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Home My WebLink About1301 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 Property Address: 1301 N. Rouse Ave. Site Number: 24 GA 1733 (An historic district number may also apply.) Historic Address(if applicable): also 1300 N. Rouse i City/Town: Bozeman i County: Gallatin _.._.._.._.._..-.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._._..-.......... .__.- --------_-.__..._...a................�_._ _.._.._.._..-•-----•.--•--._.._._.._.._._.�.._.._._..___._.._.�.._.._ Historic Name: Bozeman Milling Company Mill Legal Location Original Owner(s): Bozeman Milling Company ` PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E Current Ownership ® Private ❑ Public NE '/4 NE '/4 SW '/4 of Section: 6 Current Property Name: Lot(s): Owner(s): Montana Avenue Partners LLC Block(s): part of 1 Owner Address: 1237 N. Rouse Ave. Addition: Imes Year of Addition: Bozeman, MT 59715-2936 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman, MT Year: 1987 Phone: i Historic Use: grain elevator and cereal mill UTM Reference www.nri.s.state.mt.usr`topofinder2 i Current Use: vacant ❑NAD 27(preferred) ®NAD 83 Construction Date: 1892 ®Estimated ❑ Actual ; Zone: 12 Easting: 497506 Northing: 5059902 ®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 _.._...................................-•---_.._.._..........----- _._.w._._.._.._._._._. _._.._.._.._._._r._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._-.__.__._.._.._.._.._ _..----_.._.. MT SHPO USE ONLY Comments: Eligible for NRHP: ❑yes ❑no Criteria: ❑A ❑B ❑C ❑D Date: Evaluator: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Property Name: Bozeman Milling Company Mill Site Number: 24 GA 1733 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ❑ See Additional Information Page Architectural Style: OTHER: If Other, specify: vernacular Property Type: Industrial 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 is a large industrial building consisting of multiple parts. The historic core of the building consists of a rectangular mass constructed of soft, bearing brick, laid in a common bond. This portion of the building rests on a rubblestone foundation, and has a gable roof surfaced with asphalt. Only the east elevation of this mass remains visible; this elevation includes brick pilasters and two small openings infilled with plywood. The original building mass was supplemented by later additions (probably all historic) to the north, south, and west. Together, these additions enveloped three sides of the original building and dwarfed it in size. All of the additions were apparently metal-framed, manufactured building components, with corrugated metal walls and corrugated metal shed roofs. The south addition included office space, and featured fixed-light, metal-framed windows and full-light metal person doors. Other additions served industrial purposes, and included large metal-clad industrial doors. A railroad spur ran along the north end of the additions, providing a cargo loading area. All of the metal-framed additions to the building were undergoing demolition at the time of this inventory. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Pro erty Name: Bozeman Milling Company Mill Site Number: 24 GA 1733 HISTORY OF PROPERTY ❑ See Additional Information Page This is the remnant of the Bozeman Milling Company's elevator and mill. The building and its numerous add-ons mostly served as warehouses throughout the plant's existence. Bozeman Milling Company's complex probably was built in 1892, the year in which the company purchased a full city block in the Imes Addition immediately west of Rouse Avenue. RTI did not research the company, but secondary sources identify its owner as E.B. Lamme and the business as the chief competitor of the Story Mill, less than 1 mile to the northeast. After the Story Mill was destroyed by fire in 1901, Thomas Byron Story merged his operation with that of Lamme's Bozeman Milling. He soon began to rebuild his mill at the mouth of Bridger Canyon, taking the milling equipment from the North Rouse Avenue plant. In 1904, the rebuilt Story (lower) Mill was back on-line, the North Rouse Avenue (upper) mill had been converted to a cereal mill, and Story bought out the founder's interests in Bozeman Milling. In 1904, the North Rouse plant consisted of an elevator and grain bins, a mill, two warehouses, and an office. One of the two warehouses was separated from the mill and elevator complex and stood adjacent to Rouse Avenue. It is the brick building that still stands at the east edge of the existing complex. During the following 15 years, Bozeman Milling's business grew considerably, but the plant on Rouse Avenue continued to be a relatively small part of the total operation. The only addition to the complex between 1904 and 1912 was a third warehouse built at the west edge of the brick warehouse mentioned above. That third warehouse connected the brick structure directly with the elevator/mill/warehouse grouping to the west. The free-standing office south of the mill complex had been converted to a dwelling. In 1919, the Montana Flour Mills Company purchased all of Bozeman Milling's assets in the Gallatin Valley. The new company continued to operate the grain elevator and cereal mill on North Rouse. The east-west, elongated form of the complex remained virtually unchanged through the 1920s. At some unknown date prior to 1943, however, a long section consisting of two warehouses was added to the north side of the plant, where a Northern Pacific spur line had once passed. This section remains standing today at the north edge of the remnant complex. In 1967, Montana Flour Mills sold its statewide operation to Conagra, and the latter company closed the upper and lower plants, including this building complex. There is no readily available information about what uses the plant may have served since closure. INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY ❑ See Additional Information Page 1904, 1912, 1927, and 1927/revised to 1943 Sanborn maps R.L. Polk & Company. Bozeman City Directory, 1922-1961 deeds on file at Gallatin County Clerk and Recorder's Office (refer to attached partial chain of title) "Northern Pacific/Story Mill Historic District." National Register of Historic Places nomination form, pp. 8-5 to 8-8. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 Property Name: Bozeman Milling Company Mill Site Number: 24 GA 1733 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 large, surviving remnant of the former Montana Flour Mills complex, formerly one of the largest agricultural processing facilities in the city of Bozeman. The Flour Mills site is currently in the process of being heavily redeveloped, and these actions are greatly impacting the integrity of the site. In addition, as of this writing, this building is undergoing partial demolition, and the majority of the structure is expected to be removed entirely. For these reasons, this building is not eligible for listing in the National Regiister of Historic Places due to a lack of integrity. INTEGRITY(location, design, setting,materials,workmanship,feeling,association) ❑ See Additional Information Page This building retains integrity of location. Integrity of setting has been destroyed by the removal or redevelopment of the remaining buildings of the Flour Mills complex. Much of this building is now undergoing demolition, and it is expected that remaining aspects of integrity will be diminished or lost by this action. 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