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Home My WebLink About124-126 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: 124-126 E Main St Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: Bozeman Site Number: 233 Historic District Number (if applicable): 24GA0952 County: Gallatin Historic Name: Saunders Building Original Owner(s): Guy F. Saunders Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Owner(s): Gallatin Realty Co Inc; Allied Manufacturing Corp Owner Address: PO Box 798; PO Box 794, Bozeman, MT 59771 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E SW ¼ SE ¼ NW ¼ of Section: 7 Lot(s): Portions of Lots 5, 6, and 7 Block(s): Block B Addition: Original Town Plat Year of Addition: 1870 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Commercial Current Use: Commercial Construction Date: 1924 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83 (preferred) Zone: 12 Easting: 497271.6 Northing: 5058382.36 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: 1986 Historic District: Main Street Historic District NRHP Eligible: Yes No *Property meets the City of Bozeman’s definition of an eligible property (see below). Date of this document: 4/22/2021 Form Prepared by: S. Wells and R. Schields, 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 contributes to the Main Street Historic District (24GA0952). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: 124-126 E Main St Site Number: 233 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Commercial Style (Western) If Other, specify: Property Type: Commerce Specific Property Type: Currently Unoccupied Architect: Fred F. Willson Architectural Firm/City/State: Builder/Contractor: Company/City/State: Source of Information: James R. McDonald Architects 1984 Saunders Building 124-126 E Main Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory. Document on-file with the City of Bozeman. Bozeman, MT. This site is the Saunders Building, a two-story commercial building designed by Fred F. Willson for Guy F. Saunders in 1924. The primary facade faces north onto E Main Street with a commercial store front recessed and at-grade. The building was originally recorded by James R. McDonald Architects in 1984 and subsequently listed in the NRHP as contributing to the Main Street Historic District in 1986. McDonald describes the site as follows: "This attached two-story commercial structure has a rectangular plan with an elaborate polychromatic design set into the facade, a metal awning over the storefront entrance, and a marble base under the storefront. The asymmetrical facade consists of a central front entrance with storefront windows and a stained glass, transomed (sic) side entrance to the upper level, set under a brick archway. The patterned multi-colored brick features five double-hung 1/1 windows on the second story with a light-brick outline and a continuous granite sill. The central parapet of the roofline features the building name set in granite block. The foundation is not visible, and the flat roof is covered with built-up materials, and sits perpendicular to the street." Metcalf visited the site in 2020 and noted only minor alterations since the time of previous survey. The metal awning has been removed to reveal a multi-lite transom over the entire storefront. Overall, the site is in excellent condition. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 124-126 E Main St Site Number: 233 HISTORY OF PROPERTY The site is named for its original owner, Guy F. Saunders, who commissioned Fred F. Willson to design this building in 1924. Born in New Brunswick, Canada in 1872, Saunders and his wife Annie immigrated to Bozeman in 1905. Saunders opened a tailoring and cleaning business, which moved into his new building on Main Street in 1924. The building was original designed with a foot-thick cake-brick wall on the west elevation for additional fire protection from combustible cleaning materials. Saunders purchased Bozeman's City Dye Works at a unknown date after 1913, the Dye Works was originally run by A. A. Allen (Independent-Record, June 9, 1931 and March 28, 1946). Annie passed in 1953 and Guy in 1956; they are buried together in Bozeman's Sunset Hills Cemetery (Great Falls Tribune, November 7, 1956 and findagrave.com). City Dye Works and Dry Cleaners continued to live on after Saunder's death; in 1959 Cecil and Ruth Klatt along with W.R., W. C., Gladys, and Jesse Pilgrim filed articles of incorporation for City Dye Works of Bozeman, they listed $50,000 in authorized capital (Independent-Record, March 13, 1959). After 1963, the business was owned and operated by Conrad and Pat Kradolfer, which they then turned over to their sons, Conrad and Curt, in 1987 (legacy.com). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 124-126 E Main St Site Number: 233 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Find A Grave Guy Frederick Saunders Memorial Page. Memorial ID: 51340997. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51340997/guy-frederick-saunders, accessed 4/22/2021. Great Falls Tribune [Great Falls, MT] 1956 Treasure State Deaths: Guy F. Saunders. Great Falls Tribune, November 7, 1956. https://www.newspapers.com/image/238648950/?terms=Guy%20Saunders&match=1, accessed 4/22/21. Independent-Record [Helena, MT] 1931 Men Pinned Under Truck On Railroad Crossing as Freight Train Roars By. The Independent-Record, June 9, 1931. https://www.newspapers.com/image/527633670/?terms=Guy%20Saunders&match=1, accessed 4/22/2021. 1946 Old-Time Bozeman Merchant, A. A. Allen, Dies. The Independent Record, March 28, 1946. https://www.newspapers.com/image/392395300/?terms=Guy%20Saunders&match=1, accessed 4/22/2021. 1959 Capital City News In Brief. The Independent-Record, March 13, 1959. https://www.newspapers.com/image/35730337/?terms=City%20Dye%20Works%20Bozeman&match=1, accessed 4/22/2021. James R. McDonald Architects 1984 Saunders Building 124-126 E Main Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory. Document on-file with the City of Bozeman. Bozeman, MT. Legacy.com 2007 Conrad John Kradolfer Jr. Memorial Page. July 15, 2007. https://obits.postandcourier.com/us/obituaries/charleston/name/conrad- kradolfer-obituary?pid=90792121, accessed 4/22/2021. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 Statement of Significance Property Name: 124-126 E Main St Site Number: 233 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NRHP Listing Date: 1986 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: 1920-1929 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Saunders Building is currently listed in the NRHP as a contributing site within the Main Street Historic District (24GA0952) (James R. McDonald 1986). Metcalf finds that the site is in excellent condition and retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character in reference to its historic associations. The site is currently listed in the NRHP as contributing to the Main Street Historic District and it retains integrity sufficient to to maintain its listed status. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Integrity Property Name: 124-126 E Main St Site Number: 233 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The site is in excellent condition overall. The site retains all aspects of integrity. Metcalf has determined that sufficient integrity remains and that the site is able to convey historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Photographs Property Name: 124-126 E Main St Site Number: 233 Feature # 1 Facing: S-SE Description: Property 233, façade view (Image #1760; SLW 11/07/2020). Feature # 1 Facing: NE Description: Property 233, oblique view (Image #1770; SLW 11/07/2020). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Site Map Property Name: 124-126 E Main St Site Number: 233 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Topographic Map Property Name: 124-126 E Main St Site Number: 233