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Home My WebLink About16 S 9th 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: 16 S 9TH AVE Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 034 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: Original Owner(s): Malcolm Nickey Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Owner(s): Lisa Sebena Owner Address: Lewis & Clark Motel 824 W Main St, Bozeman, MT 59715-3359 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E SW¼ SW ¼ NE ¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): TR A BEING N31' OF LOTS 22 & 23, & N33' LOT 24 PLAT C-22 Block(s): G Addition: Story Add (STO) Year of Addition: 1872 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Residential Current Use: Residential Construction Date: c. 1935 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred) Zone: 12 Easting:496184.9 Northing:5058355.8 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: 5/14/2020 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 would contribute to a potential Historic District. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Architectural Description Property Name: 16 S 9TH AVE Site Number: 034 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Craftsman If Other, specify: 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 The property at 16 S. 9th Avenue, consists of a residence built c. 1935 in a minimal Craftsman style, and a modern shed constructed in 1990. The house is a modest bungalow—a single-story, wood-frame, rectangular structure clad with stucco. The roof has a clipped gable, and is covered with asphalt shingles. The primary elevation is on the west, and the above grade entry door is off-centered to the north. The concrete steps lacking railings. Two fixed-lite windows are on either side of the front door, and appear to be replacements within the original openings. The exterior stuccoing covers the foundation. At the basement level on either side of the front steps is a small side-by-side three-lite window. The south elevation has two windows of different sizes on the main level, each an original double-hung sash window. Two smaller windows are set asymmetrically at the basement level on this south elevation. Across the east half of the north elevation is the shadow of a shed-roofed extension that originally provided protection for the side subterranean basement access door. The shadow slopes down from its high point on the east end of the elevation. The door, access steps, and poured concrete foundation and cheek-wall remains are still intact. Above the outline of the former shed projection are two windows, one boarded up with plywood. The east elevation also has a boarded up window near the south corner and a door at the extreme north corner of the wall. The gable on this elevation is clipped. A plaster patched chimney is visible to the south of the ridge toward the rear of the house. Behind the house is a storage shed of corrugated metal, with a corrugated metal flat roof, added to the site in 1990. Vegetation around the site consists of a large lilac bush against the northwest corner of the building, and mixed grasses in the front lawn. A mature deciduous tree grows in the boulevard, in front (west) of the house and an unpaved driveway extends along the property’s south boundary. To the north is an east-west-trending alleyway, across which is the backside of the three-story Lewis & Clark Motel. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 16 S 9TH AVE Site Number: 034 HISTORY OF PROPERTY This site 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. Elias Story purchased the property on November 4, 1874 and sold it almost immediately to Ellen Story, on November 14, 1874. Elias Story Jr. purchased the property on July 29, 1889 from Ellen and Nelson Story and then sold it back to them on August 1, 1889. On August 20, 1903, Ellen and Nelson Story sold the property to Walter Story. Walter Story failed to pay the $1,028.35 in taxes assessed in 1921 and lost the property to Gallatin County (D: 63/418). The residence on this property was constructed between 1927 to 1943 (Sanborn Map Company, Sep 1927, Jan 1943). It is likely it was built by or for O. E. Sheppard, who purchased the property December 7, 1937 from Gallatin County. Oden Elbridge Sheppard was born on in 1892 in Missouri to C. W. and Dora Musgrave Sheppard (Ancestry.com, 2014). Dr. Sheppard was a professor at Montana State College, in the Department of Chemistry, from 1922 until he retired in 1946. He died a year after he retired, in Bliss, Idaho (The Montana Standard, 14 September 1947). Malcolm Nickey purchased the property in 1938. John Malcolm Nickey married Louise Kellams in 1938. Malcolm, his wife Louise and son John lived in this residence in 1940. Malcolm worked as a carpenter and Louise worked as a housekeeper (Ancestry.com, 2012) Vincent Nickey purchased the property on February 11, 1938. Mary Margaret Sheppard purchased the property from Vincent Nickey on May 28, 1939. Mary Margaret Sheppard was the daughter of Oden and Dorothy Sheppard who had previously owned the property. Mary Margaret was born in Kansas in 1917, and in 1921 moved with her family to Montana because her father, Oden Sheppard, had taken a job with Montana State College, in Bozeman. Mary Margaret attended Montana State University (the current University of Montana), in Missoula. (The Montana Almanac, 1957), receiving a degree in nursing in 1942. She worked as a nurse the rest of her life. She died in 1991 in Tucson, Arizona (Arizona Daily Star, 16 October 1991). Reetha Hufford purchased the property on June 9, 1941 from Mary Margaret Sheppard. Reetha Hanks was born in 1894 at Nye, Montana. She married John Hufford in 1912; he died in the 1920s. She came to Bozeman in 1937 where she operated an apartment house. She moved to Billings, MT in the 1940s (The Billings Gazette,7 November 1969). Frances M. and Albert N. Haas purchased the property on June 25, 1945 from Reetha Hufford. Frances Marie Swanson was born in 1901 in Montana to Alex and Jenny Swanson in Bridger Canyon, MT. She attended schools in Bridger and Bozeman and the Butler School of Cosmetology in Spokane, Washington. She married Albert Haas on April 29, 1935 in Bozeman. Frances operated a beauty shop in Bozeman for several years (The Billings Gazette, 16 November 1983). Albert N. Haas had was born in 1902 in Helena, Montana to John Michael and Kathleen O’Bannon Haas. He graduated from Townsend High School in Townsend, Montana. He attended the University of Utah, and then went on to attend the Law Enforcement Officers Training School at the University of Montana. On October 7, 1937 he became an officer of the Bozeman Police Department. In 1944 he was appointed Chief of Police in Bozeman and served for thirteen years in that capacity. He retired from law enforcement and was employed by the Credit Bureau of Bozeman until he retired in 1983 (Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 9 October 1994). June Carr purchased the property on October 8, 1946 from Frances and Albert Haas. In 1947 June Carr worked as a bookkeeper for Kenny’s Motor in Bozeman (R. L. Polk & Company, 1947). Torris H. and Norma G. Gjerde purchased the property from June Carr in 1949. Torris Henry Martin Gjerde was born on in 1927 in Livingston, Montana (Ancestry.com, 2011). Norma Gjerde was born on December 11, 1922 in Canada (Ancestry.com, 2015). They sold the property in 1967. James W. Van Winkle purchased the property on September 21, 1967 from the Gjerdes. James William Van Winkle was born in 1911 in Tuscale, Illinois to Robert and Martha Van Winkle. He graduated from Tuscola High School in 1928, and then went on to Illinois State Normal University, receiving a degree in education in 1935. In 1941 he received a master’s degree in science from the University of Colorado. He came to Bozeman in 1946 to join the faculty at Montana State College. He was appointed associate professor of agricultural economics and economics. He retired in 1972. James had married Jean Hansen, a music teacher, in Plainview MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 History of Property Property Name: 16 S 9TH AVE Site Number: 034 Texas in1942. Jean died in 1987 and James died in 1991 in Bozeman, Montana (Great Falls Tribune, 24 February 1991). The Van Winkles did not live in this residence but lived at 1222 S. Willson during their ownership of the property. Gary E. Davis and Harold H. Hartman purchased this property on August 3, 1976 and sold it to Daniel A. Shyne the following month, on September 23, 1976. William J. Sebena purchased the property from Daniel Shyne on February 17, 1983. William J. “Bill” Sebena was born on October 29, 1919 in Butte, Montana to George and Mary Sebena. Bill built Wimpy’s Palace in Butte, one of the country’s first drive-ins to have outside speakers and carhops. Bill joined the Army during the second World War and was stationed in Paris, Texas. He eventually moved to Bozeman and purchased the Siesta Motel at 824 West Main Street. He demolished the Siesta Motel after operating it for about one year and built the Lewis and Clark Motel in its place. The Lewis and Clark Motel opened in 1978. He rented rooms in the Lewis and Clark for over $80 a night in the 1980s. The restaurant in the motel was its centerpiece and Bill cooked in the restaurant (Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 7 June 2008). The William Sebena estate transferred this property his daughter, Lisa Sebena, on August 19, 2013. Lisa Sebena is the current owner as of March 2020. Table 1. Chain of Title, 16 South 9th Ave., 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 Elias Story 04 November 1874 Deed Lots 13 – 32 in Block E, and all of blocks B, C, D, F, G, H, Story’s Addition D: I/538 Elias Story Ellen Story 14 November 1874 Deed Same D: I/542 Ellen and Nelson Story Elias Story Jr. 29 July 1889 Deed Same (2/3s interest) D: 17/122 Elias Story Jr. Nelson Story 01 August 1889 Deed Same (2/3s interest) D: 17/125 Nelson and Ellen Story Walter P. Story 20 August 1903 Deed Lots 1 – 26 in Block G, Lots 1 – 6, 21 – 26, Block H, Story’s Addition D: 30/502 On September 4, 1909, Walter P. and Geraldine B. Story sold the N 7’ of Lots 22, 23, and 24 in Block G 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). J. S. Taylor, County Treasurer Gallatin County 11 February 1926 County Treasurer’s Tax Deed Lots 4, 5, 8, 9, 18, 19, 22 – 24, Block G, and 60’ x 160’ lot between Blocks G and H, Story’s Addition D: 63/418 Gallatin County O. E. Sheppard 07 December 1936 Deed Lots 22 – 24, Block G, Story’s Addition D: 81/87 Walter P. and Lorenza L. Story O. E. Sheppard 15 December 1937 Quit Claim Deed Same D: 81/145 O. E. and Dorothy Sheppard Malcolm Nickey 03 January 1938 Quit Claim Deed Same D: 81/146 Malcolm Nickey Vincent Nickey 11 February 1938 Warranty Deed Same D: 81/222 Vincent Nickey Mary Margaret Sheppard 29 May 1939 Warranty Deed Same D: 82/433 Mary Margaret Sheppard Reetha Hufford 09 June 1941 Warranty Deed Same D: 85/142 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 History of Property Property Name: 16 S 9TH AVE Site Number: 034 Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference Reetha Hufford Otis (fka Reetha Hufford) and Leon C. Otis Frances M. and Albert N. Haas 25 June 1945 Warranty Deed 66’ x 90’ Lot, part of Lots 22 – 24, Block G, Story’s Addition D: 91/359 Frances M. and Albert N. Haas June Carr 08 October 1946 Warranty Deed N 31’ of Lots 22 and 23 and N 33’ of Lot 24, Block G, Story’s Addition D: 94/369 June Carr Payne (fka June Carr) Torris H. M. Gjerde 15 November 1949 Warranty Deed Same D: 117/298 Torris H. and Norma G. Gjerde James W. Van Winkle 21 September 1967 Warranty Deed Same D: 155/100 James W. and Jeanne Van Winkle Gary E. Davis and Harold H. Hartman 03 August 1976 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 33/2436 Gary E. Davis and Harold H. Hartman Daniel A. Shyne 23 September 1976 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 34/1320 Daniel A. Shyne William J. Sebena 17 February 1983 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 74/1885 Estate of William J. Sebena Lisa Sebena 19 August 2013 Deed of Distribution Same D: #2462024 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 16 S 9TH AVE Site Number: 034 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Ancestry.com 2011 The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Montana, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 17 . U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940- 1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=24882388&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb4067&_phstart=successSource, accessed July 10, 2020. 2012 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. Provo, Utah. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2442&h=77817768&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb2548&_phstart=successSource, accessed April 7, 2020. 2014 Idaho, Death Records, 1890-1967 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. Provo, Utah. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60566&h=162346&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442, accessed April 7, 2020. 2015 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=15696342&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb4065&_phstart=successSource, accessed July 10, 2020. Arizona Daily Star [Tucson, Arizona] 1991 “Forsythe, Mary Margaret.” 16 October. Tucson, Arizona. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/168136883/?terms=Mary%2BMargaret%2BForsythe, accessed April 7, 2020. The Billings Gazette [Billings, Montana] 1969 “Mrs. Reetha Lee.” 7 November. Billings, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/415878344/?terms=Reetha%2BLee, accessed April 7, 2020. 1983 “Frances M. Haas.” 16 November Billings, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/415878344/?terms=Reetha%2BLee, accessed April 7, 2020. Bozeman Daily Chronicle [Bozeman, Montana] 1994 “Albert N. Haas.” 9 October. Bozeman, Montana 2008 “William J. “Bill” Sebena, Sr.” 7 June. Bozeman, Montana. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2019 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. Great Falls Tribune [Great Falls, Montana] 1991 “James W. VanWinkle.” 24 February. Great Falls, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/242205869/?article=9920a2b5-7ac4-4459-a1b3-0f05f7789997, accessed April 8, 2020. The Montana Standard [Butte, Montana] 1947 “Retired Faculty Man at College Dies.” 14 September. Butte, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/349259625/?terms=Oden%2BSheppard, accessed March 7, 2020. Montana State University 1957 The Montana Almanac: 1957. Montana State University Press, Missoula, Montana. Renewable Technologies, Inc. [RTI] 2008 Bozeman Historic Resrouces Survey, revised ed. Prepared for Planning Department, City of Bozeman, Bozeman, MT. 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 8 Statement of Significance Property Name: 16 S 9TH AVE Site Number: 034 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 at 16 S. 9th Avenue has not been previously recorded. The site consists of a residence built in 1915 in a minimal Craftsman style, and a modern shed constructed in 1990. The site is in fair condition overall, evidence of deterioration is evident on the chimney bricks, the window casings, and exterior stuccoing. Regardless, integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and association are intact. Metcalf finds that the property retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character. Sect. 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 Nationalization Phase of Bozeman’s development, which saw the perpetuation of many earlier building practices, but also the rise of new streamlined styles, new construction, and infill (RTI 2008). Metcalf recommends further research be conducted regarding Bozeman’s Story Addition in order to evaluate district potential. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Integrity Property Name: 16 S 9TH AVE Site Number: 034 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The site is in fair condition overall, with evidence of deterioration evident on the chimney bricks, the window casings, and many locations on the exterior stuccoing, as well as suggested by the boarded windows. The enclosure around the basement entrance on the north elevation has been removed, but the exterior wall of the house has not been refinished. The aspect of feeling is thus affected, and that of workmanship. All other aspects of integrity-location, design, setting, materials, and association are retained. Metcalf finds that the property retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Photographs Property Name: 16 S 9TH AVE Site Number: 034 Feature # 1 Facing: NE Description: Property 034. Oblique view. (Image #1844, 10/19/2019. SLW) Feature # 1 Facing: SW Description: Property 034. Oblique view. (Image #1846, 10/19/2019. SLW) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Photographs Property Name: 16 S 9TH AVE Site Number: 034 Feature # 2 Facing: SE Description: Property 034. Oblique view of shed/storage units. (Image #1845, 10/19/2019. SLW) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 12 Site Map Property Name: 16 S 9TH AVE Site Number: 034 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 13 Topographic Map Property Name: 16 S 9TH AVE Site Number: 034