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Home My WebLink About123 W Main 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: 123 W Main Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: Bozeman Site Number: 24GA1544 Historic District Number (if applicable): County: Gallatin Historic Name: Charles Lundwall Building Original Owner(s): Charles Lundwall Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Charles Lundwall Building Owner(s): Lundwall LLC Owner Address: 468 Summer Ridge Rd, Bozeman, MT 59715-2116 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E SW ¼ SE¼ NW¼ of Section: 7 Lot(s): E 22.5' Lot 7 Block(s): Block B Addition: Tracy's 1st Add Year of Addition: 1872 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Commercial Current Use: Commercial Construction Date: 1905 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83 (preferred) Zone: 12 Easting: 496920.3 Northing: 5058451.75 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: 1999 Historic District: N/A NRHP Eligible: Yes No *Property meets the City of Bozeman’s definition of an eligible property (see below). Date of this document: 11/23/2020 Form Prepared by: E. Sakariassen and S. Wells, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. with C. Alegria and C. Hendry, Extreme Historic Project 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. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: 123 W Main Site Number: 24GA1544 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Commercial Style (Western) If Other, specify: Early 20th Commercial Style Property Type: Commerce Specific Property Type: Restaurant Architect: Eugene Morin, Fred Wilson Architectural Firm/City/State: Bozeman, MT Builder/Contractor: Company/City/State: Source of Information: Strahn 1999 The site is the 1905 Charles Lundwall Building, a two-story brick commercial building. The building was originally designed by Eugene Morin, with later interior remodels by Fred Wilson. The primary facade faces south onto W Main Street and there is an at-grade store entry at both the east and west ends. Between the entries are two large tinted-glass display windows, with a four-lite transom spanning the entire first story commercial storefront. The second story contains three large windows. The central window is a plate-glass window with a large transom lite. It is flanked by narrower one-over-two-lite windows. These windows are all modern replacements within unchanged openings. The building's flat roof is accentuated by horizontal poly-chromatic brick detailing, with three large white diamond-patterns near center. The rear (north) elevation has a single-story projection with two delivery entrances accessed by concrete stoops set within a deep recess. No major changes have been made since the site was listed in the NRHP (Strahn 1999). Storefront and second-story windows are not original, though the openings themselves are intact. Remodeling of the first story storefront recorded as having been covered in vertical-seamed sheet metal in the 1980s, has been returned to a more historically-sympathetic finish. Overall, the site is in excellent condition and retains sufficient integrity to convey historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 123 W Main Site Number: 24GA1544 HISTORY OF PROPERTY The Charles Lundwall building was designed by Eugene Morin and completed in 1905 for Charles Lundwall, an early and successful Bozeman plumber. This building served his retail business before 1910, when he sold the property to A.H. Black. Black rented the property to William B. Bessey, a house and sign painter. It was a paper, pain, and oils business with a frame shop in the rear. Later, in 1913, the building was converted to a mortuary operated by William Davis and Hiram F. West. They continued to rent this space and operate their funerary business until 1931. William K. Shamanoff opened a diner at this location in 1936 and hired notable Bozeman architect Fred Willson to redesign the storefront and interior in the Art Deco style. The exterior remodel was never completed, but the interior reflects his works. It has served as a restaurant since, despite change in the businesses and ownership. In the late 1990s, the storefront and interior were restored through a tax act project (Strahn 1999). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 123 W Main Site Number: 24GA1544 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Strahn, Derek 1999 Charles Lundwall Building. National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 Statement of Significance Property Name: 123 W Main Site Number: 24GA1544 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NRHP Listing Date: 1999 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 The Charles Lundwall Building is currently individually listed in the NRHP for its historic associations under Criteria A and C. It was built in 1905 by Charles Lundwall, a successful early plumber in Bozeman. Over the years, it has housed a variety of small local businesses. As stated in the NRHP nomination, "Historically associated with Bozeman's steady economic and demographic evolution during its late Civic, Progressive, and Nationalization Phases of development, the Charles Lundwall Building reflects broad patterns of commerce and community development in the 1905-1950 era. The building is of particular interest for its unique associations with the expansion of public health and county services in the Gallatin Valley. It functioned as a mortuary/ambulance service during the mid-19-teens, and later as the site of the County Coroner's Office. It also gains significance for its architectural values, as as strong example of the commercial architecture that proliferated in Bozeman during the first part of the 20th century. Having functioned as a restaurant continuously since the 1930s, its interior is of particular interest, reflecting the interior design ideas of historically prominent local architect, Fred Willson." Metcalf finds that the site is in excellent condition. In part because of restoration work conducted in the 1990s, the site retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character in reference to its historic associations. 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 in an existing or potential historic district. The site is currently listed in the NRHP and retains integrity sufficient to maintain its listed status. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Integrity Property Name: 123 W Main Site Number: 24GA1544 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) This site retains sufficient integrity to convey historic character, reflecting the architectural character of early 20th commercial development in downtown Bozeman. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Photographs Property Name: 123 W Main Site Number: 24GA1544 Feature # 1 Facing: N Description: Property 250. Façade view (Image #1728, 10/31/2020. SW). Feature # 1 Facing: S Description: Property 250. View south (Image #1733, 10/31/2020. SW). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Site Map Property Name: 123 W Main Site Number: 24GA1544 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Topographic Map Property Name: 123 W Main Site Number: 24GA1544