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Home My WebLink About103 S 8th 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: 103 S 8TH AVE Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 032 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: Original Owner(s): Albert H. and Mary Miller Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Owner(s): Brock Albin Owner Address: 1301 S Church Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715-5803 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E NE¼ NW ¼ SE ¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): Lot 1 - 2, PLUS 6' STRIP E & ADJ TO N 90.91' LOT 1 PLAT C-49 Block(s): 4 Addition: West Park Add (WEP) Year of Addition: 1892 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Residential Current Use: Commercial Construction Date: 1902 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred) Zone: 12 Easting:496242.5 Northing: 5058288.9 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: 4/29/2020 Form Prepared by: E. Sakariassen, A. Sakariassen, 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: 103 S 8TH AVE Site Number: 032 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Queen Anne If Other, specify: Property Type: Commerce Specific Property Type: Law office & an educational service Architect: Unknown Architectural Firm/City/State: Unknown Builder/Contractor: Unknown Company/City/State: Unknown Source of Information: N/A The property at 103 S. 8th Avenue consists of one historic architectural feature: a 1.5-story, wood-frame, gable-roof structure built in the Queen Anne style. Originally built as a residence around 1902, the site is used currently for commercial purposes. It occupies a corner lot, bounded on the east by S. 8th Avenue, and on the north by W. Babcock St. The building footprint is irregular due to alterations over the years, but essentially rectangular in its proportions. The foundation under the original structure is not visible, but the foundations supporting the additions are poured concrete. The roof is a nested gable roof clad in asphalt shingles. A hipped-roof porch wraps around the northeast corner. The structure is clad with horizontal wood siding and the gables have scalloped wood shingles. The primary façade faces north, and the entry is set diagonally with a sidewalk from the north-east corner of the property. The entry is within an open porch which wraps the northeast corner of the primary elevation and has a hipped roof, with a gable roof above the steps from the sidewalk. This porch was added after James R. McDonald recorded the property in 1984. At the top of the hipped roof is a flat balustraded balcony, accessed from one of the two windows on the upper story. The balustrade is wood, with square posts. At the west end of the north elevation is a projecting lower, nested gable with a three-sided bay containing three large fixed-lite windows, one to each side, and a small window in the gable peak. A shed roofed lean-to addition is at the extreme west end of the north elevation. This addition has a recessed porch covering a secondary entry door and two modern one-over-one lite double-hung windows. To the west of the recessed porch, the addition has modern one-over-one-lite double-hung windows as well, which look onto the concrete driveway. The east elevation contains the front door covered by the porch roof and flanked with one-over-one-lite double-hung windows, set near the corner building. The two large, fixed-lite windows with transoms of leaded glass, and another double-hung sash window, and a small window near the south corner appear to be original. The building houses small residential units in addition to the law offices in the main part. The south elevation has several separate secondary entrances. Between two doors on the east end is a poured concrete dividing wall with wooden railings. A shed-roofed addition extends past the corner of the original structure at the southwest corner of the south elevation, and contains an entry door on the east-facing wall and two one-over-one lite windows on the south wall. A raised patio has several sections that allow access from the different doorways. The original rear door has a small gable-roofed projection above it. Two mis-matched windows are between the two south-facing doors. An upstairs window within an original opening is below a louvered vent in the gable peak. The west elevation was not easily visible from the right-of-way, but has several shed-roofed additions, and a gable-roofed dormer at the mid-section. The property was first recorded by James R. McDonald in 1984, at which time he concluded it “qualifies 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.” Alterations including the wrap-around porch and west elevation additions occurred after this assessment was made. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 103 S 8TH AVE Site Number: 032 HISTORY OF PROPERTY This site is part of an area that was platted as the Park Addition by Nelson Story, John S. Dickerson, and Walter Cooper on May 19, 1883. The Bozeman City Council vacated part of the tract on April 21, 1892. Louis F. and Amanda A. Menage, of Hennepin County, Minnesota surveyed and platted the West Park Addition to Bozeman on May 14, 1892. This residence was constructed by Albert H. Miller between 1900 and 1902, based on examination of Sanborn maps, Polk Directories, and Gallatin County Deed Records. Albert H. Miller purchased the property on March 30, 1900 from the Victoria Land Company. Albert H. Miller was a farmer (R. L. Polk & Co 1902). The front porch was expanded, and the back porch added, between 1904 and 1912 (Sanborn Map Company Jan 1904 Sept 1912). The residence had two units at that time. By 1906, Albert Miller had moved to Los Angeles, California (R. L. Polk & Co 1906). Ernest Nosworthy purchased the property from Albert Miller on June 2, 1909. Ernest Nosworthy was born in Lancashire, England in 1864. He immigrated to the United States in 1889 and married Helen Peters around 1891. Ernest was a traveling salesman and spent time in Montana, but had his primary residence was in Denver, Colorado. Ernest and Helen never lived in this residence, but used it as an income generating property. Helen Peters Nosworthy, born in 1851 in Baltimore, Maryland, does have claim to minor fame. She was responsible for giving the Ouija board its name according to the Talking Board Historical Society. Helen’s brother-in-law, Elijah Bond, was the person who patented the board. He asked Helen, a known physic medium, to name the board. Helen asked the board what it wanted to be called, and it spelled out O-U-I-J-A. Helen became known as the “Mother” of the Ouija board. She was also an early stockholder in the Ouija board company. A year after the Ouija board’s introduction in 1890, she married Ernest Nosworthy (tbhs.org, no date). Ernest died in 1937 and Helen died in 1940. They are buried together in Denver, Colorado (Findagrave.com 2004). Helen Nosworthy sold the property to Dorothy E. Burke on June 12, 1939. Burke sold the property within the month to Frederick R. and Evelyn Hellerick who used this as an income property. Frederick “Fred” Rudolph Hellerick was born in 1887 in Waterloo, Nebraska to Frederick and Evelyn Hellerick (Ancestry.com 2017). Frederick came to Bozeman, Montana in the early 1930s. Evelyn Richards was born in Valentine, Nebraska to Edward and Elma Richards. She attended business college in Omaha, Nebraska. She married Fred Hellerick in 1932 in Bozeman, MT. Evelyn worked at the Rolfe and Wood Auto Dealership from 1947 to 1957. Fred died in 1945 in Bozeman, MT. Evelyn then moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the end of her life she lived in Aurora, Colorado (The Billings Gazette 14 September 1982). Elizabeth Ann Tschache purchased the property on November 2, 1944. Elizabeth and her husband Junior lived in this residence for many years (R. L. Polk & Co 1950, 1959). Elizabeth “Goldie” Goldhahn was born in 1916 in Geraldine, Montana to John and Rose Goldhahn (Ancestry.com 2001). Junior Tschache was born in 1917 in Fort Benton, MT to Maude and Otto Tschache. He graduated from Chouteau County High School in 1935. Junior W. Tschache married Goldie in 1939 and they moved to Bozeman, Montana that same year. Junior and Goldie, along with Junior’s brother, owned and operated the Coast to Coast hardware store in downtown Bozeman for 30 years. Junior and Goldie had many business pursuits within Bozeman, but they are best known for real estate development along the North 7th and North 19th Avenue corridors in Bozeman (Great Falls Tribune 24 February 2009). They were instrumental in arranging the 19th Avenue exit and interchange. Junior was very proud of his involvement and contribution to the 19th Avenue entry into Bozeman (Bozeman Daily Chronicle 29 September 1998). In 1988, “Tschache donated $25,000 to the city of Bozeman to do the initial engineering study and look into the feasibility of putting the interchange there” (Big Sky Publishing, 16 November 2003). Elizabeth and Junior Tschache sold the property to Christopher Bakwin on January 31, 1984. Bakwin owned the property for two years, selling to Gene E. Cook, Peter N. McGee, Marshall E. Bennett on September 16, 1986. During the ownership of Cook, McGee, and Bennett the property transitioned from residential to commercial and has been used commercially since. Gene Cook was born in Bozeman. In the 1970s he developed a successful real estate and commercial development business in Gallatin Valley called Gene Cook Real Estate. He built more than 20 residential subdivisions and many commercial properties throughout the valley (Bozeman Daily Chronicle 22 Feb 2015). Gene Cook sold the property to T. Bret Haggerty on September 21, 1990. Haggerty sold to Kimberly Hall Frost on November 19, 1992. Douglas K. and Mary Anne Chabot purchased the property on November 10, 1995. Brock and Maria Albin purchased the property on May 25, 2000, and Brock Albin is the current owner as of April 2020. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 103 S 8TH AVE Site Number: 032 Table 1. Chain of Title, 103 South Eighth Avenue, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference W. L. McKenzie John Dickerson 28 March 1883 Deed W ½ of the SE ¼ of Sec 12 T2S R5E, except 60 ft. off the north end, deeded to Gallatin County for road purposes (80 acres) D: 3/500 John and Charlotte A. Dickerson Walter Cooper 03 January 1887 Deed W ½ of the SE ¼ of Sec 12 T2S R5E (80 acres) D: 8/231 Walter and Mariam D. Cooper Lewis F. Menage 20 April 1892 Quit Claim Deed W ½ of the SE ¼ of Sec 12 T2S R5E, except lots 21 – 24, Block 10, Park Addition D: 19/483 Louis F. and Amanda A. Menage Gorham P. Cross 05 June 1893 Deed Lots 1 – 20, Block 4, West Park Addition, and other lots D: 20/253 Gorham P. and Lina A. Cross (of Minnesota) Victoria Land Company 08 June 1893 Deed Same D: 20/371 Victoria Land Company Albert H. Miller 30 March 1900 Warranty Deed Lots 1 – 4, Block 4, West Park Addition D: 27/169 Albert H. and Mary Miller Ernest Nosworthy 02 June 1909 Warranty Deed Same D: 40/403 Helen Augusta Nosworthy Dorothy E. Burke 12 June 1939 Warranty Deed Same D: 82/495 Dorothy E. Burke Frederick R. and Evelyn Hellerick 29 June 1939 Warranty Deed Same D: 82/551 Frederick R. and Evelyn Hellerick Elizabeth Ann Tschache 02 November 1944 Warranty Deed 57’ x 90.91’ x 57’ x 90.83’ lot (part of Lots 1 and 2), and 6’ strip adjacent to the east, Block 4, West Park Addition D: 90/258 Elizabeth Ann Tschache Ottley R. Tschache 05 June 1952 Warranty Deed Same D: 108/** (no page given in index) Ottley R. and Ellen K. Tschache Junior W. and Elizabeth A. Tschache 05 June 1952 Warranty Deed Same D: 108/308 Junior W. and Elizabeth A. Tschache Junior W. and Elizabeth A. Tschache (as tenants in common) 25 November 1974 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 26/1574 Junior W. and Elizabeth A. Tschache Christopher Bakwin 31 January 1984 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 82/151 Christopher Bakwin Gene E. Cook, Peter N. McGee, Marshall E. Bennett 24 September 1986 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 93/4862 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 History of Property Property Name: 103 S 8TH AVE Site Number: 032 Table 1. Chain of Title, 103 South Eighth Avenue, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference Gene E. Cook, Peter N. McGee, Marshall E. Bennett Gene E. Cook 26 November 1986 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 95/619 Gene E. Cook T. Bret Haggerty 21 September 1990 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 112/3870 T. Bret Haggerty Kimberly Hall Frost 19 November 1992 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 128/491 Kimberly Hall Frost Douglas K. and Mary Anne Chabot 10 November 1995 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 158/852 Douglas K. Chabot Mary Anne Chabot 17 February 1997 Quit Claim Deed Same D: Film 171/3399 Mary Anne Sadowski (fka Mary Anne Chabot) Brock and Maria Albin 25 May 2000 Warranty Deed Same D: #2013287 Maria Albin Brock Albin 06 June 2008 Quit Claim Deed Same D: #2302544 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 103 S 8TH AVE Site Number: 032 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Ancestry.com 2001 Montana, State Deaths, 1907-2016 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, Utah. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5437&h=656724&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb2516&_phstart=successSource, accessed April 7, 2020. 2017 Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1830-2011 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Lehi, Utah. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61255&h=66865&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb2506&_phstart=successSource, accessed April 7, 2020. Big Sky Publishing 2003 “Thinking Ahead: Junior Tschache credited with the idea for creating new entryway to Bozeman on what is now North 19th Avenue.” 16 November. Print. The Billings Gazette [Billings, Montana] 1982 “Evelyn R. Hellerick” 14 September. Billings, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/413181404/?terms=Evelyn%2BHellerick, accessed April 7, 2020. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle [Bozeman, Montana] 1998 “Junior W. Tschache.” 29 September. Bozeman, Montana. Print. 2015 “Building the Gallatin: Local Developer’s Bozeman Roots Go Deep.” 22 February. Bozeman, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/economy/building-the-gallatin-local-developer-s-bozeman-roots-go-deep/article_ed9b98f3-5172-529a-a65d-eea5fac4d16e.html, accessed April 14, 2020. Find A Grave 2004 Helen Augusta Peters Nosworthy (19 Sep 1851- 8 Nov 1940). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184656681/ernest-herbert-nosworthy, accessed April 7, 2020. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2019 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. Great Falls Tribune [Great Falls, Montana] 2009 “Elizabeth ‘Goldie’ Ann Tschache.” 24 February. Great Falls, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/244392182/?terms=Elizabeth%2BAnn%2BTschache, accessed March 7, 2020. Renewable Technologies, Incorporated [RTI] 2008 Bozeman, Montana: An Historic and Architectural Context (2008 Revised Edition). Prepared by Renewable Technologies, Inc., Butte, Montana. Prepared for Department of Planning and Community Development, Bozeman, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.bozeman.net/government/community-development/historic-preservation, accessed April 16, 2020. R. L. Polk & Co. 1902-2012 Polk’s Bozeman (Gallatin County, Mont.) City Directories. R.L. Polk & Co., Kansas City, Missouri. Sanborn Map Company 1890-1943 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana (Jul 1890, Nov 1891, Jan 1904, Sep 1912, Sep 1927, Sep 1943). Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. The Talking Board Historical Society. No date Website of the Talking Board Historical Society. Electronic document, https://tbhs.org/helen-peters-nosworthy/, accessed April 7, 2020. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Statement of Significance Property Name: 103 S 8TH AVE Site Number: 032 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 by James R. McDonald in 1984, at which time he concluded it “qualifies 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.” Alterations including the wrap-around porch and west elevation additions occurred after this assessment was made. However, it retains integrity sufficient to convey its 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 associations 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 West Park Addition in order to evaluate district potential. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Integrity Property Name: 103 S 8TH AVE Site Number: 032 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association The site is in good condition, overall, with some evidence of deteriorating paint. Replacement of original windows, particularly on the upper story of the north (primary) elevation, and the addition of a non-sympathetic window also on the upper story, has affected integrity of materials, to some extent, and design. Extensive remodeling that included additions of an open-porch at the northeast corner and along the north elevation, and additions along the west elevation, which included enclosing the original porch at the west end of the north elevation have further affected integrity of design and feeling. However, the aspects of location, setting, workmanship, and association are unaffected, and remain intact. In 1984, McDonald concluded the property retained its integrity. Despite the alterations in the subsequent years, Metcalf finds the property at 103 S. 8th Avenue still retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: 103 S 8TH AVE Site Number: 032 Feature # 1 Facing: S Description: Property 032. Front façade (Image #1822, 10/19/2019. SLW). Feature # 1 Facing: SW Description: Property 032. Oblique view (Image #1823, 10/19/2019. SLW). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Photographs Property Name: 103 S 8TH AVE Site Number: 032 Feature # 1 Facing: SE Description: Property 032. Oblique view of addition (Image #1824, 10/19/2019. SLW). Feature # 1 Facing: NW Description: Property 032. Oblique view of back elevation (Image #1825, 10/19/2019. SLW). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Site Map Property Name: 103 S 8TH AVE Site Number: 032 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 12 Topographic Map Property Name: 103 S 8TH AVE Site Number: 032