number: 24 GA 1715 j (An historic district number may also apply.) Historic Address(if applicable): i i City/Town: Bozeman County: Gallatin Historic Name: Legal Location i Original Owner(s): Jeremiah Sawyer ! PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E i Current Ownership ® Private ❑ Public i SE '/4 SE %4 SW 1/4 of Section: 6 i Current Property Name: Lot(s): S 10' of Lot 12, all Lot 13 Owner(s): Phillip A. and ShelleL. Egbert Block(s): 43 i Owner Address: P.O. Box 4264 Addition: Imes Year of Addition: 1890 Bozeman, MT 59772 i USGS Quad Name: Bozeman, MT Year: 1987 Phone: i - - -_._.._.._...................-................. .._.._.._.._.._.._._.._.._.._.._.._.._..i._.._.._.._._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._._._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._. Historic Use: residence UTM Reference w�vw.nris.state.mt.us/topofinder2 Current Use: residence ❑NAD 27(preferred) ®NAD 83 i Construction Date: between 1904 and 1912 ❑Estimated '; Zone: 12 Easting: 497507 Northing: 5059127 ®Actual ® 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 ; i Daytime Phone: 406-782-0494 _.._............................................_.._..__.._.._ _ _._.._.._..- .................................... - - ........................ _.._._._..--- - MT SHPO USE ONLY i Comments: Eligible for NRHP: ❑yes ❑no Criteria: ❑A ❑B ❑C ❑D Date: Evaluator: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Property Name: 601 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1715 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 1/4-story, rectangular, vernacular residence of wood-frame construction. The gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles. Eaves are shallow, and include partial returns on the primary(east) fagade. The exterior is sided with asbestos shingles, and the windows include fixed, sliding, and casement units; the cladding and windows all appear to be non-original, but may date from the historic period. The open porch has a shed roof, turned wood posts, and a concrete deck. The foundation is rubblestone. There is a long addition (possibly non-historic) on the rear(west) side of the building. It is topped by a hip roof and sided with asbestos shingles. The addition has a concrete foundation. A two-stall garage occupies at the west end of that addition, with its overhead doors in the south wall. There is also a smaller addition on the house's north side. It is topped by a shed roof. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Property Name: 601 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1715 HISTORY OF PROPERTY ❑ See Additional Information Page The house at this location was built at some unknown date between 1904 and 1912. Jeremiah Sawyer was the owner at that time, and apparently was responsible for the building's construction. Sawyer was a long-time Rouse Avenue resident and property owner. He and other members of the Sawyer family (Alson and Joseph) owned lots in the 300- 600 blocks of North Rouse in the early 1900s, through the late 1920s in some instances. 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 601 N. Rouse was one of those that they built. Jeremiah and his presumed brother Alson held the five lots on which the house at 601 N. Rouse stood until 1936. Renters between the late 1920s and mid-1930s included George and Gladys Chesnut(laborer), Elva and Grace Sallee, and Hiram and Maime Doherty (laborer and mechanic for the Standard Construction Company). Frederick Simpson purchased the lots and house in 1936 for$1800. During his ownership, to 1945, renters included the Doherty family mentioned previously and Nellie Tucker. In next owners to retain possession for any significant period of time were Hazel and William Freel. He worked as a gas station attendant. By early 1953, it appears that either or both of the Freels died and willed their home to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The church sold the house (then standing on a much smaller land parcel than it had until the mid-1940s) to William and Violet Stutsman. The Stutsmans rented it to Wayne and Avis Martin (automobile service). In 1958, Francis and Kay Barnett bought the house and moved in. They lived there at least into the early 1960s. During that time, Francis Barnett worked as a horticulturalist for Montana State College. INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY ❑ See Additional Information Page 1904 and 1912 Sanborn maps R.L. Polk& Company. Bozeman City Directory, 1916-1961 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: 601 North Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1715 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 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 an acceptable 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 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 non-original exterior siding and windows, as well as a large addition on the rear of the house. The primary fagade of the building remains evocative of its original form, however, with its open front porch and partial gable returns in the eaves. 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