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Home My WebLink About720 W Main 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: 720 W MAIN ST Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 085 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: Eighth & Main Carter Servicenter Original Owner(s): The Carter Oil Company Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Mavens Market Owner(s): McGee Partnership / Susan McGee Owner Address: 9000 Trooper Trail, Bozeman, MT 59715-1708 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E SE¼ SW ¼ NE ¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): Lot 6 - 7, & 6' ST W OF LOT 8 Block(s): F Addition: Story Add (STO) Year of Addition: 1872 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Commercial Current Use: Commercial Construction Date: 1954-1956 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred) Zone: 12 Easting: 496293.9 Northing: 5058385.2 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: 9/2/2020 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: EIGHTH & MAIN CARTER SERVICENTER Site Number: 085 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Other (specify) If Other, specify: Commercial Property Type: Commerce Specific Property Type: Market/deli Architect: Architectural Firm/City/State: Builder/Contractor: Company/City/State: Source of Information: This site consists of one historic architectural feature: a single-story, wood-framed, brick-faced, commercial building that was built in c. 1954. An addition was built on the west side in 1982, including a partial second story. The building was originally a gas station/service center. It sits on a corner lot, set back from the north and west property lines, with paved parking along three sides. The building has a roughly rectangular, but irregular footprint, and a concrete foundation. The northwest corner of the original gas station is rounded, typical of the property type and period of construction. The roof of the original single-story portion is flat, with an asphalt-shingled false mansard on the north, west, and south elevations. To the east on the north side of the building is the 1980s addition. It is a single-story, brick-faced volume extending further north. It has a canted northwest-facing wall that mimics the original building’s rounded northwest corner. Set back from the north elevation of the addition is a second story volume, which is clad in EIFS. The building shares its west wall with a late-mid-century, single-story commercial building that replaced an earlier two-story structure. The shared wall remains as an over-sized and unusual element clad on the west side with standing-seam metal siding and on the west side, with EIFS. The building’s primary façade faces west. The original rounded corner has a side-hung glass door entrance with a transom lite. Further south on the original volume is a pent-roofed bay with banked curtain windows and a secondary entrance. Other windows on the original portion of the building are stylized and consist of large three-over-three-lite fixed set arched window openings. These original window openings are also present on the north elevation. The 1980s addition has banked rectangular fixed windows. The second story also has large banked rectangular windows. A garage bay is on the extreme south end of the 1980s addition, facing west. The south elevation has a large side-hung service entrance. This site is in excellent condition. The modern additions have affected integrity of design, setting, and feeling; however, the additions stand apart and the original portion of the building retains its character defining elements and sufficient integrity to convey its historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: EIGHTH & MAIN CARTER SERVICENTER Site Number: 085 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. 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 Thomas Byron Story on January 1, 1903. Thomas Byron Story transferred ownership to T. B. Story, Inc. on November 19, 1920. T. B. Story, Inc. transferred the property to Katharine F. Story on January 13, 1930. Katharine F. and T. B. Story transferred the property through a bargain and sale deed to Frank H. Johnson, Superintendent of Banks (MT), Trustee on November 3, 1932. The property was sold by Frank Johnson to the Belgrade State Bank on November 5, 1935. T. B. and Katherine Story retrieved the property through a quit claim deed on April 21, 1947. They sold the property to Ralph Williams on April 12, 1947. These lots were at the western edge of Bozeman and saw little development until the turn of the twentieth century, when single-family homes quickly filled in the lots south and north of West Main Street, from 4th through 11th Avenues. The blocks held by the Story family remained mostly undeveloped until the late 1940s, after the land was released from its collateral status. In 1904, 11th Avenue defined the western boundary of Bozeman, west of which the County Road (aligned with Babcock Street, just south of West Main Street) led west to the unincorporated rural areas. On May 11, 1949, the Carter Oil Company purchased the site and constructed the building in time for the 1956 operation as the Eighth & Main Carter Servicenter, operated by Jack Price Newkirk (R.L. Polk & Company, 1956). Jack and his wife Maxine L. lived close by at 522 North 5th Avenue (R.L. Polk & Company, 1956). Jack had been born on November 16, 1921 in Pocatello, Idaho; married Maxine L. Brown on December 7, 1944 in Billings; and died on February 24, 2003 in Bozeman (Ancestry.com, 2017; Ancestry.com, 2016; Ancestry.com, 2014). After having left the business in 1958, Jack and Maxine operated a trailer rentals company in Bozeman (R. L. Polk & Company, 1958 –1959). The Carter Servicenter was part of a rising service industry in Bozeman, as noted in the Bozeman Historic Resource Survey of 2008: “As in previous periods, the increase in automobile travel generated new businesses that catered to the rising number of car owners and tourists. Gas stations multiplied from twenty-one in 1950 to twenty-nine in 1961 and to forty by 1970. While these facilities concentrated on East and West Main near the downtown center for many years, they began to move outward with the 1950s. In 1956, they stretched east to the United Gaseteria at 1205 East Main and west to the Carter Servicenter at 720 West Main (RTI 2008: 42). The Carter Oil Company merged into the Humble Oil & Refining Company on December 31, 1959. In 1959, the business at 720 West Main was advertised as Gensemer’s 8th and Main Carter Service (R. L. Polk & Company, 1958-1959). Russell Sweigart Gensemer had been born on July 1, 1926 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and was living in Montana by August 1, 1948, when he married Anona June Anderson in Deer Lodge (Ancestry.com, 2001; Ancestry.com, 2016). By 1963, Gensemer had dropped the Carter name, to represent Enco instead. This was concurrent with the 1960 branding of the Jersey Standard affiliate Carter Oil of the northwestern states (Wikipedia). Gensemer subsequently left the station in 1964, when it became known as the Barnes Enco Service Gas Station. The business was called Bob’s Enco from 1966 through 1968. From 1969 through 1973, it was known as the 8th & Main Enco Service Gas Station, then as the 7th & Main Exxon Service Station from 1974 through 1979. The name change to Exxon was part of parent company Humble Oil’s need (in 1972) for a consistent national brand name, an attempt thwarted with the brands Enco and Esso, both used by other oil companies in several states. The corporate name change, from Humble Oil and Standard Oil of New Jersey, to Exxon Corporation and Exxon USA, respectively, also reflected this desire for a national identity (Wikipedia). The trustees of Exxon sold the property on July 10, 1979 to a group of six people (Brown, Westberg, the Radcliffes, and the Stantons), who leased the property with an option to purchase. Kwik Lube operated a service station there from 1979 through 1982, after which it was Vito’s Pizza for two years, before being listed as vacant in 1985 (R.L. Polk & Company, 1963 - 1985). The group who purchased the property in 1979 ultimately sold it to the McGee Partnership on July 1, 1985. The McGee Partnership operated the Country Flower Shop in the building from 1986 through 2017. The owner, as of 1981, was Susan McGee (R. L. Polk & Company, 1958 – 2012; LinkedIn; Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 8 November 2017). At the time of the shop’s transition to online sales only, Susan McGee sold her business of 36 years to two employees. Described as a “former schoolteacher from Minnesota, McGee purchased the flower shop in 1981 — then a small operation located in the current Roost Fried Chicken building on [West] Main. Over the years she grew the business and moved it several times, first downtown then to its final space, a former automobile service station across from the Lewis and Clark Motel (Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 8 November 2017).” In 2018, the building was remodeled to house Maven’s Market, which remains in operation there as of 2020. The property remains under the ownership of Susan McGee of McGee Partnership (MT Cadastral). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: EIGHTH & MAIN CARTER SERVICENTER Site Number: 085 Table 1. Chain of Title, 720 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 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 1 August 1889 Deed Same (2/3s interest) D: 17/125 Nelson and Ellen Story Thomas Byron Story 01 January 1903 Warranty Deed Block F, Story’s Addition D: 29/314 On September 4, 1909, T. B. and Katherine F. Story 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). T. B. Story T. B. Story, Inc. 19 November 1920 Deed Lots 1 – 8, 19 – 26 and 30’ strip to the E, Block F, Story’s Addition D: 62/334 T. B. Story, Inc. Katharine F. Story 13 January 1930 Warranty Deed Lots 2 – 8, 19 – 26, and 30’ x 130’ E of Lot 26, Block F, Story’s Addition D: 75/121 Katharine F. and T.B. Story Frank H. Johnson, Superintendent of Banks (MT), Trustee 03 November 1932 Bargain and Sale Deed Same D: 76/555 Frank H. Johnson, Superintendent of Banks (MT), Trustee Belgrade State Bank 05 November 1935 Deed Same D: 79/151 Belgrade State Bank Thomas Byron and Katherine F. Story 18 January 1940 Quit Claim Deed Same (the only consideration for this deed is the return of collateral heretofore pledged by the grantee as security for an obligation to the grantor) D: 83/406 Thomas Byron and Katharine F. Story Ralph K. Williams 12 April 1947 Warranty Deed Lots 6 – 8, 19 – 21 and strips of land 6’ x 130’ W of Lots 8 and 19, Block F, Story’s Addition D: 98/440 Superintendent of Banks (MT) officially released their interest in the property in on 21 April 1947 (D: 95/486). Ralph K. Williams The Carter Oil Company 11 May 1949 Warranty Deed Lots 6 – 8 and 6’ x 130’ W of Lot 8, Block F, Story’s Addition D: 98/441 The Carter Oil Company merged into Humble Oil & Refining Company on December 31, 1959. Exxon Corporation is the successor by merger to Humble Oil & Refining Company (see Deed Film 51/1130). Exxon Corporation Trustees of Exxon USA Foundation 06 April 1979 Deed Same D: Film 51/1130 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 History of Property Property Name: EIGHTH & MAIN CARTER SERVICENTER Site Number: 085 Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference Trustees of the Exxon USA Foundation Gene I. Brown, Jim D. Westberg, James H. Radcliffe, Anna C. Radcliffe, Ben Stanton, and Claudine Stanton 10 July 1979 Deed Same D: Film 51/1134 James H. and Anna C. Radcliffe, Ben E. and Claudine R. Stanton, Jimmie T. Westberg, Gene I. Brown McGee Partnership 01 July 1985 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 88/1903 Peter N. McGee Mary Susan McGee 14 August 1986 Quit Claim Deed Same D: Film 93/1820 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: EIGHTH & MAIN CARTER SERVICENTER Site Number: 085 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Ancestry.com 2001 Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Helena, Montana; Montana Death Records; Montana, State Deaths, 1907-2016 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5437&h=622306&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=WOG74&_phstart=successSource, accessed June 17, 2020. 2014 Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File; US. 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MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Statement of Significance Property Name: EIGHTH & MAIN CARTER SERVICENTER Site Number: 085 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 one historic architectural feature: a single-story, wood-framed, brick-faced, commercial building that was built in c. 1954. An addition was built the west side in 1982, including a partial second story. The building was originally a gas station/service center. It is in excellent condition. The modern additions have affected integrity of design, setting, and feeling, but they stand apart and the original portion of the building maintains its character defining elements and retains sufficient integrity 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 is not individually significant under Criteria A, B, C, or D. The site is not located within an existing historic district. It should, however, be considered eligible/contributing to a potential historic district composed of similar structures observed in the vicinity. The site is representative of a period of Bozeman’s expansion that occurred west along Main Street into a primarily residential neighborhood in the 1940s. This expansion altered the character of the surrounding area and ties in with the understanding of development within the Story Addition. Metcalf recommends further research be conducted regarding Bozeman’s Story Addition to evaluate district potential. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Integrity Property Name: EIGHTH & MAIN CARTER SERVICENTER Site Number: 085 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) This site is in excellent condition but has been subject to extensive alteration in the form of the east additions built in the 1980s. The modern additions have affected integrity of design, setting, and feeling, but they stand apart and the original portion of the building maintains its character defining elements and retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: EIGHTH & MAIN CARTER SERVICENTER Site Number: 085 Feature # 1 Facing: SE Description: Property 085. Oblique view. (Image #03-0027, 10/20/2019. EAS) Feature # 1 Facing: NE Description: Property 085. Oblique view. (Image #03-0025, 10/20/2019. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Photographs Property Name: EIGHTH & MAIN CARTER SERVICENTER Site Number: 085 Feature # 1 Facing: SW Description: Property 085. Oblique view, showing shared wall. (Image #03-0028, 10/20/2019. EAS) Feature # 1 Facing: NW Description: Property 085. Oblique view. (Image #03-0040, 10/20/2019. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Site Map Property Name: EIGHTH & MAIN CARTER SERVICENTER Site Number: 085 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 12 Topographic Map Property Name: EIGHTH & MAIN CARTER SERVICENTER Site Number: 085