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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: 607 W MAIN ST
Historic Address (if applicable):
City/Town: BOZEMAN
Site Number: 076
(An historic district number may also apply.)
County: GALLATIN
Historic Name:
Original Owner(s): L.R. Wells
Current Ownership Private Public
Current Property Name:
Owner(s): Colin, William & Jeannine Albee
Owner Address: 23 N 7th Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715-3301
Phone:
Legal Location
PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E
SW¼ SE ¼ NE ¼ of Section: 12
Lot(s): Lot 13, 14, & W3' LOT 12
Block(s): E
Addition: Tracy’s 1st Add (TRA) Year of Addition: 1872
USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987
Historic Use: Residential
Current Use: Residential
Construction Date: 1903 Estimated Actual
Original Location Moved Date Moved:
UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov
NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred)
Zone: 12 Easting: 496469 Northing: 5058453
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: 2/28/2020
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
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Architectural Description
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Architectural Style: Classic Revival If Other, specify:
Property Type: Residential Specific Property Type: Single family dwelling
Architect: Architectural Firm/City/State:
Builder/Contractor: Company/City/State:
Source of Information:
This site consists of one historical architectural feature: a house built c. 1903. The house is a 1.5-story wood-framed house with
Classical Revival style elements including its symmetrical façade, closed-gable front, bracketed, flared eaves and fluted columns. The
house has a roughly rectangular plan shape with a concrete foundation. Rusticated concrete blocks are visible on the west elevation,
however, and appear to be the original foundation material since reinforced with modern concrete. The roof form is hipped, with
flared eaves. It is clad in asphalt shingles. There are four dormers that pierce the roof: one on the west elevation, two on the east
elevation and one on the north (rear) elevation. There is also a front-facing closed-gable wall dormer with flared eaves, centered on the
south façade. The exterior walls are clad in asbestos shingle.
The house faces south onto W. Main Street. The primary entrance is centered on this façade, within a full-width, hip-roofed porch that
is accessed by a flight of wood steps. The porch is supported by a series of four fluted wood columns. The decoratively carved wood
door has a fixed lite and is flanked by sidelites. The entry appears to be original and a second, added entry is immediately west, within
what was originally a three-sided bay window. The windows have decorative leaded glass; the central window has been converted to a
doorway with a standard side-hung door. At the far east end of the south façade is a large picture window with one-over-one-lite side
lites and applied shutters. A wood storm window is affixed to the picture window. In the upper half story of the south façade,
contained within the gabled wall dormer, is a bank of three single-lite modern windows, recently installed. In the apex of this gabled
dormer is an oculus window with decorative wood trim.
The east elevation has a boxed-bay near the north end of the building. This bay is hip-roofed with a pair of aluminum framed one-
over-one-lite windows. To the north and south of the boxed bay is a one-over-one-lite window. All windows on the first story on this
façade have applied shutters. In the upper half story, there is a flared, hip-roofed dormer that contains a modern two-lite sliding
window. This dormer has been added onto, with a shed-roofed extension to the north. The extended portion of the dormer contains a
single-lite modern window. The west elevation contains a one-over-one-lite aluminum framed window at the south end of the building
and a bank of casement windows in a shallow boxed bay further north. In the upper half story, there is a pair of shed-roofed dormers.
Both dormers contain a two-lite sliding window. The north elevation has a narrow dormer in the upper story, containing a single
window. There is also a single-story hip-roofed addition on the north elevation that contains paired one-over-one-lite windows on its
west elevation.
The site is in fair condition. Deferred maintenance has lead to deterioration of exterior materials. Numerous alterations, including to
windows and window openings have occurred.
The property was first recorded in 1984 by James R. McDonald Architects. At that time, the property was considered not individually
eligible for inclusion in the NRHP, but qualified as a “contributing element within a potential historic district due to its association
with the residential aspect of the Civic Phase of Bozeman’s historic, architectural development.” Metcalf finds the property is in fair
condition and retains sufficient integrity to convey historic character.
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History of Property
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076
HISTORY OF PROPERTY
Prior to construction of the house at 607 W Main St., William H. Tracy purchased this property from the United States on June 15,
1872. He platted the land as Tracy’s 1st Addition in 1872.
Henry Hellinger purchased the property from William H. Tracy on May 5, 1903. Henry Hellinger was born on July 21, 1845 in
Reading, Pennsylvania. Hellinger fought in the Civil War under Company “C” 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, after enlisting in July of
1864. He was discharged honorably in July of 1865. Henry Hellinger came to Montana Territory in 1866 and was employed by W. W.
Alderson on his farm that was located a mile south of Bozeman. Henry married Mary Sales on November 20, 1876 (Ancestry.com
2016) Mary Sales was born in Canada on November 3, 1855 to Zachariah and Eleanor (Shanks) Sales. She came to Montana Territory
in 1864-1865 with her parents, who were the founders of the town of Salesville (which became Gallatin Gateway in 1927). The town
was founded on the Sales family homestead. Mary married Henry Hellinger November 20, 1876 (Ancestry.com 2016). For a short
time, they owned a ranch north of Bozeman where the fairgrounds are now located. They sold this 160-acre farm in 1890 for $15,000
(The Butte Daily Post 4 April 1890). They moved to 103 West Beall Street in Bozeman in 1890-1892 (The Billings Gazette 13 August
1931). Henry Hellinger died on June 27, 1914 and Mary died on August 12, 1931 (Findagrave.com, 2004). Both are buried in Sunset
Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT.
Logan Reese Wells purchased this property on June 6, 1903 from the Hellingers. Wells built a residence on this property between
1903 and 1904 according to Sanborn maps and Gallatin County deed records (Sanborn Map Company Jul 1890, Jan 1904). Logan was
born on January 11, 1875 at Reese Creek in Gallatin County, Montana. Logan Reese Wells served briefly in 1904 as alderman of
Bozeman’s Second Ward. Wells was an assistant cashier at the Commercial National Bank in Bozeman, MT (R. L. Polk & Co. 1904,
1912, 1927). L. Reese Wells married Amy James on June 15, 1898 in Jackson, Missouri (Ancestry.com 2015). Amy James Wells was
born on October 14, 1876 in Pittsfield, Illinois to Thomas and Mary Ellen (Williamson) James. L. Reese Wells died on November 30,
1939 and Amy died on September 25, 1942. Both died in Independence, MO and are buried in Mound Grove Cemetery
(Findagrave.com 2004).
J. F. and Martha A. Feazell purchased this property on September 2, 1905. John was born on August 16, 1856 in Ohio. John married
Martha Burrus on September 30, 1877 at Mount Etna, Adams County, Iowa. They moved to Bozeman in 1902 and lived there until
1917 when they moved to Long Beach, California and then to Los Angeles, CA in 1924 (Adams County Free Press 20 April 1928).
While living in Bozeman, John worked at the Bozeman Elevator Co. in Bozeman, MT (R. L. Polk & Co. 1906). Martha died in 1928
in Los Angeles, CA and John died on December 22, 1945, also in Los Angeles, CA. They are buried together in Forest Lawn
Memorial Park in Glendale, CA (Findagrave.com 2004).
W. H. H. and Juan Ellis purchased the property on June 8, 1911. William H. H. Ellis was born on January 26, 1841 in Weston, Platte
County, Missouri to Benedict and Edith (Vaughn) Ellis. In June of 1861, William enlisted and fought in the Civil War. After the war,
he went back to Weston, MO and worked various jobs before heading west to Montana in 1871. He traveled on the Union Pacific to
Corinne, Utah and then by stagecoach to Bozeman, arriving on September 19, 1871. On October 4 he filed a claim on eighty acres of
land in Gallatin valley. In 1875, he helped build the second Crow Agency near present-day Absarokee, MT. On January 26, 1882 he
married Juan Daugherty in Bozeman, MT. Juan Daugherty was born on May 5, 1849 in Kentucky to Charles and Margaret (Jones)
Daugherty (A.W. Bowen & Co page 760-761). Juan died on June 1, 1915 and William died on January 11, 1917. William and Juan
are buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT (Findagrave.com, 2004). William H. H. Ellis owned this property when he died.
J. H. Sloan was named as executor of his will, and T. B. Ellis, his brother, was the only heir at law. T.B. Ellis contested the probate,
arguing that William H. H. Ellis was not in sound mind when he signed the codicil to his will. He contended that Ellis had sustained a
head injury from a fall in 1908 and a stroke in 1913, which left him mentally unsound. T. B Ellis maintained that his brother had been
operating under the undue influence of Blanche A. Sloan (died April 8, 1917), Emily Daugherty, Mattie A. Daugherty (sisters of W.
H. H. Ellis’s deceased wife) and J. H. Sloan (son of Blanche Sloan) when he wrote the codicil to his will. T. B. Ellis then died while
contesting the will, leaving his wife Ada Ellis to continue the dispute. The judge ruled in favor of J. H. Sloan, and the property was
divided in 1/3 interests to Mattie Daugherty, Emily Daugherty, and heirs of Blanche A. Sloan (Ancestry.com 2015).
Mary E. and C. C. McBroom purchased the property on March 31, 1919. Carl C. McBroom was born on November 9, 1862 in Iowa to
Robert and Susannah (Winters) McBroom. Carl McBroom married Mary E. Skerritt on November 25, 1903 in Bozeman, MT
(Ancestry.com 2017). While living at this residence, Carl was listed as a farmer (R. L. Polk & Co. 1927). Carl died on October 19,
1952 in San Bernardino, California and is buried, together with Mary E. McBroom, in Springhill Cemetery in Springhill, MT
(Findagrave.com 2004).
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History of Property
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076
Louise Jensvold purchased the property on September 9, 1933. Louise Ellingson was born on December 19, 1876 in the Sogn
community, Minnesota to Nels and Gertrude Ellingson (Ancestry.com 2017). Louise married Christopher Jensvold on June 26, 1902
in Sogn, MN. Christopher Jensvold was born on March 10, 1872 in Canton, South Dakota. After marrying, the couple moved to
Baltic, South Dakota where Christopher worked as a cashier at the Baltic Bank from 1902 to 1908 (The Billings Gazette 25 May
1957). Later, they homesteaded in Roundup, MT (The Billings Gazette 22 January 1975). They had a daughter, Lucille, on June 20,
1910 (Ancestry.com 2017). They moved to Bozeman in 1928, and purchased this residence in 1933. Christopher Jensvold died on
May 21, 1957 and Louise died on January 14, 1975. They are buried together in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT
(Findagrave.com 2004).
The Jensvold’s daughter Lucille (I. Braniff) purchased the property on February 7, 1957. Lucille married B. George Braniff on June
25, 1936. Lucille worked as an operator for TelCo while living in Bozeman, MT (R. L. Polk & Co 1950). Lucille Braniff died on
December 7, 2011 in Aurora, Colorado (Findagrave.com 2004).
The current owners of the property, as of February of 2020, are William, Colin, and Jeannine Albee.
Table 1. Chain of Title, 607 West Main Street, 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
Henry Hellinger 05 May 1903 Warranty Deed Lots 13 – 16, Block E, Tracy’s
1st Addition
D: 34/50
Henry and
Mary E.
Hellinger
L. Reese Wells 06 June 1903 Warranty Deed Lots 13 and 14, Block E,
Tracy’s 1st
D: 34/89
L. Reese and
Amy D. Wells
Robert M. Esgar 01 July 1905 Warranty Deed W 3’ Lot 12, all of Lots 13
and 14, Block E, Tracy’s 1st
Addition
D: 36/7
Robert M. and
Mary Lena
Esgar
J. F. Feazell 02 September
1905
Warranty Deed Same D: 35/241
J. F. and
Martha A.
Feazell
W. H. H. and
Juan Ellis
08 June 1911 Warranty Deed Same D: 44/179
Estate of W. H.
H. Ellis
Mattie B.
Daugherty (1/3
interest), Emily
Daugherty (1/3
interest),
William F.
Sloan, J. H.
Sloan, Charles
D. Sloan,
Blanche D.
Weismandel,
and Mary Sloan
(1/3 interest)
31 December 1919 Decree of
Distribution
Same Probate Case
Files, District
Court of the Ninth
Judicial District of
the State of
Montana
MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD
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History of Property
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076
Table 1. Chain of Title, 607 West Main Street, Bozeman, Montana.
Grantor Grantee
Date of
Instrument
Type of
Instrument
Property
Description/Comments Reference
William F. and
Mary E. Sloan,
James H.
Sloan, Blanche
D. and P. W.
Weisandel,
Mary M.
Sloan, Charles
D. and Nina H.
Sloan
Mary E.
McBroom
31 March 1919 Warranty Deed Same D: 61/219
Mattie B.
Daugherty and
Emily
Daugherty
Mary E.
McBroom
31 March 1919 Warranty Deed Same (2/3s interest) D: 58/247
Mary E. and C.
C. McBroom
Security Bank
and Trust
Company
12 September
1932
Warranty Deed Same D: 76/498
Security Bank
and Trust
Company
Louise Jensvold 09 September
1933
Deed Same D: 85/458
Louise
Jensvold
Lucille I. Braniff 07 February 1957 Warranty Deed Same (grantor reserves a life
estate)
D: 126/505
Lucille I.
Braniff
Catherine Mae
Sager
14 August 1962 Warranty Deed Same D: 140/437
Catherine Mae
Sager
B. George and
Lucille I. Braniff
14 August 1962 Warranty Deed Same D: 140/438
B. George and
Lucille Braniff
G. M. Hubbard,
Inc.
08 March 1983 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 89/4295
G. M.
Hubbard, Inc
William Albee,
Colin Albee and
Jeannine Albee
20 September
2013
Warranty Deed Same D: #2463396
MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD
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Information Sources/Bibliography
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076
INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY
Adams County Free Press [Corning, Iowa}
1928 “Mrs. Martha Feazell.” 20 April. Corning, Iowa. Electronic document,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/51518863/?terms=Feazell, accessed February 17, 2020.
Ancestry.com
2015 Missouri, Jackson County Marriage Records, 1840-1985 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, Utah.
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2015 Montana, Wills and Probate Records, 1866-1965 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, Utah. Electronic
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bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=mrb2160&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&dbid=9072&gsln=Ellis&new=1&rank=1&uidh
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accessed February 17, 2020.
The Billings Gazette [Billings, Montana]
1931 “Pioneer Women of State Dies.” 13 August. Billings, Montana. Electronic document,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/410748087/?terms=Henry%2BHellinger, accessed January 15, 2020.
1957 “Final Rites Planned for Bozeman Resident.” 25 May. Billings, Montana. Elecgtronic document,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/409893273/?terms=christopher%2BJensvold, accessed February 17, 2020.
1975 “Jensvold.” 22 January. Billings, Montana. Electronic document,
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No date Progressive Men of the State of Montana. A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago.
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1890 “Bozeman’s Boom.” 4 April. Butte, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51338736/mary-
elizabeth-hellinger, accessed January 15, 2020.
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2004 Lucille Ingeborg Jensvold Braniff (20 Jun 1910 – 7 Dec 2011). Electronic document,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201595510, accessed February 17, 2020.
2004 Ingeborg Louisa “Louise” Ellingson Jensvold (29 Dec 1876 – 14 Jan 1975). Electronic document,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51339050/ingeborg-louisa-jensvold, accessed February 17, 2020.
MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD
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Information Sources/Bibliography
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076
2004 Juan Ellis (5 May 1849 – 1 Jun 1915). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51338098/juan-ellis,
accessed February 17, 2020.
2004 William H. H. Ellis (26 Jan 1841 – 11 Jan 1917). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52712632,
accessed February 17, 2020.
2004 John Franklin Feazell (16 Aug 1856 – 22 Dec 1945). Electronic document,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85398016/john-franklin-feazell, accessed February 17, 2020.
2004 Henry Hellinger (21 Jul 1845 – 27 Jun 1914). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51223894/henry-
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51338736/mary-elizabeth-hellinger, accessed January 15, 2020.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71634197/logan-reese-wells, accessed February 17, 2020.
Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder
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R. L. Polk & Co.
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1943). Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York.
MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD
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Statement of Significance
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076
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 recommended not
individually eligible, but contributing to a potential district. The site is in fair condition overall, and Metcalf finds that it retains
sufficient integrity to convey historic character.
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
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 refin ement of residential architectural styles (RTI 2008).
Metcalf recommends further research be conducted regarding Bozeman’s Tracy’s 1st Addition in order to evaluate district potential.
MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD
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Integrity
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076
INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association)
Alterations are extensive and affect integrity of materials, design, and feeling. Changes include application and subsequent
deterioration of asbestos siding, and the alterations to window and door openings. Other aspects of integrity are retained.
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Photographs
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076
Feature # 1
Facing: N
Description: Property 076. View of south facade (Image #1-0147, 10/21/2019. EAS).
Feature # 1
Facing: NW
Description: Property 076. Oblique view northwest (Image #1-0145, 10/21/2019. EAS).
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Photographs
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076
Feature # 1
Facing: SE
Description: Property 076. Oblique view southeast (Image #1-0158, 10/21/2019. EAS).
MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD
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Site Map
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076
MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD
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Topographic Map
Property Name: 607 W MAIN ST Site Number: 076