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Home My WebLink About520 W Main 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: 520 W MAIN ST Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 072 / 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: Original Owner(s): Charles F. and Myrtle L. Beck Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Owner(s): Rainbow Creek Rental Properties LLC Owner Address: 3197 Summerset Dr, Bozeman, MT 59715-8096 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E SW¼ SE ¼ NE ¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): Lot 8, & W8' LOT 7 Block(s): E Addition: Story Add (STO) Year of Addition: 1872 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Residential Current Use: Residential Construction Date: 1910 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred) Zone: 12 Easting: 496506.5 Northing: 5058385.2 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: 1987 Historic District: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) NRHP Eligible: Yes No Date of this document: 5/15/2020 Form Prepared by: E. Sakariassen, A. G. 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 contributes to the NRHP-listed Cooper Park Historic District. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: 520 W MAIN ST Site Number: 072 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Craftsman If Other, specify: Property Type: Residential Specific Property Type: Mixed-use Architect: Unknown Architectural Firm/City/State: Unknown Builder/Contractor: Unknown Company/City/State: Unknown Source of Information: N/A The property at 520 W. Main St consists of one historical architectural feature: a house built in ca. 1932 with two obvious additions. A hexagonal turreted single-story addition extends in the front, and a later garage is attached at the rear. Listed in 1987 as a contributing feature within the Cooper Park Historic District, the one-and-a-half story building is described as built in a “Picturesque: Queen Anne/Craftsman style”. Details of the house are rather more predominantly Craftsman in design; the hexagonal front addition is the only element that could at a stretch be Queen Anne derived. The property was built as a single-family residence and has been converted to mixed use commercial/residential purposes. The building is wood-framed, clad in horizontal wood siding, and has a foundation veneered with concrete material. The footprint is irregular, with a hexagonal addition at the west end of the primary façade, and rear addition. The original side-gabled roof has jerkinhead gable-ends and kicked eaves, and is clad in asphalt shingles. The hexagonal part has a turret roof, and is clad with asphalt shingles. The cement block addition that has been grafted to the rear of the house has a flat roof covered in what looks to be rolled roofing. The primary façade is the north elevation, and is dominated by the hexagonal addition on the west half of the elevation. A sidewalk divides to approach two separate above-grade entrance doors, one in the west end turreted addition, and the other to the original entry door in the recessed small open porch at the east. A basement access stair is defined by a wrought iron railing at the ground level beside the above-grade front door, by the east corner of the building. A shed-roofed overhang projects to cover the main entry and is cut at an angle on the west to bridge the different roof-lines of the original house and the hexagonal addition. A squared wood post with a railing is at the top of the front steps. East of the door a canted wall contains an original six vertical-over-one-lite window. The door itself is a solid panel wood door with no window. The projecting hexagonal portion has concrete steps with cheek-walls leading to the door which is set in the north-facing wall. Each angled wall contains a six-vertical-over-one-lite window. Under these windows are basement windows set in the concrete foundation. The basement windows and two of the first-story windows on the façade are in original condition, and one has a modern aluminum storm. On the roof above the door a wooden snow-catcher has been placed. The east elevation contains the turreted addition on the north, the east facing angle of which has an original six vertical -over-one-lite window with a modern aluminum storm window applied. Further south on the east gable end, three original windows are spaced along the first-story, under a centered pair of three-over-one-lite windows on the second-story. The overhang of the jerkinhead gable is deep. A side door is in a recessed section under a shed-roofed overhang on the original structure, just north of the hyphenated joining of the original structure and the concrete block rear addition. The single-story, flat-roofed addition was likely constructed as a small business or workshop, and contains three large fixed-lite windows and a door. The south elevation of the original structure is largely obscured by the flat-roofed addition. The addition contains the openings that have been infilled. The east and west sides of the roof have stepped parapets. The second-story of the original house has a red-brick chimney deteriorating above the ridgeline, and a shed-roofed dormer centered on the roof. A deep overhang protects the two original 3 vertical-over-one-lite windows, and the infilled third window. The east and west ends of the roofline terminate in jerkin-head overhangs. The west elevation was not easily visible but does display the same fenestration pattern and type of windows as that described on the east elevation. This site is currently listed in the NRHP as a contributing feature of the Cooper Park Historic District. Alterations to the property occurred within the historic period and were noted in the original site documentation by James R. McDonald Architects. Metcalf finds it retains sufficient integrity to convey that character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 520 W MAIN ST Site Number: 072 HISTORY OF PROPERTY This property is part of the Story Addition, platted on June 18, 1872. The United States General Land Office issued a patent to William H. Tracy for the S ½ of NE ¼ section 12, T2S R5E on June 15, 1872. Tracy, likely anticipating the issuance of that patent, had sold the land to Nelson Story on November 18, 1871. Fellows D. Pease purchased the property on July 16, 1872. John Parkhurst and C. L. Patterson/Pattison purchased the property from Pease on April 10, 1876. William H. Martin and Alfred Meyers (Martin & Meyers) purchased the property from Parkhurst and Patterson on December 20, 1877. Elizabeth B. Hoffman, the wife of Charles Hoffman, purchased the property on January 28, 1880 from Martin and Meyers. Lavantia Pease, the daughter of Fellows Pease, purchased the property from the Hoffmans on September 10, 1882. Thomas Lewis purchased the property from Pease on July 25, 1887. Albert H. Miller purchased the property from Lewis on January 29, 1903. Miller built a residence on an adjoining property (522 W. Main) and was living in the residence by 1904 according to the city directory listing (R. L. Polk & Company, 1904). Miller was a farmer. In 1906 Miller moved to Los Angeles, California. He sold the property to Charles F. and Myrtle Beck on August 10, 1910. Charles F. Beck had been born in a log cabin on the East Gallatin River in 1875 to John and Anna Marie Beck. Charles married Myrtle Garrison in 1895. Charles Beck was a farmer for many years (The Independent-Record, 24 January 1946). Charles and Myrtle Beck sold the property to Willard Halsey on September 18, 1919. Willard and Annie Halsey sold the property to Henry I. Jacobs on September 20, 1930. Henry Jacobs, born in Somerset, Kentucky in 1877 to Frank and Cornelia Jacob, moved at the age of 12 to Greencastle, Indiana. He came to Bozeman in 1910. In 1903 he married Chloe Bertha Wells in Bozeman (Great Falls Tribune, 26 April 1935). Jacobs was a tailor and district manager of the fraternal organization, The Woodmen of the World. He also sold insurance for the Woodmen organization. In his early years he entertained as a trick bicycle rider in Bozeman and Livingston (Great Falls Tribune, 01 April 1958). In the late 1920s, Jacobs ran Jacob’s Costume Shop at his residence at 613 W. Lamme Street. He owned and operated the Barrell Cleaners for several years. Chloe Jacobs was born in 1882 in Knobster, Missouri to J. H. and Jane Wells. Chloe Jacobs died in 1935 and Henry Jacobs died in 1958. After the death of Henry Jacobs, the property transferred to his daughter Veda Jacobs on March 8, 1958. Veda Jacobs sold the property to David M. and Billie L. Wetherell on March 14, 1958. Theodore A. and Yvonne C. Tiegen purchased the property from the Wethrells later that same year, on October 31, 1958. Douglas L. and Sharon L. Schumacher purchased the property from the Tiegens on March 26, 1969. Harry D. and Theodora Annear purchased the property from the Schumachers on June 20, 1985. Eileen Kountz purchased the property from the Annears on January 11, 1990. Eileen Kountz was born in 1931 to Martin and Flora Davidsen in Fairview, Montana. While living in Bozeman she was a baker at Woolworth’s and a long-time bookkeeper at Rudy’s Distributing. Eileen Kountz died on December 24, 2015 in Bozeman, Montana (Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 27 December 2015). The Eileen Kountz estate sold the property to Rainbow Creek Rental Properties on December 22, 2017. Rainbow Creek Rental Properties is the current owner as of June 2020. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 520 W MAIN ST Site Number: 072 Table 1. Chain of Title, 520 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 D: I/56 William H. and Sarah J. Tracy Nelson Story 18 November 1871 Deed Same D: H/402 Nelson and Ellen Story F. D. Pease 16 July 1872 Deed Lots 1 – 10 and 35 – 44, Block E, Story’s Addition D: I/58 Fellows D. Pease John Parkhurst and C. L. Patterson/Pattison 10 April 1876 Deed Same D: K/58 John Parkhurst and Charles L. Pattison (J. Parkhurst & Co.) William H. Martin and Alfred Meyers (Martin & Meyers) 20 December 1877 Quit Claim Deed Same D: K/343 William H. Martin and Alfred and Mabel Myers Elizabeth B. Hoffman 28 January 1880 Deed Same D: 1/266 Charles W. and Elizabeth B. Hoffman L. Pease 10 September 1882 Deed Same D: 15/98 Lavantia Pease Thomas Lewis 25 July 1887 Warranty Deed Same D: 16/38 Thomas and Kate N. Lewis Albert H. Miller 29 January 1903 Warranty Deed Lots 8 – 10, Block E, Story’s Addition D: 29/330 On September 4, 1909, Albert H. and Mary Miller sold the S 8’ of their lots to the City of Bozeman for the purpose of opening a public alley through Blocks E, F, and part of Block G in Story’s Addition (D: 42/23). Albert H. and Mary Miller Charles F. Beck 10 August 1910 Warranty Deed Same D: 41/453 Charles F. and Myrtle L. Beck Willard Halsey 18 September 1919 Warranty Deed Same D: 60/596 Willard and Annie Halsey Henry I. Jacobs 20 September 1930 Warranty Deed Lot 8, Block E, Story’s Addition D: 74/335 Henry I. Jacobs Veda Jacobs 08 March 1958 Warranty Deed Lot 8 and W 8’ Lot 7, Block E, Story’s Addition D: 127/14 Veda Jacobs David M. and Billie L. Wetherell 14 March 1958 Warranty Deed Same D: 127/93 David M. and Billie L. Wetherell Theodore A. and Yvonne C. Tiegen 31 October 1958 Warranty Deed Same D: 129/120 Theodore A. and Yvonne C. Tiegen Douglas L. and Sharon L. Schumacher 26 March 1969 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 3/1783 Douglas L. and Sharon L. Schumacher Harry D. and Theodora Annear 20 June 1985 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 88/1193 Harry D. and Theodora Annear Eileen Kountz 11 January 1990 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 109/1468 Estate of Eileen Joyce Kountz Rainbow Creek Rental Properties 22 December 2017 Warranty Deed Lot 8 and W 8’ Lot 7, Block E, Story’s Addition, except S 8’ to for alley D: #2602105 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 520 W MAIN ST Site Number: 072 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY The Bozeman Daily Chronicle [Bozeman, Montana] 2015 “Eileen Henderson Kountz.” 27 December. Bozeman, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?n=eileen-henderson-kountz&pid=177034035&fhid=7193, accessed June 22, 2020. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2019 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. Great Falls Tribune [Great Falls, Montana] 1935 “Mrs. Henry Jacobs Dies at Bozeman.” Great Falls, Montana. 26 April. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/238223033/?terms=Henry%2BJacobs, accessed June 22, 2020. Great Falls Tribune [Great Falls, Montana] 1958 “Henry I. Jacobs.” Great Falls, Montana. 01 April. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/239320649/?terms=Henry%2BJacobs, accessed June 22, 2020. The Independent-Record [Helena, Montana] 1946 “Native of Gallatin, Charles F. Beck, Dies at Age of 69.” 24 January Helena, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/392377703/?terms=Charles%2BBeck, accessed June 22, 2020. James McDonald 1984 Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory. Electronic document, http://weblink.bozeman.net/WebLink8/0/doc/157624/Electronic.aspx, accessed January 17, 2020. R. L. Polk & Co. 1904-2012 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. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Statement of Significance Property Name: 520 W MAIN ST Site Number: 072 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NRHP Listing Date: 1987 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 one historical architectural feature: a house built in ca. 1932 with two obvious additions. A hexagonal turreted single-story addition extends in the front, and a later garage is attached at the rear. Listed in 1987 as a contributing feature within the Cooper Park Historic District, the one-and-a-half story building is described as built in a “Picturesque: Queen Anne/Craftsman style”. Details of the house are rather more predominantly Craftsman in design; the hexagonal front addition is the only element that could at a stretch be Queen Anne derived. The property was built as a single-family residence and has been converted to mixed use commercial/residential purposes. This site is currently listed in the NRHP as a contributing feature of the Cooper Park Historic District. Alterations to the property occurred within the historic period and were noted in the original site documentation by James R. McDonald Architects. Metcalf finds it retains sufficient integrity to convey that character and maintain its NRHP-listed status. This site is currently listed in the NRHP as contributing to the Cooper Park Historic District and retains integrity sufficient to maintain its listed status. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Integrity Property Name: 520 W MAIN ST Site Number: 072 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The site is in excellent condition, overall. The original appearance of the building has been altered substantially by additions to the primary façade and to the rear elevation. However, this site is currently listed in the NRHP as a contributing feature of the Cooper Park Historic District. Alterations to the property occurred within the historic period and were noted in the original site documentation by James R. McDonald Architects. Metcalf finds it retains sufficient integrity to convey that character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Photographs Property Name: 520 W MAIN ST Site Number: 072 Feature # 1 Facing: S Description: Property 072. Front façade. (Image #1905, 10/22/2019. SLW) Feature # 1 Facing: SW Description: Property 072. Oblique view. (Image #1907, 10/22/2019. SLW) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: 520 W MAIN ST Site Number: 072 Feature # 1 Facing: NW Description: Property 072. Oblique view of rear of house with modern addition. (Image #1915, 10/22/2019. SLW) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Site Map Property Name: 520 W MAIN ST Site Number: 072 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Topographic Map Property Name: 520 W MAIN ST Site Number: 072