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Home My WebLink About317 W Mendenhall 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: 317 W MENDENHALL ST Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 091 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: Original Owner(s): Fred H. Harris Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Owner(s): Daniel H & Julie Ann Hitchcock Owner Address: 322 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman, MT 59715-3447 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E NE ¼ SE ¼ NE ¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): Lot 8,9, & W20' LOT 7 Block(s): D Addition: Tracy’s 2nd Add (TR2) Year of Addition: 1883 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Residence Current Use: Residence Construction Date: 1889 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83 (preferred) Zone: 12 Easting: 496708.3 Northing: 5058560.7 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: Historic District: NRHP Eligible: Yes No *Property does not meet the City of Bozeman’s definition of an eligible property (see below). Date of this document: 5/18/2020 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: Site would not contribute to a potential historic district. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: 317 W MENDENHALL ST Site Number: 091 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Other (specify) If Other, specify: Eclectic 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 two historic architectural features: a single-story, wood-framed residence, built c. 1889 and a small, single-stall garage added to the northwest corner of the property later. The residence is a small Queen Anne style house that has experienced considerable remodeling. The house has an asymmetrical form with an L-shaped footprint and concrete foundation. The roof is gabled and clad in asphalt shingles. The exterior walls are clad in asbestos shingles. The primary façade faces south on the W Mendenhall St. The façade consists of a projecting gable end on the west end, and a shed-roofed porch to the east, along the side-gabled wing. The projecting gable end has a large picture window at center. The window is a modern metal window with side casements. The window is sheltered beneath a shed-roofed awning. The awning is wood and clad in rusted corrugated metal sheeting. The finish surrounding the window is wood, with industrial metal ornament. The primary entry to the house is located within the porch. It is a standard side-hung door storm door accessed by two concrete steps. To the west of the door is a six-lite fixed window. An identical window is to the east of the door, and a bank of similar fixed nine-lite windows spans the remainder of the enclosed porch, continuing around the building’s southeast corner onto the south end of the east elevation. At the north end of the east elevation are a pair of one-over-one-lite double-hung wood windows. A basement lite is also present on this elevation, within the concrete foundation. The west elevation has two one-over-one-lite double-hung windows. The windows have aluminum storms affixed. At the north end of the elevation, there is a slightly recessed wall that also contains a one-over-one-lite window. The windows and openings on the east and west elevations appear to be original, with the exception of the aluminum storm windows. The windows on the south façade are modern replacements, and the original openings were likely modified in conjunction with recent remodeling. The house’s north elevation was not able to be seen from the public ROW. However, a wood-framed, gable-roofed single-stall garage is present to the northwest of the house. It is accessed by an alley that runs past the rear property boundary. The garage has a front- gabled roof clad in asphalt shingles; the exterior walls are made of vertical-board covered with brick-patterned asphalt sheeting. There is a vertical-board door on the east gable end, which is mounted on an overhead track. No other openings were observed. The garage is in poor condition. Its walls are buckling and the door is no longer operable. This property has been remodeled since its original construction. At some point, likely in the early mid-century, asbestos shingle siding was placed over what was probably clapboard siding. The original gable-end window was altered, as well, in the fashion of mid-century picture windows with fixed side lites. The front porch was enclosed. More recently, the south wall of the enclosed porch was expanded further south and modern windows were installed. The modern windows are not sympathetic to the original styling or character of the building. The treatment around the windows on the south façade is modern and in an industrial-inspired aesthetic. The awning over the picture window is similarly of a contemporary industrial style, detracting from the site’s integrity of materials, design, workmanship, and feeling. The site was first recorded in 1984 by James R. McDonald Architects. At that time, the site was considered “an intrusive element within a potential historic district.” This recommendation was made on the basis of extensive remodeling and loss of integrity. Since that time, further modifications have affected integrity of materials, design, workmanship, and feeling. Metcalf finds the property no longer retains sufficient integrity to convey historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 317 W MENDENHALL ST Site Number: 091 HISTORY OF PROPERTY William H. Tracy purchased this property from the United States on June 15, 1872. He platted it as Tracy’s 2nd Addition on May 16, 1883. William H. Tracy originally sold lots 7, 8, and 9 separately (see Tables 1a and 1b). By 1889, Fred H. Harris had acquired all three lots and they were thereafter conveyed together (see Table 1c). The residence on this property was built in c. 1889 (Sanborn Map Company, Jan 1889, Jul 1890). Fred Harrison Harris was born May 18, 1857 in Ottawa, Canada (GHM Vertical File). Fred came to the United States in 1862 and married Marie “Mary” Colosky December 12, 1877 in Elizabeth, Minnesota. Mary Colosky had been born on June 9, 1855 in Guelph, Ontario Canada. In c. 1882 Fred and Mary moved to Montana. In 1900 the census reports that Fred worked in upholstering and carpet cleaning (Ancestry.com, 2004). Fred and Mary moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1900 (R.L. Polk & Co, 1902). Mary Harris died on March 29, 1949 in Tigard, Oregon. Lyman Walton purchased the property on February 6, 1905. Lyman Walton had been born February 9, 1858 in Iowa to Silas and Elizabeth (Freeman) Walton. While living at this property he worked as a farmer. In 1908, his daughter Mae worked as a retoucher for Schlecten Bros. photography. The 1910 census lists Lyman and Fanny Walton living in the house on the property along with their daughter Mae. Five people lived with them as lodgers. Lyman Walton had married Fanny Moody on April 24, 1880 in Indiana. Fanny died in 1943 and was buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman (Findagrave.com, 2004). Lyman Walton died on October 1, 1954 in Bozeman. He was buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman (Ancestry.com, 2017). John T. and Genevria Lux purchased the property on February 6, 1919. John Thomas Lux had been born on February 11, 1849 in Jefferson City, Indiana (Ancestry.com, 2001). John married Genevria “Geneva” Hughes on March 26, 1902 in Bozeman (Ancestry.com, 2016). Geneva had been born on April 30, 1864 in Monroe County, Missouri. John died on June 11, 1942 in Thompson Falls, MT. Geneva died on September 4, 1944 at the Montana State Hospital at Warm Springs, MT (Ancestry.com, 2001). Earl G. Smiley purchased the property on August 2, 1926. Earl G. Smiley had been born on May 2, 1894. On December 20, 1919, Earl married Jessie in Casey County, KY. Jessie May Smiley had been born on March 12, 1904 in Casey County, Kentucky to Clell and Nancy Cochran Randolph. She attended primary and secondary schools in Kentucky. Earl and Jessie moved to Gallatin County in 1921. Earl died on March 1, 1964 and was buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman (Findagrave.com, 2004). Jessie died in September of 1979 (GHM Vertical File) and was buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman (Findagrave.com, 2004). The property was owned by various people after the Smileys and is currently, as of November 2019, owned by Daniel H. and Julie Ann Hitchcock. Table 1a. Chain of Title, 317 West Mendenhall Street, Bozeman, Montana (Lots 7 and 8). 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 W. H. and Sarah J. Tracy Floyd B. Austin 21 December 1881 Warranty Deed Lot 8, Block D, Tracy’s 2nd Addition D: 2/281 W. H. and Sarah J. Tracy Floyd B. Austin 05 April 1883 Deed Lot 7, Block D, Tracy’s 2nd Addition D: 3/538 Floyd B. and Larisa Austin Fred H. Harris 29 October 1888 Warranty Deed Lots 7 and 8, Block D, Tracy’s 2nd Addition D: 16/174 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 317 W MENDENHALL ST Site Number: 091 Table 2b. Chain of Title, 317 West Mendenhall Street, Bozeman, Montana (Lot 9). 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 W. H. and Sarah J. Tracy Frank Dinsmore 28 November 1879 Warranty Deed Lot 9, Block D, Tracy’s 2nd Addition D: 1/206 Treasurer Gallatin Co. M. M. Black 16 March 1886 Tax Deed Same D: 13/583 M. M. and Rosa G Black F. H. Harris 06 May 1889 Deed Same D: 19/41 Table 3c. Chain of Title, 317 West Mendenhall Street, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference William H. and Sarah J. Tracy Fred H. Harris 12 March 1891 Deed (probably a quit claim deed) Lots 7 – 9, Block D, Tracy’s 2nd Addition D: 8/450 Fred H. and Mary A. Harris Charles West 23 August 1900 Warranty Deed Same D: 26/258 Charles West John I. Thomas 16 August 1902 Warranty Deed Same D: 30/109 John I. and Lizzie I. Thomas Lyman Walton 06 February 1905 Warranty Deed Lots 8, 9, and W 20’ Lot 7, Block D, Tracy’s 2nd Addition D: 35/19 Lyman and Fannie Walton John T. Lux 06 February 1919 Warranty Deed Same D: 60/40 John T. and Genevria Lux Earl G. Smiley 02 August 1926 Warranty Deed Same D: 69/215 Earl G. and Jessie M. Smiley Shirley A. Johnson 15 November 1956 Warranty Deed Same D: 122/523 Shirley A. Johnson Earl G. and Jessie M. Smiley 16 November 1956 Warranty Deed Same D: 122/525 Jessie M. Smiley Estate Thomas J. Henderson and Maurice W. Magee 20 August 1980 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 89/2994 Thomas J. Henderson and Maurice W. Magee Julian Hook 01 September 2015 Warranty Deed Same D: #2523619 Julian Hook Daniel H. and Julie Ann Hitchcock 07 June 2016 Warranty Deed Same D: #2547643 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 317 W MENDENHALL ST Site Number: 091 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?dbid=5437&h=987770&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61375, accessed February 24, 2020. 2004 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, Utah. Electronic document, Year: 1900; Census Place: Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 0187; FHL microfilm: 1240912. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dllindiv=1&dbid=7602&h=30789127&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb1430&_phstart=successSource, accessed January 7, 2020. 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?indiv=1&dbid=61375&h=321941&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb2222&_phstart=successSource, accessed February 24, 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=28821&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb2220&_phstart=successSource, accessed February 24, 2020. Find A Grave 2004 Mary Ann “Marie” Colosky Harris (9 Jun 1855 – 29 Mar 1949). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185192400, accessed January 7, 2020. 2004 Fanny Walton (1865 – 1943). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51341950/fanny-walton, accessed January 7, 2020. 2004 Lyman Walton (1848 – 1954). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76791482/lyman-walton, accessed January 7, 2020. 2004 Earl G Smiley (2 May 1894 – 1 Mar 1964). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51232741/earl-g-smiley, accessed January 8, 2020. 2004 Jessie May Smiley (1904 – 1979). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51341256/jessie-may-smiley, accessed January 8, 2020. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2019 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. Gallatin History Museum (GHM) No Date Vertical File “Harris.” Bozeman, Montana. No Date Vertical File “Smiley.” Bozeman, Montana. R. L. Polk & Co. 1902-2010 Polk’s Bozeman (Gallatin County, Mont.) City Directories. R.L. Polk & Co., Kansas City, Missouri. Sanborn Map Company 1889-1943 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana (Jan 1889, Jul 1890, Nov 1891, Jan 1904, Sep 1912, Sep 1943). Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Statement of Significance Property Name: 317 W MENDENHALL ST Site Number: 091 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 This site consists of two historical architectural features: a single-story house and garage. The house was constructed in 1889. The site was first recorded in 1984 by James R. McDonald Architects. At that time, the site was considered “an intrusive element within a potential historic district.” This recommendation was made on the basis of extensive remodeling and loss of integrity. Since that time, further modifications have affected integrity of materials, design, workmanship, and feeling. Metcalf concurs with the previous recommendation and finds the property no longer 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 is found to lack individual significance under Criteria A, B, C, and D, and to lack integrity sufficient to convey its historic character. The site is not located within an existing historic district and in consideration of similar properties in the vicinity, Metcalf finds it no longer retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character. Metcalf recommends that it be considered not eligible/non-contributing. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Integrity Property Name: 317 W MENDENHALL ST Site Number: 091 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) This property has been remodeled since its original construction. At some point, likely in the early mid-century, asbestos shingle siding was placed over what was probably clapboard siding. The original gable-end window was altered, as well, in the fashion of mid-century picture windows with fixed side lites. The front porch was enclosed. More recently, the south wall of the enclosed porch was expanded further south and modern windows were installed. The modern windows are not sympathetic to the original styling or character of the building. The treatment around the windows on the south façade is modern and in an industrial-inspired aesthetic. The awning over the picture window is similarly of a contemporary industrial style, detracting from the site’s integrity of materials, design, workmanship, and feeling. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Photographs Property Name: 317 W MENDENHALL ST Site Number: 091 Feature # 1 Facing: N Description: Property 091. Front façade. (Image #02-0245, 10/19/2019. EAS) Feature # 1 Facing: NE Description: Property 091. Oblique view. (Image #02-0244, 10/19/2019. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: 317 W MENDENHALL ST Site Number: 091 Feature # 1 Facing: NW Description: Property 091. Oblique view. (Image #02-0247, 10/19/2019. EAS) Feature # 2 Facing: SW Description: Property 091. Oblique view of detached garage. (Image #02-0251, 10/19/2019. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Site Map Property Name: 317 W MENDENHALL ST Site Number: 091 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Topographic Map Property Name: 317 W MENDENHALL ST Site Number: 091