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Home My WebLink About917 Bridger Dr. 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'b Ave Helena,MT 59620-1202 Property Address: 917 Bridger Dr. Site Number: 24 GA 1742 (An historic district number may also apply.) Historic Address(if applicable): City/Town: Bozeman County: Gallatin 1 Historic Name: Legal Location Original Owner(s): Oswald H. and Helen Bennett PM: Montana Township: 1S Range: 6E Current Ownership ®Private ❑ Public I NE '/4 SE '/4 SE '/a of Section: 31 Current Property Name: I Lot(s): E 1/2 of Tract B(part of COS 637) i Owner(s): Patrick S. Pierzina Block(s): Owner Address: 4302 Stucky Rd. Addition: NA Year of Addition: Bozeman, MT 59718-6946 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman, MT Year: 1987 Phone: Historic Use: residence UTM Reference www.nris.state.mt.us/tonofinder2 Current Use: vacant ❑NAD 27(preferred) ®NAD 83 Construction Date: 1960-1961 ❑Estimated ®Actual '; Zone: 12 Easting: 498169 Northing: 5061053 ® Original Location ❑Moved Date Moved: _ .........................................._._._._._._._._._._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.. .._.._.._.._..«._._.._.._.«._.._._._.._.._.._..---.......................................... 1 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 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: 917 Bridger Dr. Site Number: 24 GA 1742 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 1 1/2-story house, now used for commercial purposes. It is wood-framed, vernacular in design, and generally rectangular in plan. The building has a concrete foundation, wide-lap exterior siding, and a side-gable roof surfaced with asphalt shingles. An interior brick chimney is present. The primary building elevation faces east. It is brick veneered, and has a full-length, shed-roofed front porch. The porch is supported by paired posts atop high brick bases The front entry door is a modern metal unit, surrounded by what appears to be infill. An overhead garage door (original) is at the south end of this elevation. The east elevation of the house is marked by a long, shed-roofed dormer, running much of the width of the house; it may or may not be original. A small shed-roofed addition (non-original) near the center of the wall serves as an enclosed rear porch. Windows throughout are wood-framed, a mixture of casement and fixed units. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Property Name: 917 Brid er Dr. Site Number: 24 GA 1742 HISTORY OF PROPERTY ❑ See Additional Information Page In 1959, A.B. and Maude Chittester and Alton and Mildred Chittester divided a 3.5 acre parcel in Section 31, Township 1 South, Range 6 East into three unequal tracts. They sold one of those, Tract B containing about 1 acre, to Oswold and Helen Bennett in September 1960. Later that year or in 1961, the Bennetts completed their new house on the property. At that time, Oswald Bennett was a mechanic with R.M. Huggins Ford Equipment. Once the house was finished, Bennett started to build a business at the same address. At least into the mid-1960s, he ran Bennett's Tractor Repair and managed Valley Implement Company at this location. INFORMATION SOURCESBIBLIOGRAPHY ❑ See Additional Information Page R.L. Polk& Company. Bozeman City Directory, 1959-1970. Gallatin County Clerk and Recorder's Office, Deed Bk. 135, p. 491 [illustrates three tracts created in 1959], and Deed Bk., p. 211 [9/8/60 warranty deed from Chittesters to Oswold and Helena Bennett] MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 Property Name: 917 Bridger Dr. Site Number: 24 GA 1742 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 diminished by minor 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 are largely retained, although minor alterations to the original building have diminished them slightly. MONTANA HISTORIC1RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS •. Bridger w ♦i ' ,�. •a. ,j1.A: 'rile - �!_ _� S } 'S iro•� � � 'fir f �.4y JA - lit f, ' ° , ;' • o.. 4 r\ MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD SITE MAP Property Name: 917 Bridger Dr Site Number: 24GAl742 A N 917 Bridger Dr Bridger Clew C Trailer Court 0 60 120 Feet Building outlines depicted on this map are approximate. They may not necessarily C reflect current conditions,and are for \ illustration purposes only. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD TOPOGRAPHIC MAP Property Name: 917 Bridger Drive Site Number: 24GA1742 03 46 SL ♦�� 4213011 31 •,� 01 \ '� ► eel .-� 1161 r a PF • 1r. . .• \.� \ r ti ST otf�rornd � _ - if 7,:�7 1 USGS Topographic Quadrangle, 1:24000 scale Bozeman, Montana (1987) Section 31, T1 S R6E