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Home My WebLink About238-246 E Main St 2021 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: 238-246 E Main St Historic Address (if applicable): 42-46 E Main St. City/Town: Bozeman Site Number: 24GA0765 Historic District Number (if applicable): 24GA0952 County: Gallatin Historic Name: Spieth & Krug Brewery / Maxey Block Original Owner(s): Spieth & Krug Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Owner(s): AKM 238 LLC Owner Address: PO Box 1798, Bozeman, MT 59771-1798 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E SE ¼ SE ¼ NW ¼ of Section: 7 Lot(s): Lots 10-12 Block(s): Block C Addition: Bozeman Original Plat Year of Addition: 1870 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Commercial Current Use: Commercial Construction Date: 1882 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83 (preferred) Zone: 12 N Easting: 497431 Northing: 5058387 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: 1984; 1986 (district) Historic District: Main Street Historic District NRHP Eligible: Yes No *Property meets the City of Bozeman's definition of an eligible property. Date of this document: 04/30/2021 Form Prepared by: S. Wells and E. Sakariassen, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants Inc. Address: PO Box 1526, Bozeman, MT 59771 Daytime Phone: (406) 219-3535 MT SHPO USE ONLY Eligible for NRHP: □ yes □ no Criteria: □ A □ B □ C □ D Date: Evaluator: Comments: Site is individually listed in the NRHP and contributing to the Main Street Historic District. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: 238-246 E Main St Site Number: 24GA0765 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Italianate If Other, specify: Property Type: Commerce Specific Property Type: Multiple commercial businesses Architect: Unknown Architectural Firm/City/State: Unknown Builder/Contractor: Unknown Company/City/State: Unknown Source of Information: This site consists of one historical architectural feature: a commercial structure built ca. 1882. It was previously recorded in 1983 by John N. Dehaas, Jr. (AIA) and listed in the NRHP 1984 as individually significant in the areas of architecture and commerce. It was recorded again in 1984 by James R. McDonald Architects and subsequently included as a contributing site within the 1986 Main Street Historic District (24GA0952). A brief description of the property from McDonald is as follows: "This two-story commercial structure has a square plan with a shed-roofed one-and-one-half story side entrance extension. The symmetrical facade has a four off-center entrances, two on the first level and two immediately above on the balconied facade. The windows on the street level are fixed, transomed and have awnings on some. The second floor windows have low-arched heads of brick with sandstone and sills of sandstone. There is a metal cornice. The brick construction has been sandblasted and has cast iron storefront label of 'Bozeman Foundry.' There is also a wood panel design on the main floor entries. The first floor is of reddish brick and the second a yellowish color. The axis of the roof is perpendicular to the street. The second floor balcony and side entrance structure are later attachments or replacements. The upper floor elements are of the Italianate Commercial mode of Victorian architecture." For a more thorough description see the NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. Metcalf revisited the site on November 7, 2020, and noted no major changes since the 1984 survey with the exception of updated painted trim around the windows and entrances. Not mentioned in any of the previous reports/surveys is a worn painted sign, "Sweet's Chocolatier" on the roof line of the western elevation. There is also some slight brick deterioration also present on the western elevation. The rest of the site is in excellent condition. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 238-246 E Main St Site Number: 24GA0765 HISTORY OF PROPERTY This site is the Spieth & Krug Brewer building, built in 1882 as part of a complex of buildings that formed the Bozeman Brewery. As described in the NRHP Nomination Form, it is "one of the earliest commercial buildings in downtown Bozeman" and "reflects the airy, verticality of early commercial design in Montana. The building retains a very high degree of historic architectural integrity and has been in use for more than 100 years" (DeHaas 1984). The following is excerpted from DeHaas's NRHP nomination and summarizes the site's recorded evolution and significance: "According to the Bozeman Sanborn Map of 1884, the Bozeman Brewery, a two-story brick building with a wooden balcony on the front, was used for beer storage in the basement and an ice house on the first floor. The second floor was a public hall. A decision to build the second floor was apparently made after construction of the building was well under way. A few months before the building was completed a notice appeared in a local newspaper stating that, 'We learn that Messrs. Spieth and Krug are endeavoring to secure sufficient brick to carry up their new building an additional story.' This search for additional brick probably accounts for the fact that first and second stories are of different colors. A few months after this ad appeared for the Christmas Ball to be held in 'Spieth & Krug's New Hall.' There had been a Spieth & Krug hall before the building was started, probably in one of the other brewery buildings. Jacob F. Spieth was born in Germany in 1833 and had a farming background. He emigrated to the United States in 1854 and spent several years in farming in the midwest. The lure of gold took him to Pike's Peak, then in 1863 to Montana where he spent two years in Alder Gulch, two years in Confederate Gulch, and some time in other localities before settling in Bozeman and opening a brewery with Charles Krug. Krug was also born in Germany, in 1840, and emigrated to the United States in 1856. He farmed in Missouri until 1864 when he followed the crowds to Virginia City. He engaged in prospecting until 1867 when he moved to Bozeman. The brewery had changed hands by 1892; the new owners were Henry Kellinger, a former resident of Pennsylvania, and Louis Hanson, who came from Denmark. By 1900, the Bozeman Brewing Company, as the operation was then called, had moved to N. Wallace near the depot, and Spieth and Krug building had been renamed the Maxey Block. Maxey Hall, on the second floor, continued to meet some of the social needs of the community. Daniel Maxey had coal mines east of Bozeman and in the 1890's developed a solid financial base. He expanded the building ay adding a one story section to the rear and also remodeled the front on the first floor by putting in an additional door and changing the windows. For a number of years businesses on the first floor were primarily saloons. As for example in 1902-3: Alexander McLain Billiard Hall and Albert Smith Saloon; and in 1906-7: H.E. Huffman Saloon, Rudolf Michel Saloon and Booth & McCarthy Saloon. At this time the Bozeman City Directory also listed Maxey's Hotel (rooming house) at 46 E. Main. It should be noted that street numbers then stated with Bozeman Avenue and the Maxey Block address was 42-46 E. Main. In 1910-11 the headquarters for Maxey Coal was given as 46 E. Main" (DeHaas 1984). Other businesses have occupied the first-story storefronts over the years. The second story has been underutilized. According to previous recorders, in the 1940s, the upstairs waas refurbished by the Bozeman Trades and Labor Council, and the building became known as the Union Hall. When the Labor Council built its own building a few years later the upper floor was again deserted except for temporary use as an artist's studio. More recently, it has served as a restaurant. At the time of this survey the second story is in use as vacation rental spaces, while the first floor is occupied by two restaurants (Five On Black, and Pita Pit), a retail store (Jonah & Sage), and a hair salon (The Upper Cut) in the side addition off of the western elevation. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 238-246 E Main St Site Number: 24GA0765 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Cohen, Matt 1985 Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory for Commercial National Bank, 238-246 E Main St., Revision. Document on-file with the City of Bozeman, MT. James R. McDonald Architects 1984 238-246 E Main St. Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory Form. Document on-file with the City of Bozeman, MT. Montana State Library. Montana Cadastral records online, http://svc.mt.gov/msl/mtcadastral, accessed 05/02/2021. Spieth and Krug Brewery 1984 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. National Park Service, US Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 Statement of Significance Property Name: 238-246 E Main St Site Number: 24GA0765 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NRHP Listing Date: 4/19/1984 NRHP Eligibility: Yes No Individually Contributing to Historic District Noncontributing to Historic District NRHP Criteria: A B C D Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce Period of Significance: Historic More Than One Decade STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The property at 238-246 E Main St. is the historic Spieth and Krug Brewery (24GA0765) and was listed in the NRHP in 1984. It was recorded again in 1984 by James R. McDonald Architects, and regarded as "significant because it is associated with Bozeman's early economic development and persons important to its history, Jacob Spieth and Charles Krug...[and that] the historic integrity of his property has been retained due to the survival of original design and materials and continuity of use, setting and location." It was subsequently included in the NRHP-listed Main Street Historic District (24GA0952) in 1986 as a contributing site. Metcalf finds that there have been no major modifications since this survey, and this site retains sufficient integrity to convey historic character. This site is currently listed in the NRHP both individually and as a contributing site within the Main Street Historic District. It retains sufficient integrity to maintain its listed status. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Integrity Property Name: 238-246 E Main St Site Number: 24GA0765 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The site is in excellent condition, overall. Minor modifications have not affected the integrity of the site. All aspects are retained. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Photographs Property Name: 238-246 E Main St Site Number: 24GA0765 Feature # 1 Facing: S Description: Site 24GA0765 (Property 234). Primary façade. (Image #1782, 11/07/2020. SLW) Feature # 1 Facing: SE Description: Site 24GA0765 (Property 234). Oblique view. (Image #1781, 11/07/2020. SLW) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Photographs Property Name: 238-246 E Main St Site Number: 24GA0765 Feature # 1 Facing: SW Description: Site 24GA0765 (Property 234). Oblique view. (Image #1784, 11/07/2020. SLW) Feature # 1 Facing: N Description: Site 24GA0765 (Property 234). View of south elevation, rear of building. (Image #1791, 11/07/2020. SLW) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Site Map Property Name: 238-246 E Main St Site Number: 24GA0765 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Topographic Map Property Name: 238-246 E Main St Site Number: 24GA0765