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Home My WebLink About427 N 6th 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: 427 N 6TH AVE Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 017 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: None Original Owner(s): John Arthur and Betty Jean Nash Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: None Owner(s): Catron Creek LLC Owner Address: PO Box 6507, Bozeman, MT 59771-6507 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E NW¼ NE ¼ NE¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): Lot 3, & N5' LOT 4 PLAT E-1 Block(s): 3 Addition: Violett Add (VIO) Year of Addition: 1941 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Residence Current Use: Residence Construction Date: 1960 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred) Zone: 12 Easting: 496468.7 Northing: 5058936.6 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: 5/5/2020 Form Prepared by: E. Sakariassen and 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: Site would contribute to a potential Historic District. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: 427 N 6TH AVE Site Number: 017 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Other (specify) If Other, specify: Minimal Traditional Property Type: Residential Specific Property Type: Multi unit dwelling Architect: Unknown Architectural Firm/City/State: Unknown Builder/Contractor: Unknown Company/City/State: Unknown Source of Information: N/A This property consists of one historical feature: a house built in 1960. The house is wood-framed, single-story structure with a basement apartment, and has characteristics of the Minimal Traditional style typical of mid-century housing developments. It has a L- shaped plan, with a concrete foundation. The house has a side gabled roof covered in asphalt shingles. The exterior walls are clad in horizontal composition board, which is chipped and crumbling in places. The gable ends have vertical board sided embellishments. The primary façade faces east, onto 6th Ave. The main entry is above grade, centered and recessed, and accessed by wood stairs and small deck. The basement apartment has an exterior entrance on the north elevation below grade, covered by a shed roofed extension of the side gabled roof. The original windows have been replaced, but the openings are intact. The front façade has a large picture window with narrow modern metal double hung windows on either side. There is a single-stall garage under the south end of the roof, with a wood paneled access door on the south end of the east façade. The vehicle entry is wood paneled with a row of windows near the top. The site is well maintained. Vegetation in the front yard includes a manicured lawn, a deciduous tree directly in front of the bay window of the front façade, and a large mature coniferous tree in the front northern portion of the lawn. Mature deciduous trees are located in the backyard, to the west of the house. The property was first recorded in 1984 by James R. McDonald Architects. At that time, the property had not yet reached the fifty- year threshold for consideration as a historic property and was considered an “intrusive element within a potential historic district.” Since then, the property has come of age. Very few changes have occurred; the windows have been replaced. The site is in good condition overall, and retains sufficient integrity to convey historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 427 N 6TH AVE Site Number: 017 HISTORY OF PROPERTY 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, Montana. 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 Oregon. Lena Border was a member of the Bozeman Rebekah Lodge (Bozeman Daily Chronicle 1941). Lena died in August of 1941 and is buried next to Henry in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT (Findagrave.com 2004). Harvey Murdock was born in Ohio, and Ina (Brown) Murdock was born in South Dakota. The couple was married in 1907 and came to Montana in 1914. Harvey taught at Montana State College (MSC) which became Montana State University. Harvey taught from 1914 until he retired in 1943. Harvey died in July of 1956 and Ina died in 1972 (The Billings Gazette 18 July 1956). They are buried together in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT (Findagrave.com 2004). Roy and Verna Ayres purchased the property on December 12, 1946. Roy had been born in Butler, Missouri on April 9, 1899. Verna (Mecum) Ayres was born in Douglas, Wyoming on July 14, 1904. Roy graduated from Park County High School and attended the University of Montana. Verna and Roy were married July 30, 1924 in Douglas, Wyoming. Roy served in the Navy during World War II. He was a member of the American Legion, the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite Bodies, and the Bagdad Shrine Temple. Mr. Ayres started Bozeman Granite Works and operated it until 1970. He died January 14, 1986. Verna died May 19, 1995. Roy and Verna are buried together in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, Montana (Findagrave.com 2004). Emil Martel and his wife Adeline purchased the property on November 10, 1960. Emil Martel was born in Friedenstal, Ukraine, a son of Johann and Karoline Junker Martel. Emil grew up in Ukraine, marrying Adeline Losing on December 13, 1934 in Birsula, Ukraine. During WWII, they were evacuated to Germany and remained there until 1951 when they immigrated to the United States (The Billings Gazette 4 Feb 1988). They settled first in Baker, MT and then moved to Bozeman, MT in 1956. Adeline was born on April 20, 1915 in Makarowa, Ukraine to Jakob and Lydia Singer Losing. Emil died in 1988 and Adeline died in 2004 (Findagrave.com 2004). They are buried together at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT (William Martel, personal communication, 2019) (The Belgrade News 25 Apr 2006). On March 1, 1960 Emil and his son, William, formed Martel Construction. The first houses Martel Construction built were on North 6th Avenue in Bozeman, MT (William Martel, personal communication, 2019). This residence, built in 1960, was one of the first houses the newly formed Martel Construction erected. Emil and William sold the property to John Arthur and Betty Jean Nash on August 23, 1961. Betty Jean Nash (aka Betty J. King) sold the house to Clark W. and Lucille M. Comstock on May 30, 1974. Lucille lived in the house until approximately 2007. Lucille was born in Livingston, MT on May 18, 1921, as the daughter of Frank and Cora MacDonal Wiggins. She married Clark William Comstock on November 5, 1947 in Los Angeles, California. Lucille worked in the Livingston and Bozeman public libraries. Lucille died on March 19, 2008 in her home in Idaho Falls, Idaho (Bozeman Daily Chronicle 2008). Clark died on February 9, 1997. He was a hardware salesman while living in this residence (R.L. Polk & Co.). L. Jean Nedrud purchased the property on September 14, 2001. Nedrud sold the property to Joy A. and Randy L. White, Jens V. Nedrud, Homes 4 Rent Inc. on June 6, 2011. The current owners as of October 2019, Catron Creek LLC, purchased the property on April 20, 2014. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 427 N 6TH AVE Site Number: 017 Table 1. Chain of Title, 427 North Sixth Avenue, 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 July 1880 Warranty Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ Section 12, T2S R5E (20 acres) D: 1/370 Benjamin P. Barker Rosa V. Beall 14 July 1880 Warranty Deed Same D: 1/374 William J. and Rosa Beall Henry I. Border 3 March 1898 Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ Section 12, T2S R5E D: 24/410 Sam I. and Bertina C. Border, Mary Cloninger, Thirza Bair, Leila B. Fishleigh Lena E. Border 24 August 1931 Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ of Section 12, T2S R5E D: 76/76 Lena E. Border Harry Van Dyken 20 June 1941 Warranty Deed Lots 3, 4, 15, 16, Block 3 and Lots 3, 4, 15, 16, Block 4, Violett Addition D: 85/148 Harry and Lavina Van Dyken Daniel F. Kilbride and Keith Gastineau 25 March 1946 Warranty Deed Lots 3, 4, 15, 16, Block 3, Violett Addition D: 93/148 Keith and Emilie L. Gastineau and Daniel F. and Josephine Kilbride Roy R. and Verna H. Ayres 12 December 1946 Warranty Deed Lots 3, 4, 15, 16, Block 3, Violett Addition D: 96/341 Roy R. and Verna H. Ayres Livingston Marble & Granite Works 5 November 1947 Warranty Deed Same D: 96/342 Livingston Marble Granite Works Roy R. and Verna H. Ayres 5 November 1947 Warranty Deed Same D: 106/483 Roy R. Ayres Emil and Adeline Martel 10 November 1960 Warranty Deed Lots 3 & 4, Block 3, Violett D: 135/552 Emil and Adeline Martel John Arthur and Betty Jean Nash 23 August 1961 Warranty Deed Lot 3 and N 5’ Lot 4, Block 3, Violett Addition D: 138/306 John Arthur Nash Betty Jean Nash 23 June 1972 Quit Claim Deed Same D: Film 14/1340 Betty Jean Nash (aka Betty J. King) Clark W. and Lucille M. Comstock 30 May 1974 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 24/1026 Lucille M. Comstock L. Jean Nedrud 14 September 2001 Warranty Deed Same D: #2048796 L. Jean Nedrud Joy A. and Randy L. White, Jens V. Nedrud, Homes 4 Rent Inc. 06 June 2011 Quit Claim Deed Same D: #2390340 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 History of Property Property Name: 427 N 6TH AVE Site Number: 017 Table 1. Chain of Title, 427 North Sixth Avenue, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference Randy L. White, Joy A. White, Jens V. Nedrud, Homes 4 Rent Inc. Randy L. White Revocable Trust, Joy A. White Revocable Trust, Jens V. Nedrud, Homes 4 Rent Inc. 16 April 2012 Quit Claim Deed Same D: #2413235 Randy L. White, Trustee and Joy A. White, Trustee of Joy A. White Revocable Trust, Jens V. Nedrud and Homes 4 Rent Inc. Catron Creek LLC 20 April 2014 Warranty Deed Same D: #2479269 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 427 N 6TH AVE Site Number: 017 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY The Belgrade News [Belgrade, Montana] 2006 “Obituary for Adeline Martel.” 25 April. Belgrade, Montana. Electronic Document, http://www.belgrade- news.com/obits/obituary-for-adeline-martel/article_bccc5a37-4e6f-5c4e-a21e-8198f88edd85.html, accessed November 12, 2019. The Billings Gazette [Billings, Montana] 1956 “Rites Set Today for Ex-Instructor." 18 July. Billings, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/409515644/?terms=Harvey%2BMurdock, accessed November 11, 2019. 1988 “Emil Martel.” 4 February. Billings, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/410613347/?terms=Emil%2BMartel, accessed November 11, 2019. Bozeman Daily Chronicle [Bozeman, Montana] 1941 “Mrs. Border Passes Away from Stroke.” The Bozeman Daily Chronicle. 1941. Gallatin County 2008 “Lucille Mae Comstock.” Bozeman, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?n=lucille-mae-comstock&pid=106946311, accessed November 5, 2019. Find A Grave 2004 Lena E. Bostwick Border (1873 – 1941). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52607869/lena-e_- border, accessed October 13, 2019. 2004 Roy R Ayres (9 Apr 1899 – 14 Jan 1986). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71450464/roy-r- ayres, accessed October 13, 2019. 2004 Harvey Murdock. (Unknown – 1956). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51340066/harvey-e_- murdock, accessed October 13, 2019. 2004 Adeline Martel (20 April 1915-15 April 2006), Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51231658/adeline-martel, accessed November 11, 2019. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2019 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. James R. McDonald Architects 1984 427 N 6th Ave. Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory Form. Document on-file with the City of Bozeman. Bozeman, MT. 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. 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 7 Statement of Significance Property Name: 427 N 6TH AVE Site Number: 017 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 had not yet reached the fifty- year threshold for consideration as a historic property and was considered an “intrusive element within a potential historic district.” Since then, the property has come of age. There appear to be no changes since this previous survey, although the original survey does state that design and materials have changed since its original construction. 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 association with the Postwar Expansion Phase of Bozeman’s development (RTI 2008). It is representative of the Minimal Traditional housing, as it was seen throughout central Bozeman. Metcalf recommends further research be conducted regarding Bozeman’s 1941 Violett Addition in order to evaluate district potential. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Integrity Property Name: 427 N 6TH AVE Site Number: 017 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The site is in good condition, overall. Damage and deterioration are noted on the siding, there is a broken garage window pane on south elevation, and the windows flanking the east façade picture window are replacements. Cumulatively, these have affected integrity of materials. Other aspects have been retained. No major alterations appear to have been made to the house and Metcalf finds it retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: 427 N 6TH AVE Site Number: 017 Feature # 1 Facing: W Description: Property 017. Front east façade (Image #01-0037, 10/16/2019. EAS). Feature # 1 Facing: NE Description: Property 017. Oblique view (Image #01-0036, 10/16/2019. EAS). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Site Map Property Name: 427 N 6TH AVE Site Number: 017 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Topographic Map Property Name: 427 N 6TH AVE Site Number: 017