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Home My WebLink About517 W Lamme St 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: 517 W LAMME ST Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 058 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: Unknown Original Owner(s): Unknown Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Unknown Owner(s): Charles C Fjeld Owner Address: 517 W Lamme St, Bozeman, MT 59715-3432 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E NW¼ SE¼ NE ¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): Lot 8, & W2 LOT 7 & W42' OF E84' LOTS 24 & 28 Block(s): E Addition: Tracy’s 3rd Add (TR3) Year of Addition: 1883 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Residential Current Use: Residential Construction Date: c. 1907 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred) Zone: 12 Easting: 496516.7 Northing: 5058680 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: Historic District: NRHP Eligible: Yes No *Property meets the City of Bozeman’s definition of an eligible property (see below). Date of this document: 2/24/2020 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: 517 W LAMME ST Site Number: 058 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Queen Anne If Other, specify: Property Type: Residential Specific Property Type: Single family dwelling Architect: Unknown Architectural Firm/City/State: Unknown Builder/Contractor: Unknown Company/City/State: Unknown Source of Information: N/A This site consists of three historical features: a two story Queen Anne-style house built c. 1920, a Quonset structure added to the property after 1940, and a detached garage added to the property in 1968. The house is wood-framed, and has a roughly L-shaped plan with a mix of fieldstone and concrete foundation. The roof has a gable-L shape and is clad in asphalt shingles. A shed roof hangs over the covered front porch on the reentrant corner. There also appears to be a shed roofed addition on the north elevation, which in the Montana Cadastral records is described as an enclosed porch addition. The addition is only visible from an oblique view from the public ROW facing northwest. The exterior walls are clad in horizontal wood siding, with natural and scalloped wood shingles in the eaves of the gables. Vertical wood siding is in the eave of the shed roof over the porch. The main façade faces south, onto W Lamme St. The primary entry is located on a canted wall of the front porch, which faces southeast. The front porch is a later addition (date unknown) which consists of a wood deck, accessed by wood steps on the southern end, with two turned wood posts supporting the end of the shed roof. A picture window with lead glass transom is on the south façade, and is the only original window noted. Some new openings have been made, i.e. the front door and the canted wall are not original. The newer windows consist of double hung and fixed lites. The east elevation second story wood-railed, bracketed balcony is also not original. A gable-front, single-stall garage is located to the north of the house, and appears to be converted to use as living or working space. It is a front gabled structure with asphalt shingles covering the roof. The exterior walls are clad in horizontal wood siding and vertical wood siding in the eave of the front gable. The primary entry appears to be modern glass French doors on the east end of the south façade, with large windows to the west. According to the Montana Cadastral records, the property also contains a Quonset-style structure, which is located behind or to the north of the detached garage. It was not visible at the time of this survey from the public ROW, but it is slightly visible on the site map despite being obscured by multiple deciduous trees with overhanging branches. No further description could be made. The site is in fair condition. Vegetation in the front yard includes a large mature deciduous tree on the southern side of the public sidewalk on the south side of the house, and multiple deciduous bushes and trees which divide this property from the property to the west. More mature deciduous trees appear to be located on the north end of the property, behind or north of the detached garage. The property was first recorded in August, 1984 by James R. McDonald Architects. The Quonset structure was not mentioned, nor was the addition on the north elevation of the house or the second story balcony. The primary entrance was also described as an “offset side-facing front entrance,” which has changed to the angled location off the canted wall since then. At that time, the property was considered to be a “contributing element within a potential historic district.” Metcalf has re-evaluated the property and finds the site is in fair condition overall, and while it has seen several modifications, it still does retain several key aspects sufficient to convey historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 517 W LAMME ST Site Number: 058 HISTORY OF PROPERTY William H. Tracy purchased this property from the United States on June 15, 1872. He platted the land as Tracy’s 3rd Addition on May 16, 1883, prior to construction of the house here. William and Sarah Tracy sold these lots to William H. Stevens on September 12, 1904. William H. Stevens was born on May 18, 1853 to James and Mahala Stevens in Missouri (Ancestry.com 2001). William Stevens married Mary Ellen Gray, who was born on December 10, 1860 in Wayne County, MO. Mary Ellen died on March 10, 1919 of influenza during a “renewed” epidemic that broke out in Bozeman in 1919 (The Anaconda Standard 1919). William died on February 12, 1935. William and Mary are both buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT. Erastus H. Williams purchased the property on February 18, 1907. Williams likely built the house on this property sometime in 1907, based on consideration value in the deed records. There is no house on this property in 1904 according to the Sanborn maps. Erastus Haven Williams was born October 28, 1882 in Beattyville, Kentucky to James and Mrs. Williams. Williams was employed by the postal service in Bozeman for many years. On July 30, 1905, Erastus Williams married Virginia “Jennie” Rainey in Bozeman, MT (Ancestry.com 2017). On May 30, 1901, Williams enlisted as a private in the Second Montana, which became the 163rd infantry. He served as private, corporal, sergeant, captain, lieutenant colonel, and colonel until his death. He became captain of Company A, 3rd battalion, 2nd Montana infantry on March 11, 1910. In 1916, Erastus Williams commanded and served as captain of A Company of the regiment during the Mexican Border campaign in Douglas, Arizona. In 1917, he was promoted to major and commanded a battalion during WWI. While serving overseas he commanded the 3rd battalion of the 163rd infantry. He was in command of a regiment in France until given the special, and dangerous, assignment of destroying ammunition dumps at the front (The Independent-Record 15 June 1930). After the war Williams returned to Bozeman and served as deputy sheriff in Gallatin County and as police magistrate in Bozeman (The Independent-Record 14 February 1937). Colonel Erastus H. Williams became the adjutant general and commanding officer of the Montana National Guard and served in that capacity for twelve years. Upon his deathbed, Williams requested that appropriation bills for the National Guard that were before the legislature be given to him to study. As he realized he was near the end of his life, he requested that his family members be brought to him so he could say goodbye (Independent-Record 18 February 1937). After his death on February 13, 1937, the Montana legislature paid their respects to Colonel Williams by holding his funeral service within the Capitol building in Helena, MT. The newspaper reported, “Before crowded galleries, the body of Montana’s adjutant general was escorted into the house chambers by a detail from regimental headquarters company of the national guard. Officers stood at attention around the flag-draped, bronze casket as Governor Roy E. Ayers, John E. Erickson, former governor and United State senator, and Sam V. Stewart, Montana’s war-time governor, were escorted to the rostrum.” After the ceremony, Colonel Williams’ casket was rolled into the Capitol’s rotunda, where it remained in state for half an hour. The body was then transported back to Bozeman where an additional funeral service was held (The Independent-Record 18 February 1937). Colonel Williams was highly respected by all those who worked with him. He “was always a friend of the ex-service man, level headed in action and admired by his fellow soldiers. Under his leadership, the 163rd infantry was built up until it ranked as one of the most efficient national guard regiments in the United States” (The Independent-Record 18 February 1937). Erasmus and Jennie Williams sold the property to Charles Woosley on August 17, 1927. Charles Woosley was born in Sedan, MT on May 31, 1897. Charles worked as an auto mechanic in Bozeman. Charles’ future wife, Ruby Leona Stevens, was born to Luman Dwight and Edna Henriette (Blanchard) Stevens near Decorah, Iowa in Winneshiek County on August 19, 1896 (Findagrave.com 2004). Charles married Ruby Stevens on June 6, 1917 in Bozeman, MT. Charles Woosley died on May 19, 1981 in Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington. Charles and Ruby Woosley are buried together in Evergreen Cemetery in Everett, WA (Findagrave.com 2004). Charles and Ruby Woosley sold the property to Diana Nyhoff Pesman on October 17, 1935. Diana Nyhoff was born in the Netherlands on May 15, 1880. She immigrated to the United States in 1900 and married Onno Peter Pesman in New Mexico. Otto and Diana moved to Ballantine, MT in 1909. Otto Pesman was a civil engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation and Diana was a trained nurse. They lived at the Huntley Project until Otto’s death in 1946, after which Diana moved to Mildred, MT (The Billings Gazette 4 July 1961). Diana Pesman died on July 1, 1961 and is buried in Mountview Cemetery in Billings, MT. Diana Pesman sold the property to Katherine M. Paddock on August 15, 1939. Katherine (McDonald) Paddock was born on April 21, 1893 in Montana. She died on December 16, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA. (Ancestry.com 2000) She was married to John McDonald on November 7, 1920 in Bozeman, MT (Ancestry.com 2016). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 517 W LAMME ST Site Number: 058 Katherine Paddock sold the property to Effie Coulston on October 24, 1941. Effie Coulson quickly sold the property to Elizabeth Ann Walker. Elizabeth Ann Walker was born on July 13, 1881 in Lee County, Kentucky to John Wesley and Amanda J. Edens. She died on October 20, 1950 and is buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT. The property was bought and sold many times in quick succession after Effie Coulston’s ownership. As of 2019, the property is owned by Charles C. Fjeld. Table 1. Chain of Title, 517 W. Lamme St, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference USA William H. Tracy 15 June 1872 Patent S ½ of NE ¼ section 12, T2S R5E and SW ¼ of NW ¼ of section 7, T2S, R6E (113.40 acres) D: I/56 William H. and Sarah J. Tracy W. H. Stevens 12 September 1904 Warranty Deed Lots 6 – 8 and E 84’ of lots 24 and 28, Block E, Tracy’s 3rd Addition D: 36/247 Note: Deed 36/247 erroneously deeded the W 84’ of Lots 24 & 28, this was corrected in Deed 36/257. William H. and Mary E. Stevens John A. Bartholomew and Elmer L. Bartholomew 09 August 1906 Warranty Deed Same D: 37/26 John A. and Ruth M. Bartholomew and Elmer L. Bartholomew Erastus A. Williams 18 February 1907 Warranty Deed W 14’ of Lot 7, Lot 8, and W 42’ of E 84’ Lots 24 and 28, Block E, Tracy’s 3rd Addition D: 37/215 Erastus A. and Virginia Williams John A. Nordquist 04 April 1912 Warranty Deed Same D: 44/574 John A. and Malene Nordquist Virginia Williams 04 April 1912 Bond for Deed Same D: 46/213 Virginia and Erastus H. Williams Charles Woosley 17 August 1927 Warranty Deed Same D: 69/401 Charles and Ruby L. Woosley Diana Nyhoff Pesman 17 October 1935 Warranty Deed Same D: 79/81 Diana Nyhoff Pesman (as sole trader of Pompey’s Pillar, Yellowstone County) Katherine M. Paddock 15 August 1939 Warranty Deed Same D: 85/441 Kathrine M. Paddock Effie Coulston 24 October 1941 Warranty Deed Same D: 85/459 Effie and S. E. Coulston Elizabeth Ann Walker 30 October 1941 Warranty Deed Same D: 85/460 Elizabeth Ann Walker J. Ermin and Ruth Mae Skank 24 April 1943 Warranty Deed Same D: 88/80 J. Ermin and Ruth Mae Skank W. Clinton and Guidotta M. Bourne 17 October 1949 Warranty Deed Same D: 99/371 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 History of Property Property Name: 517 W LAMME ST Site Number: 058 Table 1. Chain of Title, 517 W. Lamme St, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference W. Clinton and Guidotta M. Bourne Eddie M. and Kathleen Jorgensen 15 September 1950 Warranty Deed Same D: 103/202 Eddie M. and Kathleen Jorgensen Real Signs Incorporated 01 May 1975 Contract for Sale and Purchase Same D: Film 28/744 Real Signs Incorporated Eddie M. and Kathleen Jorgensen 01 May 1975 Quit Claim Deed Same D: Film 32/529 Eddie M. and Kathleen Jorgensen Roy A. and Helen F. Frank 14 May 1976 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 47/2512 Helen F. Frank Roy A. Frank 17 January 1977 Quit Claim Deed Same D: Film 35/2609 Roy A. Frank Charles C. Fjeld 04 January 1979 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 47/2513 Ramona Yvonne Fjeld Charles C. Fjeld 05 December 1980 Quit Claim Deed Same D: Film 61/57 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 517 W LAMME ST Site Number: 058 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Ancestry.com 2000 California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, Utah. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=5180&h=5562161&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442, accessed December 15, 2019. 2016 Montana, County Marriage Records, 1865-1993 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Lehi, Utah. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?dbid=61375&h=900235088&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61255, accessed December 15, 2019. 2016 Montana, County Marriage Records, 1865-1993 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Lehi, Utah. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?dbid=61375&h=340819&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2238, accessed December 15, 2019. 2017 Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT. USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. , Lehi, Utah. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61578&h=516712&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb1134&_phstart=successSource, accessed December 15, 2019. The Billings Gazette [Billings, Montana] 1961 “Mrs. Pesman Dies at Miles.” Billings, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/410446587/?terms=Diana%2BPesman, accessed December 15, 2019. Find A Grave 2004 Diana Nyhoff Pesman (15 May 1880 – 01 Jul 1961). Electronic document, (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60525&h=50593230&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb1146&_phstart=successSource, accessed December 15, 2019. 2004 Elizabeth Ann Edens Walker (13 Jul 1881 – 20 Oct 1950) Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64597755/elizabeth-ann-walker, accessed December 15, 2019. 2004 Charles Woosley (31 May 1897 – 19 May 1981). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21296494, accessed December 15, 2019. 2004 Ruby Leona Stevens Woosley (19 Aug 1896 – 13 Feb 1984), Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21296496/ruby-leona-woosley, accessed December 15, 2019. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2019 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. The Independent-Record [Helena, Montana] 1930 “Montana National Guardsmen Make Camp Bustle with Activity as Annual Encampment Gets Going.” 15 June. Helena, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/526798215/?terms=erastus%2Bwilliams, accessed December 15, 2019. 1937 “E. H. Williams Adjutant General of State, Passes.” 14 February. Helena, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/11629291/?terms=Erastus%2BWilliams, accessed December 15, 2019. 1937 “Military Services Held at Capitol for Col. Williams.” 18 February. Helena, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/528605949/?terms=Erastus%2BWilliams, accessed December 15, 2019. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 517 W LAMME ST Site Number: 058 James R. McDonald Architects 1984 517 W Lamme St. Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory Form. Document on-file with the City of Bozeman. Bozeman, MT. Montana State Library. Montana Cadastral records online, http://svc.mt.gov/msl/mtcadastral, accessed 2/24/2020. R. L. Polk & Co. 1941-2010 Polk’s Bozeman (Gallatin County, Mont.) City Directories. R.L. Polk & Co., Kansas City, Missouri. Renewable Technologies, Inc. [RTI] 2008 Bozeman Historic Resources Survey, revised ed. Prepared for Planning Department, City of Bozeman, Bozeman, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.bozeman.net/home/showdocument?id=5645, accessed 3/31/2020. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Statement of Significance Property Name: 517 W LAMME ST Site Number: 058 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 was first recorded in 1984 by James R. McDonald Architects. At that time, the property was considered a “contributing element within a potential historic district.” There appear to have been several changes since this previous survey, mainly the addition on the north elevation, the change in the primary entrance, changes in some of the windows and openings, and the second story balcony on the east elevation. Sec. 38.700 of the Bozeman Municipal Code defines an eligible property as one that meets the criteria for inclusion in the NRHP or State Register either 1) individually or 2) as a contributing building to an existing or potential historic district. This site has been evaluated against the NRHP Criteria and has been determined to lack individual significance under Criterion A, B, C, and D. The site has associations with an area resident with a notable career in both public service and the military, Col. Erasmus H. Williams. This association has been determined insufficient to merit individual eligibility of the site for inclusion in the NRHP. The site is not located within an existing historic district; however, it should be considered eligible/contributing to a potential district composed of similar structures observed in the vicinity. The site retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic association with the Civic Phase of Bozeman’s development, which saw growing variety and refinement of residential architectural styles (RTI 2008). Metcalf recommends further research be conducted regarding Bozeman’s Tracy’s 3rd Addition in order to evaluate district potential. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Integrity Property Name: 517 W LAMME ST Site Number: 058 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The site is in fair condition, overall. It retains most aspects of integrity despite some of its additions and modifications. The modification of the original windows and openings, including the main entry, the addition on the north elevation, and the second story balcony affect integrity of materials and design. The drop siding also shows failing paint and dry rot around the windows. The original fish scale shingles are intact but otherwise, deferred maintenance and alterations have slightly affected the integrity of materials, design, and workmanship. Metcalf finds that despite these issues, it retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character in reference to early 20th century housing development in central Bozeman. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Photographs Property Name: 517 W LAMME ST Site Number: 058 Feature # 1 Facing: N Description: Property 058. View of south façade (Image # 2-0149, 10/18/2019. EAS). Feature # 1 Facing: NW Description: Property 058. Oblique view northwest, detached garage visible in background (Image # 2-0150, 10/18/2019. EAS). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Site Map Property Name: 517 W LAMME ST Site Number: 058 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 12 Topographic Map Property Name: 517 W LAMME ST Site Number: 058