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HomeMy WebLinkAbout108 S Bozeman Ave 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: 108 S Bozeman Ave Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: Bozeman Site Number: 159 Historic District Number (if applicable): County: Gallatin Historic Name: Original Owner(s): Anna Brown Osborn Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Howellia House Owner(s): BZN Twin 108 LLC Owner Address: 14543 Kelly Canyon Rd Bozeman, MT 59715-7612 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E NE ¼ NE ¼ SW ¼ of Section: 7 Lot(s): PT of Fractional Lot 2 Block(s): Addition: Guys 1st Addition Year of Addition: 1871 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Residential Current Use: Residential Construction Date: 1904-1908 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83 (preferred) Zone: 12 N Easting: 497356.28 Northing: 5058271.01 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: 04/15/2021 Form Prepared by: S. Wells and E. Sakariassen, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants Inc. with C. Alegria and C. Hendry, Extreme History 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: 108 S Bozeman Ave Site Number: 159 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Queen Anne If Other, specify: Property Type: Residential Specific Property Type: Single family dwelling Architect: Unknown Architectural Firm/City/State: Unknown Builder/Contractor: Unknown Company/City/State: Unknown Source of Information: The site consists of one historical architectural feature: a house built between 1904 and 1908. It is a wood-framed, single story, hip- roofed, Queen Anne style residence. The house is nearly identical to 110 S Bozeman to the south, which is contemporaneous. The house was previously recorded in 1984 by James R. McDonald Architects, and they described the house as follows: "This detached one-story single-family residence has a square plan with a shed-roofed front porch attached to the joint of the main square and a gable-roofed addition to the front. The two-bay façade is asymmetrical and consists of a side-facing entrance with fixed and 1/1 double-hung windows. The frame construction is finished in stucco and rests on a concrete foundation. The hipped-gable roof is covered with green asphalt shingles and features returning eaves. There is one central brick chimney." Metcalf revisited the site in October 2020 and noted some changes to the primary west-facing façade, as well as an addition off the rear east elevation. Wood shingles have been added to the peak of the front-facing gable of the façade. Below the front-facing gable, the south portion contains three windows: two one-over-one lite hung windows and a larger one-over-one lite fixed window. The shed-roof above the recessed porch has been replaced with a flat roof supported with a corner post. The porch is accessed by a flight of wood steps with a wood rail on the north side. The porch is partially enclosed with a shingled balustrade. A large one over one picture window is also within the porch. Ornament is present along the façade and includes dentil molding. There are metal stove pipes protruding from the brick chimney. Due to the addition in the rear, the house now has a roughly rectangular plan shape. The roof is covered in new asphalt shingles. The stucco-clad exterior walls now support a banded mural painted along the north elevation that wraps around to the west-facing facade. The south elevation contains three one over one lite double-hung windows and three modern egress basement windows with corrugated metal window wells. The north elevation has six double hung windows of various sizes, some of which are paired. The small addition at the rear is at the southeast corner. The east gable end has a secondary entry flanked by grouped double-hung windows all beneath a shed roofed awning. A second feature to the rear (east) was noted at the time of survey. The feature does not appear to be historic and likely serves as a second living or office space. The feature is two stories with a clipped gable roof. The color and materials mimic the house and the entry faces the house on the north end of the west façade. A wood fence surrounds the yard. A sign on the outside of the fence explains the mural that spans the buildings north wall. See photos. Overall, the site is in excellent condition. Metcalf finds that the site does not, however, retain sufficient enough integrity. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 108 S Bozeman Ave Site Number: 159 HISTORY OF PROPERTY The property currently addressed as 108 South Bozeman Avenue was platted by John C. Guy as Guy’s Addition. It was surveyed on April 4, 1871. S. H. Osborne purchased this property on September 18, 1880. Dr. Stephen H. Osborn or Osborne was born in Warren County, OH in 1822. He graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College and then traveled west to Pike’s Peak in 1860. He continued west, arriving in Bannack on June 13, 1862. He moved to Virginia City, Montana Territory three years later and to Bozeman in 1871, opening the Osborn Drug Store (The Butte Daily Post, 24 November 1902). Osborn operated his drug store out of a log building on the corner of Main Street and Bozeman Avenue until 1882 when he built a brick building on Main Street. In his new building he sold drugs, patent medicines, toilet and fancy goods, perfume, pencils and stationery, brushes, toilet soaps, and much more (The Bozeman Weekly Chronicle, 06 June 1883). Osborn ran the drug store until his death. When Stephen H. Osborn died on November 23, 1902, ownership of this property passed to his widow, Anna Brown Osborn. Anna Brown Osborn later married David Chestnutwood, who was a traveling salesman. They ran the store until about 1908 (The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 06 December 2009). A residence was constructed on this property between 1904 and 1908, possibly by Anna Osborn. Anna Brown Osborn Chestnutwood sold the property to Edward H. Spieth on March 21, 1907. Edward H. Spieth was born in Bozeman, MT to Jacob and Barbara Spieth on August 6, 1883. Jacob and Barbara Spieth had come to America from Germany. Jacob started the Speith and Krug Brewery in Bozeman with partner, Charles Krug. This brewery was located on Bozeman’s Main Street for many years. Edward Spieth made his home in Bozeman most of his life. Shortly after purchasing this residence, Edward married Bertha Wohlegenant on June 8, 1907 (Ancestry.com, 2016). They lived in this residence together until they were divorced on March 29, 1910 (Ancestry.com, 2016). While living in this residence in 1908, Edward Spieth worked as a notions and news agent on Main Street where he sold cigars, tobacco, confectionery, and stationery (R. L. Polk & Co., 1908). By 1910, Spieth was boarding within the City Hall block and no longer living in this residence (R. L. Polk & Co., 1910). His later professions include printing and a journeyman electrician. He learned the printing trade through an apprenticeship at the Bozeman Weekly Chronicle newspaper. He was a printer for the weekly and the daily Chronicle, the Bozeman Courier, the Livingston Enterprise, and the Gallatin Tribune newspapers (The Billings Gazette, 30 September 1955). Speith died on September 27, 1955 and was buried in Bozeman’s Sunset Hills Cemetery (Findagrave.com, 2021). Edward H. Spieth sold this property to Lee Cosens on September 14, 1938. The Cosens family lived in this residence from 1933 to 1990. In 1940, Lee Cosens was living in this residence with his wife, Anna, and daughters, (Anna) Lee and Shirley, and son, Lucullis. Lee Cosens worked at Cosens Transfer and Storage Incorporated (R. L. Polk & Co., 1933-1959). Anna Cosens sold the property to her daughter, Anna Lee Purdy on February 18, 1988. Anna Lee Purdy had grown up in this house. On July 10, 1941 Anna Lee Cosens married Bud Purdy. On April 30, 1993, Anna Purdy sold this property to the Bozeman Parking Commission. On April 6, 2001 the Bozeman Parking Commission sold the property to Kent Madin and Linda Svendsen. On May 23, 2018 Madin and Svensen sold the property to BZN Twin 108 LLC, the owners as of December 2020. A sign posted on the outer fence surrounding the property states that in 2020 the house "became part of the Craighead Institute's urban mural project depicting threatened Montana species." This clarifies that the flowers in the mural are Water Howellias, and the source of the new house name, "Howellia House." MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 108 S Bozeman Ave Site Number: 159 Table 1. Chain of Title, 108 South Bozeman Avenue, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference USA William H. Babcock 10 March 1875 Patent E ½ SW ¼ Sec 7 T2S R6E GLO Records William H. Babcock Thomas B. Gray and John C. Guy 04 April 1870 Deed E ½ E ½ SW ¼ Sec 7 T2S R6E (40 acres) D: H/34 Thomas B. and Cordelia B. Gray John C. Guy 01 April 1871 Deed E ½ E ½ SW ¼ Sec 7 T2S R6E (40 acres) D: H/247 John C. and Amanda M. Guy Thomas Tweedy 18 April 1871 Deed 264’ x 165’ lot, part of the E ½ E ½ SW ¼ Sec 7 T2S R6E D: H/258 Thomas Tweedy Jeremiah Mathews 19 October 1872 Deed Part of the E ½ E ½ SW ¼ Sec 7 T2S R6E D: I/126 Jeremiah and Mary E. Mathews S. H. Osborne 18 September 1880 Warranty Deed 197’ x 165’ except 50’ x 156’ strip used as a street D: 1/448 When Stephen H. Osborn died on November 23, 1902, ownership of a 165’ x 170’ Lot on S. Bozeman Avenue passed to his widow, Anna Brown Osborn. Anna Browne Chestnutwood (fka Anna Browne Osborne) Edward H. Spieth 21 March 1907 Warranty Deed 197’ x 40.5’ Lot, part of Fractional Lot No. 2, Guy’s Addition, except 50’ x 45’ strip now used for street purposes D: 35/623 Edward H. Spieth Lee Cosens 14 September 1938 Warranty Deed Same D: 81/629 Lee S. and Anna A. Cosens Phyllis Matz 09 March 1964 Warranty Deed (given to correct title) Same D: 145/93 Phyllis Matz Lee S. and Anna A. Cosens 10 March 1964 Warranty Deed (given to correct title) Same D: 145/94 Leeland S. Cosens (dec’d) Anna A. Cosens 29 September 1982 Application for Determination of Inheritance Tax Same D: Film 72/1761 Anna A. Cosens Anna Lee Purdy 18 February 1988 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 100/2626 Anna Lee Purdy Bozeman Parking Commission 30 April 1993 Deed Same D: Film 131/3566 Bozeman Parking Commission Kent Madin and Linda Svendsen 06 April 2001 Warranty Deed Same D: #2034088 Kent Madin and Linda Svendsen BZN Twin 108 LLC 23 May 2018 Grant Deed Same D: #2617998 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 108 S Bozeman Ave Site Number: 159 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Ancestry.com 2016 Montana, U.S., County Divorce Records, 1865-1950 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Lehi, Utah. Electronic document, accessed March 29, 2021. Ancestry.com 2016 Montana, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1993 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Lehi, Utah. Electronic document, accessed March 29, 2021. The Billings Gazette [Billings, Montana] 1955 "Bozeman Man’s Rites are Today." 30 September. Billings, Montana The Bozeman Daily Chronicle [Bozeman, Montana] 2009 "Uncovering Osborne Building’s 127-year Story." 06 December. Bozeman, Montana The Bozeman Weekly Chronicle [Bozeman, Montana] 1883 "Osborn’s Drug Store." 06 June. Bozeman, Montana. The Butte Daily Post [Butte, Montana] 1902 "Oldest Bozeman Drug Man is Dead in Denver." 24 November. Butte, Montana. Findagrave.com 2021 Memorial page for Edward Harry Spieth (6 Aug 1883–27 Sep 1955), Find a Grave Memorial no. 26710744, citing Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana, USA. Electronic document, accessed March 29, 2021. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2021 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. James R. McDonald Architects 1984-85 108 S Bozeman Ave. Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory Form. Document on-file with the City of Bozeman. Bozeman, MT. Montana State Library. Montana Cadastral records online, http://svc.mt.gov/msl/mtcadastral, accessed 04/15/2021. R. L. Polk & Company 1902-2012 Polk’s Bozeman (Gallatin County, Mont.) City Directories. R.L. Polk & Co., Kansas City, Missouri. Sanborn Map Company 1884-1957 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana (Jul 1890, Nov 1891, Jan 1904, Sep 1912, Sep 1927, Sep 1943, Nov 1957). Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Statement of Significance Property Name: 108 S Bozeman Ave Site Number: 159 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 site consists of one historical architectural feature: a wood-framed, single story, hip-roofed, Queen Anne style residence constructed between 1904 and 1908. Metcalf finds the site in good condition. While previous survey by James R. McDonald Architects (James R. McDonald Architects, 1984) found the property, "a neutral element within a potential historic district", Metcalf finds the site has experienced alterations that affect integrity such that is insufficient to convey historic character. 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. The site is not located within an existing historic district and does not retain sufficient integrity to convey historic character in comparison to contemporaneous structures noted in the vicinity. Metcalf recommends the site not eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Integrity Property Name: 108 S Bozeman Ave Site Number: 159 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The site is in excellent condition, overall. The modern construction to the rear of the lot is not readily apparent from the public Right of Way. The modern structure and parking lot to the north, however, affect the integrity of setting. The stucco siding, added mural, wood shingles, and addition to the rear affect the integrity of materials, design, and feeling. Aspects of location, association, and workmanship are retained. Metcalf finds the property lacks sufficient integrity to convey historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Photographs Property Name: 108 S Bozeman Ave Site Number: 159 Feature # 1 Facing: E Description: Property 159. Primary façade. (Image #0373, 10/14/2020. EAS) Feature # 1 Facing: SE Description: Property 159. Oblique view. (Image #0372, 10/14/2020. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: 108 S Bozeman Ave Site Number: 159 Feature # 1 & 2 Facing: NE Description: Property 159. Oblique view. Feature two partially visible in background to right of the house. (Image #0374, 10/14/2020. EAS) Feature # 1 Facing: S Description: Property 159. View of north elevation and mural. (Image #0375, 10/14/2020. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Photographs Property Name: 108 S Bozeman Ave Site Number: 159 Feature # 2 Facing: SW Description: Property 159. Oblique view of outbuilding. (Image #0376, 10/14/2020.EAS) Feature # N/A Facing: N/A Description: Property 159. Close up of sign on property fence. (Image #0377, 10/14/2020. EAS) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Site Map Property Name: 108 S Bozeman Ave Site Number: 159 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 12 Topographic Map Property Name: 108 S Bozeman Ave Site Number: 159