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Home My WebLink About310 N 7th 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: 310 N 7TH AVE Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 022 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: The Glen Motel / Travelier Motel Original Owner(s): Charles and Alice Nunnelly Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Royal 7 Motel Owner(s): Lien Corp / A L Bendz Owner Address: 310 N 7th Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715-3308 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E SW¼ NE ¼ NE ¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): Lot 3 - 6, Acres 1.851, E 35' Lot 2 Block(s): 2 Addition: Border Tract Add (BDT) Year of Addition: 1970 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Commercial Current Use: Commercial Construction Date: 1942/1980 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83 (preferred) Zone: 12 Easting: 496474 Northing: 5058779 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: 9/29/2020 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 district. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Architectural Description Property Name: The Glen Motel/Travelier Motel Site Number: 022 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Other (specify) If Other, specify: Mid-century modern Property Type: Commerce Specific Property Type: Royal 7 Motel Architect: Unknown Architectural Firm/City/State: Unknown Builder/Contractor: Unknown Company/City/State: Unknown Source of Information: N/A This property consists of a commercial motel built c. 1942, with an addition built c. 1980. It is comprised of three buildings: the north and west wings of the motel, a separate south wing with newer construction indicated by newer materials, and a central conference building with meeting rooms accessed on the east and west sides. There is a greenspace courtyard and gazebo to the west of the conference building. Surrounding the courtyard is asphalt pavement for motel and conference guest parking. The motel is a single-story structure built in the mid-century modern style. It has a C-shaped plan that is open to the west (N 7th Ave.). The motel’s roof is very low pitched with a side gable roof on the separate south wing of rooms (the 1980 addition). That wing is clad in synthetic stucco, as is the conference center. The exterior walls are clad with concrete blocks, with possible permastone veneer around the main entrance (office) and a stone flower bed/ornament wall along the interior of the building on the facades of the motel rooms. The main office and entrance are on the northwest corner of the property. A second door is nearby on the south elevation, beneath a stylized flat roofed portico. Most of the windows appear to be modern, though the large picture-type size of the openings is unchanged. The doors are modern steel or vinyl paneled doors. The applied shutters may be original. A neon metal sign on a concrete slab is located at the N 7th Ave. entrance to the parking lot. The sign is typical of mid-century roadside signage, with large lettering and illumination. The sign is red, white, and blue and reads “ROYAL ‘7’ MOTEL” with a large “7” at the top. Vegetation around the outer walls of the north, east, and south elevations of the motel includes unkempt grass and weeds, and sporadic small deciduous trees and bushes. The center courtyard west of the conference center is manicured and includes a large coniferous tree and various bushes. Overall, the motel is in excellent condition, although the outer perimeter has not been maintained, Metcalf finds it retains sufficient integrity to convey historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: The Glen Motel/Travelier Motel Site Number: 022 HISTORY OF PROPERTY William Beall purchased this property from the United States on May 1, 1871. In 1970, it was officially platted as part of the Border Tract Addition. Charles Nunnelly purchased this property on December 3, 1940. Nunnelly initially operated a “Tourist Court” with 4 cabins on this location (Sanborn Map Company, 1943). In c. 1942 Nunelly began building the Glen Motel with an eventual 31 units constructed (Montana Cadastral). The original cabins were either incorporated into the current structure or demolished and the current structure built. The motel was owned and operated by Alice and Charles Nunnelly. The first listing for the Glen Motel in the city directory is 1942 (R. L. Polk & Company, 1942). Charles Parker Nunnelly was born in Somerset, Kentucky on July 23, 1884 to Robert A. and Emily Nunnelly. He came with his parents to Montana in 1892 when he was eight years old. Charles married Alice Miller on September 2, 1909 in Somerset, Kentucky. They lived on a ranch north of Belgrade until 1919. Charles built a “modern stopping place for travelers at their home at 310 North Seventh Avenue. He had formerly owned and operated the Bozeman Auto Camp just east of Bozeman and had sold that place in 1940” (The Bozeman Courier, 28 December 1945). The motel continued in operation as The Glen Motel until Harold A. and Glendowyn N. Jackson purchased the property on September 15, 1955 and changed the name to the Travelier Motel. On May 2, 1967 Alice Nunnelly, Harold A. and Glendowyn N. Jackson sold the property to the Travelier Motel, Inc. On April 29, 1969, the Travelier Motel, Inc. sold the property to the Lien Corporation. Around 1972 the name changed to the Stardust Motel (R.L. Polk & Co., 1940 to 1980). In 1980, 16 additional units were added (Montana Cadastral) and the name was changed to the Royal 7 Motel. As of November 2019, the building was operating as the Royal 7 Budget Inn and was owned by the Lien Corporation. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 History of Property Property Name: The Glen Motel/Travelier Motel Site Number: 022 Table 1. Chain of Title, 310 North Seventh Avenue, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference USA William J. Beall 01 May 1871 Patent N ½ of NE ¼ Section 12, T2S R5E D: 2/373 William J. and Rosa V. Beall Benjamin P. Barker 14 July 1880 Warranty Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ Section 12, T2S R5E (20 acres) D: 1/370 Benjamin P. Barker Rosa V. Beall 14 July 1880 Warranty Deed Same D: 1/374 William J. and Rosa V. Beall Henry I. Border 03 March 1898 Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ Section 12, T2S R5E D: 24/410 Northern end of property Sam I. and Bertina C. Border, Mary Cloninger, Thirza Bair, Leila B. Fishleigh Lena E. Border 24 August 1931 Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ of Section 12, T2S R5E D: 76/76 Lena E. Border Harold D. Korslund & Clyde M. Rushing 29 October 1937 Warranty Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ Section 12, T2S R5E (160’ x 559’ Lot) D: 81/360 Southern end of property H. I. and Lena E. Border H. G. Klenze 29 September 1908 Warranty Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ Section 12, T2S R5E (1000’ x 140’ Lot on N side of W. Beall St. and E side of N. 7th Ave.) D: 39/190 H. G. and Margaret Klenze J. W. McLane 17 April 1909 Warranty Deed Same D: 40/315 J. W. McLane Isaac Boyer 03 September 1909 Warranty Deed Same D: 40/516 Carrie Boyer, Exec of Estate of Isaac Boyer Floyd James and Florence Spady 22 June 1936, 10 December 1937 Executrix’s Deed Same (except part deeded to the Board of County Commissioners) D: 79/434, 81/123 Floyd and Florence Spady Harold D. Korslund and Clyde M. Rushing 10 January 1938 Warranty Deed Part of NE ¼ NE ¼ Section 12, T2S R5E (472.83’ x 140’ lot) D: 81/359 Entire property Clyde M. and Dora M. Rushing and Harold D. and Lois M. Korslund Fred Pathmann 29 August 1938 Warranty Deed Blocks 1 and 2, Border Tract Addition (300’ x 370’ Lot) D: 81/581 Fred and Tena Pathmann Charles P. Nunnelly 03 December 1940 Warranty Deed Same D: 84/373 Charles P. Nunnelly Alice Nunnelly 27 January 1941 Warranty Deed Lots 3 – 6, E 35’ Lot 2, Block 2, Border Tract Addition D: 92/390 Alice Nunnelly Harold A. and Glendowyn N. Jackson 15 September 1955 Warranty Deed Same D: 119/139 Alice Nunnelly, Harold A., and Glendowyn N. Jackson Travelier Motel, Inc. 02 May 1967 Warranty Deed D: 154/7 Travelier Motel, Inc. Lien Corporation 29 Apr 1969 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 75/1130 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: The Glen Motel/Travelier Motel Site Number: 022 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY The Bozeman Courier [Bozeman, Montana] 1945 “Charlie Parker Nunnelly.” 28 December. Bozeman, Montana. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2020 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. Montana State Library. Montana Cadastral records online, http://svc.mt.gov/msl/mtcadastral, accessed 5/11/2020. R. L. Polk & Co. 1941-2012 Polk’s Bozeman (Gallatin County, Mont.) City Directories. R.L. Polk & Co., Kansas City, Missouri. Renewable Technologies, Inc. (RTI) 2008 Bozeman Historic Resource Survey, revised ed. Prepared for Planning Department, City of Bozeman, Bozeman, MT. Sanborn Map Company 1884-1958 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana (Jul 1890, Nov 1891, Jan 1904, Sep 1912, Sep 1927, Sep 1943, Aug 1958). Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Statement of Significance Property Name: The Glen Motel/Travelier Motel Site Number: 022 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 a commercial motel built c. 1959, with an addition built c. 1980. The site is in good condition, despite a few modifications over time. Overall, it 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 of 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 similar structures observed in the vicinity. The site retains sufficient integrity to convey association with the Postwar Expansion Phase of Bozeman’s development, particularly as commercial development grew along N 7th Ave (RTI 2008). It is representative of mixed-use in the development of central Bozeman, contemporaneous with development in the adjacent Tracy’s 3rd, Karp, and Violett additions. Metcalf recommends further research be conducted regarding Bozeman’s Border Tract Addition to evaluate district potential. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Integrity Property Name: The Glen Motel/Travelier Motel Site Number: 022 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) Overall, the site is in excellent condition. The remodels and addition of the south room building affects the overall site design, but most of the aspects of the original site are intact and sufficient to convey historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: The Glen Motel/Travelier Motel Site Number: 022 Feature # 1 Facing: NE Description: Property 022. Overview. (Image #01-0079, 10/17/2019. EAS) Feature # 1 Facing: S Description: Property 022. View in parking lot (E elevation of conference center visible). (Image #01-0083, 10/17/2019. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Photographs Property Name: The Glen Motel/Travelier Motel Site Number: 022 Feature # 1 Facing: NE Description: Property 022. Oblique view. (Image #01-0086, 10/17/2019. EAS) Feature # 2 Facing: NE Description: Property 022. Sign and view toward motel office. (Image #01-0078, 10/17/2019. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Site Map Property Name: The Glen Motel/Travelier Motel Site Number: 022 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 12 Topographic Map Property Name: The Glen Motel/Travelier Motel Site Number: 022