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Home My WebLink About438 N 7th Ave 2020 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: 438 N 7TH AVE Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 028 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: Bill’s Standard Service Original Owner(s): Hedley L. Norine Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Speedy Lube Owner(s): MKM Enterprises LLC Owner Address: 438 N 7th Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715-3310 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E NW¼ NE ¼ NE¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): Lot 17 & 18 Block(s): 3 Addition: Violett Add (VIO) Year of Addition: 1941 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Automobile Service Station Current Use: Automobile Service Station Construction Date: 1955-1956 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred) Zone: 12 Easting:496431 Northing:5058967.9 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: Historic District: NRHP Eligible: Yes No Date of this document: 02/07/2020 Form Prepared by: Form Prepared by: E. Sakariassen, S. Wells, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. with C. Alegria and C. Hendry, Extreme History Project Address: Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc., Bozeman, MT Daytime Phone: 406-219-3535 MT SHPO USE ONLY Eligible for NRHP: □ yes □ no Criteria: □ A □ B □ C □ D Date: Evaluator: Comments: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: 438 N 7TH AVE Site Number: 028 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Other (specify) If Other, specify: No style Property Type: Commerce Specific Property Type: Garage Architect: Unknown Architectural Firm/City/State: Unknown Builder/Contractor: Unknown Company/City/State: Unknown Source of Information: N/A This site consists of one historical architectural feature: an automobile service station built in 1956 and remodeled in 1968 and 1991. The single-story commercial garage faces west, with garage bays accessible from both east and west elevations. The building has a rectangular footprint with a concrete foundation. The roof is gable-front and covered in asphalt shingles; it has a side extension to the north and south and the southernmost garage bay is flat-roofed. A shed-roofed storage addition is on the north end of the east elevation. The primary façade faces west, with store-front entries. One vehicle entrance is located at the south end of the west elevation and multiple garage doors are located across the east elevation. The main entry is on the west elevation. The exterior surrounding the entry is clad in vertical particle board in the upper gable end over the main entry and the largest of the three garage bays. Brick veneer separates the entry door from the largest, central garage bay, and from the middle and southern-most garage bays. Drivet has been used as the exterior siding wrapping the west elevation’s northern corner and covering much of the west end of the north elevation. The flat-roofed garage at the south end of the building is constructed of concrete masonry blocks. This is the original 1956 garage. The west façade has two fixed-lite commercial windows set in the north portion. A canopy shades the main entrance to the business, which is offset to the north of center. The primary display window is large, with two asymmetrically divided fixed-lite panels set with transom lites above. The door is at the south end beside the window. A tall garage bay is set off-center below the gable peak, separated from the next bay by a narrow wall containing another doorway, no longer functioning as such. This opening has been infilled with a wood panel below three stacked fixed-lite windows above which there is an original transom. The middle bay is separated by a brick veneer section from the third garage bay contained in the concrete block, shed roof extension. The south elevation is built in close proximity to the neighboring business structure, leaving no space to observe any details on the exterior of the concrete block garage. The east elevation encloses the drive-throughs of all three of the garage bays. Against the northern end of the façade is a small, shed-roofed addition with two openings clad in vertical particle board, and used for storage purposes. The north elevation has a heavy header supporting the roof, and two large openings which have been infilled with wood panels in the east half. The west half is clad in drivet, and has two fixed-lite modern windows. The openings for the garages are original and the window openings appear unaltered. The garage bay doors are steel roller doors, likely original. Overall, the site is in good condition and retains some aspects of integrity. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 438 N 7TH AVE Site Number: 028 HISTORY OF PROPERTY Prior to construction of the building at this location, the property was originally purchased and owned by William Beall. It was platted as The Violett Addition by Lena E. Border, Harvey E. Murdock and Ina I. Murdock on May 12, 1941. Lena Border was born September 6, 1873 to Sam and Mary Bostwick near Springhill, MT. On August 12, 1883 Lena married Henry Border and they lived on a farm outside of Bozeman for ten years and then moved into Bozeman where they lived until Henry’s death in 1929. After the death of her husband, Lena lived with her daughter, Dr. Leila Fishleigh, in Portland OR. Mrs. Border was a member of the Bozeman Rebekah Lodge (Bozeman Daily Chronicle 1941). Lena died on August of 1941 and is buried next to Henry in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT (Find A Grave 2004). Harvey Murdock was born in Ohio, and Ina (Brown) Murdock was born in South Dakota. The couple married in 1907 and came to Montana in 1914. Harvey taught at Montana State College (MSC) which became Montana State University from 1914 until he retired in 1943. Harvey died in July of 1956 (The Billings Gazette 7/18/1956) and Ina died in 1972. They are buried together in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT (Find A Grave 2004). In 1955, Norine Motors, Inc. sold Lots 17 & 18 in Block 3 of the Violett Addition to Standard Oil Company (Gallatin County Deed 117/527). The following year, William V. Davis opened “Bills Standard Service” on the property. The property was used as a service station throughout its history; it was called Seventh Avenue Standard Service from 1962 through 1975 (R.L. Polk & Co). From 1977 to 1982 it was called Aspen Standard and from 1983 to 1991 it was called, Mr. T’s Exxon or Mister T’s Exxon. From 1992 to 2019 the business was called Speedy Lube (R.L. Polk & Co.). Table 1. Chain of Title, 438 N 7th Ave, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference United States of America William J Beall 1 May 1871 Patent N ½ of NE ¼ Section 12, T2S R5E D: 2/373 William J and Rosa V Beall Benjamin P Barker 14 Jul 1880 Warranty Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ Sec 12, T2S R5E (20 acres) D: 1/370 Benjamin P Barker Rosa V Beall 14 Jul 1880 Warranty Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ Sec 12, T2S R5E (20 acres) D: 1/374 William J and Rosa Beall Henry I Border 3 Mar 1898 Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ Section 12, T2S R5E [See plat] D: 24/410 Sam I and Bertina C Border, Mary Cloninger, Thirza Bair, Leila B Fishleigh Lena E Border 24 Aug 1931 Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ of Section 12, T2S R5 E D: 76/76 Lena E Border Roy W Border 8 Aug 1941 Warranty Deed Lots 1, 2, 17 & 18, Block 3 Violett Addition D: 85/480 Roy W and Margaret Border Joh and Treentje Karp 20 Nov 1943 Warranty Deed Same D: 88/556 John and Treentje Karp Keith Gastineau and Daniel F Kilbride 5 Dec 1945 Warranty Deed Same D: 92/286 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 438 N 7TH AVE Site Number: 028 Table 1. Chain of Title, 438 N 7th Ave, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference Keith and Emilie L Gastineau and Daniel F and Josephine Kilbride H L and Lena B Norine 31 Jul 1947 Warranty Deed Same D: 96/590 Hedley Louis and Lena B Norine Norine Motors Inc. 28 Feb 1949 Warranty Deed Lots 5, 6, 7 & 8, Block 2 and Lots 1, 2, 17 & 18, Block 3, and portion of alley vacated by Ordinance #736 (14 Sept 1945) D: 100/239 Norine Motors, Inc. Standard Oil Company 28 Apr 1955 Warranty Deed Lot 17 & 18, Block 3, Violett Addition D: 117/527 Standard Oil Company The American Oil Company 31 Dec 1960 Quit Claim Deed Same D: 136/355 Amoco Oil Company (fka The American Oil Company) Terry Morrison 14 Jun 1982 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 70/1158 Terry and Margaret Morrison Gary L Reed and William J Flanigan 22 Oct 1991 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 149/2746 Gary L Reed and William J Flanigan Lulu F Ellis 10 Feb 1994 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 149/2747 Lulu F Ellis Paul D Ellis 11 Jun 1999 Quit Claim Deed Same D: Film 199/4437 Paul D Ellis MKM Enterprises LLC 30 Jun 2003 Warranty Deed Same D: #2113723 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 438 N 7TH AVE Site Number: 028 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY The Billings Gazette. [Billings, Montana] 1956 “Rites Set Today for Ex-Instructor." July 18. Billings, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/409515644/?terms=Harvey%2BMurdock, accessed November 1, 2019. Bozeman Daily Chronicle 1941 “Mrs. Border Passes Away from Stroke.” The Bozeman Daily Chronicle. 1941. Find A Grave 2004 Harvey Murdock. (Unknown – 1956). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51340066/harvey-e_- murdock, accessed October 13, 2019. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2019 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. Montana State Library. Montana Cadastral records online, http://svc.mt.gov/msl/mtcadastral, accessed 2/07/2020. R. L. Polk & Co. 1941-2010 Polk’s Bozeman (Gallatin County, Mont.) City Directories. R.L. Polk & Co., Kansas City, Missouri. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Statement of Significance Property Name: 438 N 7TH AVE Site Number: 028 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 The property has been operated as an automobile service garage since 1956. The original garage has been added to and the footprint expanded in 1968 and 1991, altering the original plan entirely. The site has been evaluated for eligibility against the NRHP Criteria. It has been found to lack association with events that have made significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history under Criterion A. A deed search found no association with historically significant persons under Criterion B. The site does not represent significant characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction under Criterion C, and is unlikely to yield important information in reference to research questions under Criterion D. Metcalf recommends the site not eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Integrity Property Name: 438 N 7TH AVE Site Number: 028 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The site is in good condition, overall. Major alterations have incorporated the original one-stall service garage, overwhelming but not erasing it. The site retains aspects of location, setting, materials, and association. The aspects of workmanship, design, and feeling have been impacted. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Photographs Property Name: 438 N 7TH AVE Site Number: 028 Feature # 1 Facing: E Description: Property 028. Front west façade (Image #1-0066, 10/16/2019. EAS). Feature # 1 Facing: SE Description: Property 028. Oblique view (Image #1-0067, 10/16/2019. EAS). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: 438 N 7TH AVE Site Number: 028 Feature # 1 Facing: SW Description: Property 028. Oblique view of rear from alley (Image #1-0068, 10/16/2019. EAS). Feature # 1 Facing: W Description: Property 028. View of rear east elevation from alley (Image #1-0069, 10/16/2019. EAS). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Site Map Property Name: 438 N 7TH AVE Site Number: 028 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Topographic Map Property Name: 438 N 7TH AVE Site Number: 028