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HomeMy WebLinkAbout807 W Babcock 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: 807 W BABCOCK ST Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 039 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: Unknown Original Owner(s): Unknown 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 SE¼ SW ¼ NE¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): TRACT H BEING W OF LOT 14 Block(s): F 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: 496225.4 Northing: 5058339.3 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: 09/03/2020 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 contribute to a potential Historic District. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: 807 W BABCOCK ST Site Number: 039 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Queen Anne 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 This property consists of one historical architectural feature: a house built in c. 1910. The house is a wood-framed, two story structure with characteristics of the Queen Anne style including its asymmetrical form and cross-gabled roof. The house has a roughly T- shaped plan with a gabled wing off the north elevation, and a concrete foundation. The roof is cross gabled and covered with asphalt shingles. There is some half timbering in the gable ends, and another stylistic embellishment is the canted corners on the first story, on the gable front. The exterior is clad in a wood shingle skirt with stucco on the walls above. The primary façade faces south, onto W Babcock St. It is asymmetrical with the entry at the east end of the front façade within a pedimented porch that extends to the east with an added shed roof. The original windows have all been replaced but most of the openings appear to be intact. The windows are double hung. There are modern openings on the north wing, which suggest that the wing is a later addition. Also, the windows appear to have been removed altogether from the west half of the north elevation. The exterior wood staircase on the north wall, accessing the upper story, is not original. Overall, the site is in fair condition. The exterior stucco shows moisture damage, and there is some paint failing. Vegetation surrounding the house include a mature deciduous tree directly south of the front façade, and more mature deciduous and coniferous trees in the backyard north of the house. The property was first recorded in August 1984 by James R. McDonald Architects. At that time, it was considered a “neutral element within a potential historic district,” and was described as have a rectangular plan, which suggests the addition was added after 1984. The site is in fair condition overall, and Metcalf finds it retains sufficient integrity to convey historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 807 W BABCOCK ST Site Number: 039 HISTORY OF PROPERTY This area was platted as the Story Addition 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. This piece of land was originally platted as a street on the original Story Addition plat. On November 17, 1898, City Ordinance No. 174 vacated this street and the land went to Nelson and Ellen Story. 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. Nelson and Ellen Story sold the property to W. H. Stevens on June 30, 1904. The residence on this property was built after 1904 and before 1912, possibly in late 1904 by W. H. Stevens. A small addition was made to the west side of the house between 1912 and 1927 (Sanborn Map Company, 1904, 1912, 1927 and 1943). This residence had no long-term residents from 1904 to 1925. It was bought and sold by various parties with no one owning the property for more than three years during this time. William D. Brock purchased the property on November 30, 1904. Brock worked in real estate. By 1908 Brock had moved to Belgrade and sold the property (R. L. Polk & Co., 1906, 1908). H. Gysbert and Margaret Klenze purchased the property from William Brock on September 28, 1908. They owned the property until January 18, 1909 when they sold it to Hal M. Stewart. Hal M. Stewart never lived in the residence. He was born in Monroe County, Ohio in 1875 and came to Bozeman, Montana in 1902. He practiced law while living in Bozeman and was a prominent Bozeman attorney. His brother was Sam V. Stewart, democratic Governor of Montana from 1913 through 1920 (Malone and Roeder 1969). Hal served Gallatin County as a member of the lower house of the legislative assembly in 1913. He held the rank of captain and was chief disbursing officer in Montana for the United States Army during the first World War. He was police judge in Bozeman when he died suddenly on May 18, 1932 in Helena, Montana of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was in Helena to attend the democratic state convention (The Independent-Record, 18 May 1932). Judge William L. and Lalia H. Holloway purchased the property from Stewart on March 13, 1913. William Lawson Holloway had been born in Kirksville, Missouri on November 8, 1867. In 1891 he enrolled in the University of Michigan law school, where he received his degree in law. He moved to Bozeman in 1892 and opened a law office. William married Lalia Holmes on February 17, 1898 in Butte, Montana (Ancestry.com, 2017). In 1900, he was elected judge of the Ninth judicial district which at that time comprised of Gallatin, Broadwater, and Meagher counties. He also served as county attorney for Gallatin County (The Independent-Record, 12 Dec 1926). Lalia Holmes had been born in Prairie City, Oregon on December 31, 1869 to Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Holmes. Her father, Dr. Holmes, was a prominent physician in Helena in the late 1870s, having moved to Helena from Deer Lodge in 1875. He later moved to Butte and practiced medicine there for many years. After having graduating from high school in Helena, Lalia attended Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Upon her return to Helena she was a member of the Montana Wesleyan College faculty for a year. After her marriage to Judge Holloway the couple lived in Bozeman until they moved to Helena in 1901 (The Independent-Record, 27 May 1923). They never resided in this residence. A. I. and Frank M. Lillard purchased the property on May 16, 1914. Charles and Isabella Pietsch purchased the property on March 1, 1915, and then sold it back to the Lillards on March 15, 1918. The Lillard family lived in the residence from 1914 until they moved to Azusa, California in 1925. While living in the residence Frank worked as a driver for the American Railway Express Company (R. L. Polk & Company, 1918, 1925). Frank and Attie had two sons, John and Harry. While living in this residence their sons served in the first World War (Ancestry.com, 2010). E. J. Parkin purchased the property from the Lilliards on April 2, 1927. Parkin sold the property to Clara A. Crew on April 20, 1928. Clara Crew had been born on July 4, 1873 in Nebraska to Mr. and Mrs. Avid McCracken. She married Charles L. Crew in 1890. They moved to Bozeman in 1910 and ranched in the Gallatin Valley. They moved into this residence in 1928 and occupied the residence until Charles died in 1939. Clara then moved to 317 West Lamme Street in Bozeman (R. L. Polk & Company, 1942). Clara moved to Billings in 1943 and died there in 1968 (The Billings Gazette, 6 July 1968). Clara Crew sold the property to Anna C. Hansen on March 29, 1941. Hansen sold the property to Eva H. Lovelace on April 5, 1945. Lovelace sold the property to Claude B. and Mildred L. Richardson on February 11, 1946. They quickly sold it to Joseph P. and Helen May Buckmaster and Hattie M. Dean on December 7, 1946. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 807 W BABCOCK ST Site Number: 039 William L. and Della M. Butts purchased the property on September 2, 1950. William Butts had been born on March 28, 1880 in Fredericktown, Missouri and came to Lewistown, Montana as a child with his family. He homesteaded in Dawson County. He married Della M. Badgley in Anaconda in 1936, a second marriage for them both (The Billings Gazette, 4 September 1955). Della Haines had been born in Garden Grove, Kansas and came to Montana with her parents overland in a wagon in 1890. William Butts died in 1955 and Della Butts died in 1965 (Great Falls Tribune, 4 August 1965). The Butts did not live in this residence while they owned it; they lived at 116 North Grand Avenue (R. L. Polk & Company, 1954). The property went to Cecil F. and Beatrice W. Badgley and Kenneth L. and Ruth Butts on November 15, 1969. Cecil Badgley was the son of Della Butts and Kenneth Butts was the son of William Butts (findagrave.com, 2004). Badgley and Butts deeded a quit claim to Herschel D. Moore, Jr. and Joan Y. Moore on February 25, 1974. The Moores quickly sold the property to Gene E. and Marlys W. Cook and N. A. and Michaela Shyne on February 28, 1974. Thomas W. and Marie G. Fellows purchased the property on November 9, 1977. William Sebena purchased the property on April 13, 1983 and Lisa Sebena is listed as the owner in 2019 county tax records. Table 1. Chain of Title, 807 West Babcock 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 When Nelson Story platted Story’s Addition in 1872, this portion of land was laid out as a street running north and south between Blocks F and G. On November 17, 1898, City Ordinance No. 174 vacated this street and the land transferred to Nelson Story. Nelson and Ellen Story W. H. Stevens 30 June 1904 Warranty Deed 60’ x 300’ lot between Blocks F and G, Story’s Addition D: 29/540 W. H. and Mary Ellen Stevens W. D. Brock 30 November 1904 Warranty Deed 60’ x 300’ lot between Blocks F and G and Lots 1, 2, 25, and 26, Block G, Story’s Addition D: 29/541 W. D. and Josie Brock H. Gysbert Klenze 28 September 1908 Warranty Deed 60’ x 138’ lot between Blocks F and G, Story’s Addition D: 39/175 H. Gysbert and Margaret Klenze H. M. Stewart 18 January 1909 Warranty Deed Same D: 39/333 On September 4, 1909, H. M. Stewart sold the N 7’ of his 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). H. M. Stewart William L. Holloway 13 March 1913 Warranty Deed 60’ x 131’ lot between Blocks F and G, and Lot 14 and W 20’ Lot 15, except N 7’ Block F, Story’s Addition D: 47/252 William L. and Lalia H. Holloway A. I. Lillard 16 May 1914 Warranty Deed Same D: 50/512 A. I. and Frank M. Lillard Charles Pietsch 01 March 1915 Warranty Deed 60’ x 131’ lot between Blocks F and G, Story’s Addition D: 51/242 Charles and Isabella Pietsch A. I. Lillard 15 March 1918 Warranty Deed Same D: 57/472 A. I. and Frank Lillard E. J. Parkin 02 April 1927 Warranty Deed See Notes D: 69/336 E. J. Parkin Clara A. Crew 20 April 1928 Warranty Deed Same D: 69/532 Clara A. Crew Anna C. Hansen 29 March 1941 Warranty Deed See Notes D: 84/602 Anna C. Hansen Eva H. Lovelace 05 April 1945 Warranty Deed Same D: 91/70 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 History of Property Property Name: 807 W BABCOCK ST Site Number: 039 Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference Eva H. Lovelace Claude B. and Mildred L. Richardson 11 February 1946 Warranty Deed Same D: 92/602 Claude B. and Mildred L. Richardson Joseph P. and Helen May Buckmaster and Hattie M. Dean 07 December 1946 Warranty Deed Same D: 94/583 Joseph P. and Helen May Buckmaster and Hattie M. Dean William L. and Della M. Butts 02 September 1950 Warranty Deed Same D: 103/93 **nothing in Index Clyde F. and Hazel V. Slininger Cecil F. and Beatrice W. Badgley and Kenneth L. and Ruth Butts 15 November 1969 Quit Claim Deed Same D: Film 5/1754 Cecil F. and Beatrice Badgley and Kenneth L. and Ruth Butts Herschel D. Moore, Jr. and Joan Y. Moore 25 February 1974 Quit Claim Deed Same D: Film 40/1936 Herschel D. Moore, Jr. and Joan Y. Moore Gene E. and Marlys W. Cook and N. A. and Michaela Shyne 28 February 1974 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 40/1937 N. A. and Michaela Shyne and Gene E. and Marlys W. Cook Thomas W. and Marie G. Fellows 09 November 1977 Warranty Deed Parcel 1: Parcel 2: Same D: Film 40/1794 Thomas W. and Marie G. Fellows Thomas W. Fellows, Trustee for Employees Pension Trust 16 November 1977 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 40/2080 Thomas W. and Marie G. Fellows Thomas W. Fellows as Trustee for Employees Pension Trust Fund 12 July 1979 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 51/457 Thomas W. Fellows as Trustee for Employees Pension Trust Fund William Sebena 13 April 1983 Warranty Deed See notes D: Film 98/2840 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 807 W BABCOCK ST Site Number: 039 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Ancestry.com 2010 1920; Census Place: Bozeman Ward 3, Gallatin, Montana; Roll: T625_970; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 73. 1920 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=6061&h=54007543&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb3716&_ phstart=successSource, accessed June 26, 2020. Ancestry.com 2017 Montana State Historical Society; Helena, Montana; Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950 Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT. USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61578&h=310809&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7602, accessed August 5, 2020. The Billings Gazette [Billings, Montana] 1955 “Last Rites Conducted for Bozeman Resident.” 4 September. Billings, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/411769912/?terms=William%2BButts, accessed June 27, 2020. 1968 “Clare A. Crew.” 6 July. Billings, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/410772008/?terms=Clara%2BA.%2BCrew, accessed June 27, 2020. Findagrave.com 2004 Dellaphene Marie “Della” Haines Butts (7 Mar 1876 – 31 Jul 1965). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51018485/dellaphene-marie-butts, accessed June 10, 2020. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2019 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. Great Falls Tribune [Great Falls, Montana] 1965 “Bozeman - Butts, Mrs. W. L. (Della), 89.” 4 August. Great Falls, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/240056091/?terms=William%2BButts, accessed June 27, 2020. The Independent-Record [Helena, Montana] 1923 Associate Justice Holloway Dies At Hospital in Long Beach, Calif.” 27 May. Helena, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/528005323/?terms=William%2BHolloway, accessed August 6, 2020. 1926 “Mrs. Holloway’s Funeral will be Tuesday at Home.” 27 May. Helena, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/528003632/?terms=Lalia%2BHolloway, accessed August 6, 2020. 1932 “Hal M. Stewart, Bozeman Attorney, Dies of Sudden Stroke in Local Hospital.” 18 May. Helena, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/527312161/?terms=Hal%2BStewart, accessed June 10, 2020. James R. McDonald Architects 1983 807 W Babcock St. Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory Form. Document on-file with the City of Bozeman. Bozeman, MT. Malone, Michael P. and Richard B. Roeder 1969 The Montana Past: An Anthology. University of Montana Press, Missoula, Montana. Montana State Library. Montana Cadastral records online, http://svc.mt.gov/msl/mtcadastral, accessed 5/25/2020. Renewable Technologies, Inc. [RTI] 2008 Bozeman Historic Resrouces Survey, revised ed. Prepared for Planning Department, City of Bozeman, 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 1890-1943 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana (Jul 1890, Nov 1891, Jan 1904, Sep 1912, Sep 1943). Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Statement of Significance Property Name: 807 W BABCOCK ST Site Number: 039 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 property consists of one historic architectural feature: a house built in c. 1910. The house is a wood-framed, two story structure with characteristics of the Queen Anne style. The property was first recorded in 1984 by James R. McDonald Architects. At that time, it was considered a “neutral element within a potential historic district.” The site is in fair condition overall, and Metcalf finds it 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 has been determined to lack individual significance under Criteria 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 contemporaneous structures observed in the vicinity. The site retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic association 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 Story Addition to evaluate district potential. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Integrity Property Name: 807 W BABCOCK ST Site Number: 039 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) Overall, the site is in fair condition. Alterations include replacement of windows and modifications to openings, a rear addition, and stucco and shingle siding that are inconsistent with style. These changes affect integrity of materials, design, workmanship, and feeling. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: 807 W BABCOCK ST Site Number: 039 Feature # 1 Facing: N Description: Property 039. Front façade. (Image #02-0288, 10/19/2019. EAS) Feature # 1 Facing: NE Description: Property 039. Oblique view. (Image #02-0287, 10/19/2019. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Photographs Property Name: 807 W BABCOCK ST Site Number: 039 Feature # 1 Facing: NW Description: Property 039. Oblique view. (Image #02-0289, 10/19/2019. EAS) Feature # 1 Facing: S Description: Property 039. Rear elevation, view from alleyway. (Image #02-0290, 10/19/2019. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Site Map Property Name: 807 W BABCOCK ST Site Number: 039 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 12 Topographic Map Property Name: 807 W BABCOCK ST Site Number: 039