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Home My WebLink About305 N Grand 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: 305 N Grand Ave. Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: Bozeman Site Number: 177 Historic District Number (if applicable): County: Gallatin Historic Name: Original Owner(s): Alfred Lycan Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Owner(s): Glen E. Monahan Owner Address: 420 N 10th Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715-3210 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E SW ¼ NW ¼ NW ¼ of Section: 7 Lot(s): Block(s): Block 8 Addition: Bealls 3rd ADD Year of Addition: 1891 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Residential Current Use: Residential Construction Date: 1897-1903 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83 (preferred) Zone: 12 N Easting: 496853.12 Northing: 5058749.54 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: 03/03/2021 Form Prepared by: S. Wells and E. Sakariassen, 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: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Queen Anne If Other, specify: Property Type: Residential Specific Property Type: Single unit dwelling Architect: Unknown Architectural Firm/City/State: Unknown Builder/Contractor: Unknown Company/City/State: Unknown Source of Information: N/A This site consists of one historical architectural feature: a house built between 1897 and 1903. The house is a 1.5 story wood-framed structure with folk Victorian styling. It has a roughly rectangular plan shape and a concrete foundation. The roof is side gabled with asphalt shingles and a red brick chimney near the center of the ridge line. The exterior walls are clad in Asbestos shingles siding. The primary façade faces East onto North Grand Ave. The entry is within a recessed corner porch at the north end of the façade, supported by two wood posts with stick work. The entry itself is on the short north facing wall of the porch. A fixed picture window is located at the south end of the façade, and a rectangular fixed window is located at the north end, within the corner porch. The south gable end has a fixed picture window at the east corner, and a one-over-one-lite hung window in the upper story. The window on the upper story in the roof gable is a one over one lite hung window. The windows are old, but do not appear to be original, with the exception of the upper story gable end windows. A shed roofed bulb out projects from the awning corner, which is possibly a covered basement entry. An attached garage is at the north gable end, recessed from the façade. It is a single stall garage with a flat roof. The site is in good condition. Vegetation includes a large mature coniferous tree on the south end of the primary façade, and smaller deciduous trees scattered along the perimeter of the property. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177 HISTORY OF PROPERTY The property currently addressed as 305 North Grand Avenue is located in Beall’s 3rd Addition that was platted in 1891. This section of the block is labelled "Gordon Tract." In August of 1897, Alfred Lycan purchased this property from Charles H. and Lillian A. Gordon. Lycan was a well-known property owner in Bozeman and had many varied interests. Lycan subdivided this area as the Gordon Tract from 1903 to 1912. Lycan was a carpenter and may have built this residence during his ownership of the property from 1897 to 1903. From the early 1880s into the early 1900s Lycan organized tours through Yellowstone National Park (The Anaconda Standard, 22 August 1900). Each tour consisted of five passenger wagons and two freight wagons, one of which carried tents and bedding and the other carrying camp supplies and feed for the animals. There was also a cook’s wagon containing the provisions and tables (Longansport Reporter, 05 August 1899). He moved to Colorado in c. 1916. George Craig purchased the property from Alfred Lycan on March 30, 1912. George Craig had been born on October 6, 1835 in Ottawa, Canada to George and Mary (Moxley) Craig as one of a set of triplets. He was a surveyor and prospector, coming to Montana in the 1870s (The Anaconda Standard, 03 November 1921). He also worked as a quarryman and stonemason. Craig never married. He lived at 227 East Mendenhall from at least 1900 to the end of his life (R. L. Polk & Company, 1904 – 1920). He did not own the residence he lived in at 227 E. Mendenhall but instead boarded with Fannie Woodson, a black woman who owned the house and was head of the household. Craig left $400 to Fannie Woodson in his last will and testament (Ancestry.com, 2015; Ancestry.com, 2004). Craig never lived in the residence at 305 N. Grand, so he most likely purchased it as an income property. George Craig died on October 29, 1921 and was buried in Bozeman’s Sunset Hills Cemetery (Findagrave.com, 2021). George Craig sold the property to James and Augusta Forristell on August 30, 1915. James Forristell was born on March 20, 1854 in Ireland, coming to the U.S. when he was 17 years old. He was one of the many young immigrant men who fought for the U.S. Army under Brigadier General Crook during the Indian Wars from 1875 to 1878. He was among the group that arrived at the little Big Horn battlefield shortly after George Armstrong Custer had been killed. Forristell helped bury the dead (The Billings Gazette, 06 August 1944). He was stationed at Fort Ellis in 1879 and after his discharge, he stayed on in Bozeman, opening Forristell Cash Grocery on East Main Street in the 1890s. James married Augusta Heilman on April 20, 1891 in Billings, MT. Augusta Heilman had been born on October 20, 1857 in Galena, IL to Henry and Hannah Heilmann (Ancestry.com, 2017). James died on August 4, 1944 and Augusta died on January 12, 1948. They were buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman (Findagrave.com, 2021). James and Augusta Forristell never lived in the residence at 305 N. Grand. They resided at 33 E. Main (known as 233 E. Main after 1920) until the mid 1930s when they moved to the west end of Main Street (R. L. Polk & Co., 1906 – 1922; 1935). The Forristells sold the property to Alexander S. McMillan on June 14, 1923. McMillan was a real estate agent in Bozeman. He sold the property to Agnes Carpenter on June 18, 1926. Agnes Carpenter was born on May 18, 1899 in Logan, MT to William and Mary Ellen Carpenter. She lived in this residence from 1925 to about 1928 (R. L. Polk & Co., 1925 – 1929). Carpenter sold the property to Eunice and H. E. Bishop on January 10, 1928. The Bishops sold the property to Adelaide Mengel on March 20, 1929. Mengel sold the property to Gisle Gottliebson on July 3, 1930. Gottliebson quickly sold it to Hilda Olsen on July 28, 1930. Olsen quit claimed the property to G. Walter Hizer on August 3, 1933. Walter and Belle Hizer moved into the residence with daughter, Alta. Walter had been born on March 7, 1876 in MO to Martin and Mary Jane Hizer (Ancestry.com, 2017). Walter married Belle Cudney on December 27, 1905 at the home of Belle’s parents in Salesville, MT. In 1918, when Walter registered for the draft for the First World War he was working for the Davis Seed Company as a laborer (Ancestry.com, 2005). In 1940, Walter worked as a fireman’s helper at a heating plant and their daughter Alta worked as a dental assistant at a dentist office (Ancestry.com, 2012). Walter’s wife Belle had been born on October 1, 1882 in Bozeman to John and Susan Cudney. Belle died in 1956 (The Billings Gazette, 20 April 1956). Walter died on January 19, 1974 in Bozeman. After the death of her parents, Alta and her husband, Orin Hauger owned and lived in the residence. Alta had been born on November 3, 1915 in Logan (Ancestry.com, 2017). Alta married Orin Eldred Haugan on November 22, 1945 in Bozeman (Ancestry.com, 2017). Orin Haugan had been born on June 26, 1919 in Hoffman, MN. He came, with his parents, to Livingston in 1929. He served with the 101 Airborne Paratroopers in the European Theatre and fought in the Battle of the Bulge in Bastione. Upon his discharge from the military, he returned to Livingston and then Bozeman. Alta and Orin divorced on December 16, 1965 in Townsend, MT (Ancestry.com, 2017). Haugan died on December 8, 1972 in Hailey, ID (The Billings Gazette, 10 December 1972). Alta lived in the MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177 residence from 1966 to 1975, during which time she worked as the deputy Clerk and Recorder in Bozeman (R.L. Polk & Company, 1967). Jeffrey D. and Pamela A. Salsbury purchased the property from Alta Newman (fka Alta M. Haugan) on August 28, 1990. The Salsburys sold the property to Michael A. and Jane E. Basile on April 1, 1992. Glen E. Monahan and Nancy J. Schultz purchased the property on June 1, 1992 from the Basiles. On November 17, 2020, Glen Monahan and Nancy Schultz sold the property to 305 N Grand LLC, the current owners as of January 2021. Table 1. Chain of Title, 305 North Grand Avenue, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference USA William J. Beall 01 May 1871 Patent Lot/Tract 1, Sec 7 2S6E GLO Records William J. and Rosa V. Beall Matthew McGuirk 16 October 1879 Warranty Deed 1 acre lot 16 rods x 10 rods (located 1438 ft. W of the NW cor Beall and Bozeman Streets) D: 1/170 Matthew McGuirk Charles H. Gordon 15 May 1882 Warranty Deed Same D: 2/375 Charles H. Gordon Mrs. D. S. Gordon 01 September 1884 Deed Same D: 6/205 Mrs. D. S. Gordon Charles H. Gordon 18 August 1890 Deed Same D: 17/458 Charles H. and Lillian A. Gordon Alfred Lycan __ August 1897 Warranty Deed Same D: 23/231 On October 7, 1897, Alfred Lycan sold a strip of land 264’ x 5.9’ on the east side of the Gordon Tract to the City of Bozeman to form a part of Second Avenue (now Grand Avenue) (D: 21/146) Alfred Lycan George Craig 30 March 1912 Warranty Deed 50’x 140’ Lot, 50’ N of NW cor N Grand and W Beall, Beall’s 3rd Addition D: 44/571 George Craig James Forristell 30 August 1915 Quit Claim Deed Same D: 66/446 James and Augusta Forristell Alexander S. McMillan 14 June 1923 Warranty Deed Same D: 65/381 Alexander S. McMillan Agnes Carpenter 18 June 1926 Warranty Deed Same D: 69/333 Agnes Carpenter Eunice Bishop 10 January 1928 Warranty Deed Same D: 71/368 Eunice and H. E. Bishop Adelaide Mengel 20 March 1929 Warranty Deed Same D: 74/59 Adelaide Mengel Gisle Gottliebson 03 July 1930 Warranty Deed Same D: 74/297 Gisle Gottliebson Hilda Olsen 28 July 1930 Warranty Deed Same D: 74/469 Hilda Olsen (widow) G. W. Hizer 03 August 1933 Quit Claim Deed Same D: 77/588 G. W. Hizer Alta M. Haugan 26 March 1965 Warranty Deed Same D: 147/519 Alta M. Newman (fka Alta M. Haugan) Jeffrey D. and Pamela A. Salsbury 28 August 1990 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 112/2012 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 History of Property Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177 Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference Jeffrey D. and Pamela A. Salsbury Michael A. and Jane E. Basile 01 April 1992 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 122/1101 Michael A. and Jane E. Basile Glen E. Monahan and Nancy J. Schultz 01 June 1992 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 123/3107 Glen E. Monahan (aka Glenn E. Monahan) and Nancy J. Schultz Glenn E. Monahan and Nancy J. Schultz 13 May 2020 Quit Claim Deed Same D: #2681573 Glenn E. Monahan and Nancy J. Schultz 305 N Grand LLC 17 November 2020 Warranty Deed Same D: #2709396 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Anaconda Standard [Anaconda, Montana] 1900 "Here! 9 ½ Days in Yellowstone Park." 22 August. Anaconda, Montana. 1921 "Pioneer Prospector Takes Last Journey." 03 November. Anaconda, Montana. Ancestry.com 2004 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, Utah. E Census Place: Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0187; FHL microfilm: 1240912. Electronic document, accessed February 23, 2021. 2005 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, Utah. Electronic document, accessed January 29, 2021. 2015 Montana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1866-1965 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, Utah. Electronic document, accessed February 23, 2021. 2017 Montana, U.S., County Births and Deaths, 1830-2011 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Lehi, Utah. Electronic document, accessed January 29, 2021. 2017 Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Lehi, Utah. Electronic document, accessed February 23, 2021. 2017 Montana, U.S., Divorce Records, 1943-1988 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Lehi, Utah. Electronic document, accessed January 29, 2021. The Billings Gazette [Billings, Montana] 1944 "Pioneer Indian Fighter Dies." 06 August. Billings, Montana. 1956 "Bozeman Woman’s Rites Set at Funeral Home." 20 April. Billings, Montana. 1972 "Orin Haugan." 10 December. Billings, Montana. Findagrave.com 2021 Memorial page for George Craig (6 Oct 1835–29 Oct 1921), Find a Grave Memorial no. 51223597, citing Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana, USA. Electronic document, accessed February 23, 2021. 2021 Memorial page for James Forristell (28 Mar 1854–4 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial no. 51338279, citing Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana, USA. Electronic document, accessed February 23, 2021. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2021 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. Logansport Reporter [Logansport, Indiana] 1899 "The Park Outfit." 05 Aug. Logansport, Indiana. Montana State Library. Montana Cadastral records online, http://svc.mt.gov/msl/mtcadastral, accessed 3/03/2021. R. L. Polk & Company 1904-2012 Polk’s Bozeman (Gallatin County, Mont.) City Directories. R.L. Polk & Co., Kansas City, Missouri. Sanborn Map Company 1890-1957 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana (Jul 1890, Nov 1891, Jan 1904, Sep 1912, Sep MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Information Sources/Bibliograph Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177 1927, Sep 1943, Nov 1957). Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Statement of Significance Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177 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 The property at 305 N Grand Ave has not been previously recorded. The sit consists of a residence built 1897 and 1903. The house is a 1.5 story wood-framed structure with folk Victorian styling. It has a roughly rectangular plan shape and a concrete foundation. The roof is side gabled with asphalt shingles and a red brick chimney near the center of the ridge line. The exterior walls are clad in Asbestos shingles siding. The site is in good condition, overall. Changes to the siding, addition of an attached garage, and altered windows affect integrity of materials, workmanship, feeling, and design. Sect. 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 has been determined to lack individual significance under Criterion A, B, C, and D and key aspects of integrity necessary to convey historic character. The site is not located within an existing historic district and contemporaneous residential properties in the vicinity have been found to lack sufficient integrity to convey historic character. Metcalf finds there is no district potential Metcalf recommends this site not eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Integrity Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The site is in good condition, overall. Changes to the siding, addition of an attached garage, and altered windows affect integrity of materials and design. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Photographs Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177 Feature # 1 Facing: NW Description: Property 177. Oblique view. (Image #0310, 10/12/2020. EAS) Feature # 1 Facing: SW Description: Description: Property 177. Oblique view. (Image #0308, 10/12/2020. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Photographs Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177 Feature # 1 Facing: W Description: Description: Property 177. Primary façade. (Image #0309, 10/12/2020. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 12 Site Map Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 13 Topographic Map Property Name: 305 N Grand Ave Site Number: 177