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Home My WebLink About423 E Tamarack 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: 423 E TAMARACK ST Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 121 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: Original Owner(s): Donald F. and Nina M. McNeil Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Owner(s): John F III & Susan M Usher Owner Address: 423 E Tamarack St, Bozeman, MT 59715-3047 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E NW¼ SW ¼ SE ¼ of Section: 6 Lot(s): Lots 13 - 15 Block(s): 116 Addition: Northern Pacific Add (NPB) Year of Addition: 1883 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Residential Current Use: Residential Construction Date: 1942 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred) Zone: 12 Easting: 497635.7 Northing: 5059485.9 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: Historic District: NRHP Eligible: Yes No *Property does not meet the City of Bozeman’s definition of an eligible property (see below). Date of this document: 9/28/2020 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 not contribute to a potential Historic District. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Architectural Description Property Name: 423 E TAMARACK ST Site Number: 121 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Other (specify) If Other, specify: Minimal traditional Property Type: Residential Specific Property Type: 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. 1942. At least four other features were visible from the public ROW but appear to be modern constructions. The house is a wood-framed single-story structure built in the Minimal Traditional style, but has since undergone several modifications and additions. The additions and an attached garage off the east side of the house have resulted in an irregular plan. The house’s foundation is concrete, and the roof is irregular. The front façade is cross-gabled, while the rest of the roof has gables, asymmetrical gables, and shed roofs. The exterior walls are clad in wood shingles on most of the house and horizontal wood siding on the attached garage. The primary façade faces west, perpendicular to E Tamarack St. The primary entrance is behind a fence and beneath a small cross gable on the southern end of the west façade. Most of the original windows have been replaced and the openings have been altered, but a few of the replaced windows retain their original openings. The four additional structures noted above appear to be modern. They include two sheds, a small barn, and an enclosed structure. One shed is in the northwestern corner of the yard. It is small and has a green fiberglass corrugated roof. The second shed is to the north of the attached garage. It is a small front-gabled structure with horizontal wood siding and a window on the north wall. The entrance/front facade is presumed to be on the west side. The barn is just north of the latter shed. It has a side-gabled roof and is clad with horizontal wood siding and flat wood panels in the roof gable. The fourth building is a small front-gabled enclosed structure, located directly west of the barn. The exterior walls have weather protectant but no siding, and two large vertical windows on the southeast exterior wall. Its entrance is presumably on the southwest facing elevation but was not visible from the public ROW. Overall, the site is in fair condition. The shingle siding is in poor condition and the attached garage roof is slightly sagging. The vegetation surrounding the property includes large mature coniferous tree on both the east and west ends of the property and scattered deciduous bushes and trees. Due to the numerous modifications, additions, and overall fair condition, Metcalf finds that the site no longer retains sufficient integrity to convey historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 423 E TAMARACK ST Site Number: 121 HISTORY OF PROPERTY This property is located within the Northern Pacific Addition which was platted by John V. Bogert, Trustee, proprietor of the Northern Pacific Addition, on August 7, 1883. This single-family dwelling was constructed in approximately 1942. The first residents were Donald F. and Nina M. McNeil. (R.L. Polk & Co., 1942). Nina May McNeil was born on August 29, 1914 in Kirksville, Missouri to John C. and Abigail (Moorhouse) Pinkerton. She spent her childhood in Kansas and moved to Bozeman, Montana when she was twelve years old. She attended Emerson School and Gallatin County High School. Nina worked in Livingston at the Livingston Hospital until she married Don McNeil on April 3, 1935. They lived in Bozeman the rest of their lives. Nina was a long-time member of Neighbors of Woodcraft organization. Don died in 1975. Nina continued to live at “the family home” of 423 E. Tamarack. She married Vernon Pettet in 1980 and they lived together at 423 E. Tamarack. Nina died on March 10, 2007. Vernon Pettet had died in 1998. Nina was buried with Don McNeil in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman (Findagrave.com, 2004). The house was in the McNeil family until it was purchased by John F. and Susan M. Usher on June 26, 2012. The Ushers are the current owners as of November 2019. Table 1. Chain of Title, 423 East Tamarack Street, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference USA William B. McAdow 02 May 1872 Patent SE ¼ Section 6 T2S R6E D: 3/93 William B. and Florence V. McAdow John V. Bogert 15 November 1882 Deed Same (except tract deed to NPRR for ROW and Depot and other lot) D: 3/123 John V. Bogert, Trustee, Northern Pacific Addition to Bozeman Perry W. McAdow and William B. McAdow 01 March 1890 Deed Blocks 108 – 119, Northern Pacific Addition (with other lots) D: 17/231 Perry W. and Marian A. McAdow William B. McAdow 25 February 1898 Warranty Deed Lots 1 – 24, Block 116, Northern Pacific Addition (with other lots) D: 23/367 W. B. McAdow Florence V. McAdow 13 September 1927 Quit Claim Deed Lots 1 – 21, Block 116, Northern Pacific Addition (with other lots) D: 72/525 Florence V. McAdow (widow) Errol H. and Mattie J. Koch 18 February 1931 Warranty Deed Same D: 75/561 Errol H. and Mattie J. Koch Erville H. and Dorothy Fay Koch 17 May 1934 Warranty Deed Lots 13 – 15, Block 116, Northern Pacific Addition D: 79/163 Erville H. and Dorothy Fay Koch Donald J. and Nina M. McNeil 01 July 1938 Warranty Deed Same D: 95/590 Nina M. McNeil, Rep of the Estate of Donald J. McNeill Nina M. McNeil 17 June 1976 Deed of Distribution Same (1/2 interest) D: Film 33/569 Nina M. Pettet (fka Nina M. McNeil) Sherann Lynn Babich, Dona Aline, Lanphear, John Charles McNeil 26 November 1991 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 119/3159 Sherann Lynn Babich, Dona Aline, Lanphear, John Charles McNeil John F. Usher III and Susan M. Usher 26 June 2012 Warranty Deed Same D: #2419072 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 423 E TAMARACK ST Site Number: 121 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Find A Grave 2004 Donald J. McNeil (2 Nov 1911-14 Apr 1975). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51231790/donald-j_-mcneil, accessed November 12, 2019. 2004 Nina May Pinkerton McNeil Pettet (29 Aug 1914-29 March 2007), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18387081/nina-may-mcneil, accessed November 12, 2019. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2020 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. R. L. Polk & Co. 1941-2012 Polk’s Bozeman (Gallatin County, Mont.) City Directories. R.L. Polk & Co., Kansas City, Missouri. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Statement of Significance Property Name: 423 E TAMARACK ST Site Number: 121 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 Minimal Traditional-style house built in c. 1942, with several modern outbuildings. The site is in fair condition, overall, but lacks integrity sufficient 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. The site does not retain adequate integrity 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 and is not directly associated with contemporaneous residential properties documented in the vicinity that were moved to this area. Metcalf recommends that the site be considered not eligible and, in consideration of other historic properties within the Northern Pacific Addition, non-contributing to a potential district. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Integrity Property Name: 423 E TAMARACK ST Site Number: 121 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The site is in fair condition, overall, due to the deteriorating exterior wood shingles and sagging garage roof. The new windows, modifications, and additions have affected integrity of design, materials, workmanship, and feeling. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Photographs Property Name: 423 E TAMARACK ST Site Number: 121 Feature # 1 Facing: NW Description: Property 121. Oblique view. (Image #1714, 10/17/2019. SLW) Feature # 1 Facing: NE Description: Property 121. Oblique view, front façade is behind fence (west facing). (Image #1712, 10/17/2019. SLW) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Site Map Property Name: 423 E TAMARACK ST Site Number: 121 Feature # 2 & 3 Facing: SW Description: Property 121. Oblique view from side alley. (Image #1715, 10/17/2019. SLW) Feature # 2 & 3 Facing: NW Description: Property 121. Oblique view of outbuildings in backyard. (Image #1717, 10/17/2019. SLW) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Site Map Property Name: 423 E TAMARACK ST Site Number: 121 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Topographic Map Property Name: 423 E TAMARACK ST Site Number: 121