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Home My WebLink About1803 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 8h Ave Helena,MT 59620-1202 i Property Address: 1803 N. Rouse Ave. ? Site Number: 24 GA 1734 (An historic district number may also apply.) Historic Address(if applicable): City/Town: Bozeman County: Gallatin Historic Name: I Legal Location i Original Owner(s): George Carr PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E Current Ownership ®Private ❑Public SE '/4 NE '/a NW '/a of Section: 6 Current Property Name: Lot(s): Tract 42 Owner(s): Margaret M. Potter& Sue Doss Block(s): Owner Address: 1715 Kenyon Dr. Addition: NA Year of Addition: Bozeman, MT 59715-5999 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman, MT Year: 1987 Phone: _.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._................................................................... .._..-.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._..-.._.._.._.._..-..-..-..-.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._ Historic Use: residence UTM Reference www.nris.state.mt.us/tonofindet2 Current Use: commercial ❑NAD 27(preferred) ®NAD 83 Construction Date: about 1937 ®Estimated ❑Actual Zone: 12 Easting: 497534 Northing: 5060451 ® 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 E No Daytime Phone: 406-782-0494 -.._.—.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: 1803 N. Rouse Site Number: 24 GA 1734 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 is a single-story, wood-framed house, vernacular in design. The buiilding consists of a primary gable-roofed north- south mass, and a smaller gabled wing extending eastward from the building's southern end. The house probably dates from the middle years of the twentieth century; additions to the building have clearly taken place, but substantial changes to the building's exterior cladding and fenestration make the scope of the additions difficult to determine. It is clear, though, that at least the southwestern portion of the building is original. The building rests on a concrete foundation. Exterior walls are clad with asbestos shingles, though the gable ends are faced with vertically-scribed wood sheets. The northern third of the roof is surfaced with corrugated metal (new), while the remainder of the roof has asphalt shingles. There is a large, tapered exterior chimney on the south elevation, made of mortared river cobble. Windows are wood-framed, and are a mix of fixed-light and casement units; most appear to be non-original. The northeastern ell of the building is occupied by a large, modern exterior deck, made of lumber. A pair of full-light doors (non-original) enter the house from the north end of the deck, and a modern half-light door enters the wing from the south end of that deck. Areas of missing wall cladding near this second door suggest that an inset entry area formerly existed here. The building has been used for business, rather than residential, purposes for a number of years. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Property Name: 1803 N. Rouse Site Number: 24 GA 1734 HISTORY OF PROPERTY ❑ See Additional Information Page In the mid-1920s, Robert and Margaret Yetsinga were selling relatively small parcels of land in Section 6 north of Bozeman to various parties. In 1926, W.A/Allen purchased a 14-acre parcel on what is today the west side of North Rouse Avenue. One suspects had no immediate plans for development. In 1937, however, he sold a 1-acre plot to George Carr where 1803 N. Rouse now stands. It seems likely that Carr then built a house on the plot. He sold the north half of that 1-acre parcel to Donald and Lulu Christie in 1944, who within one year sold it to Andrew Westerdale. Whether or not the owners ever occupied the house is unknown. By 1950, however, Westerdale began renting it to Bill Ford. Ford later received the deed to the property(in 1959) and continued to live there until 1963 or 1964. Ford worked at the State Highway Commission's Bozeman shop, early on as a mechanic and later as the foreman. By 1961, Bill Ford had married, and his wife Ethel shared his house until they moved a few years later. INFORMATION SOURCESBIBLIOGRAPHY ❑ See Additional Information Page R.L. Polk & Company. Bozeman City Directory, 1947-1965 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: 1803 N. Rouse Site Number: 24 GA 1734 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 is a largely vernacular residence dating from the middle years of the twentieth century. At the time the house was built, its setting was outside of Bozeman's built-up area, but recent commercial, industrial, and residential development has largely enveloped the site. No site-specific historical significance is known to be associated with the building, and the property's integrity has been greatly diminished by structural alterations, a change in use, and surrounding development. For these reasons, this building is not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. INTEGRITY(location,design, setting,materials,workmanship, feeling, association) ❑ See Additional Information Page The building retains integrity of location. Integrity of setting has been diminished by incompatible, recent construction nearby. Other aspects of integrity have been diminished by structural additions, and changes to the building's exterior cladding and fenestration. IY - View to northeast. 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MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD TOPOGRAPHIC MAP Property Name: 1803 North Rouse Ave Site Number: 24GAl 734 46SW � Oka -9 r -✓ t' 31 l �! 17 , Tic,;�.� •■• �� $',• 11 .: / ir lb 7 UT Tra Eic a� `� I J ; • _ \,v' • .� �'`-\\ �1`l. _ ' `�. I,, � 'gyp ti � _ `~�-. Fa k I 478BAimoor .-_ r -� USGS Topographic Quadrangle, 1:24000 scale Bozeman, Montana (1987) Section 6, T2S R6E