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HomeMy WebLinkAbout005 New Property Record Form 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: 302 S. 6th Ave. Historic Address (if applicable): 304 S. 6th Ave. City/Town: Bozeman Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) (An historic district number may also apply.) County: Gallatin Historic Name: Original Owner(s): Possibly John & Blanche MacDonald Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Owner(s): 302 South 6th Avenue LLC Owner Address: 240 Maplewood Rd Riverside, IL 60546-1846 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 5E NW ¼ NE ¼ SW ¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): 23-24 Block(s): 17 Addition: Park Year of Addition: 1883 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Residential Current Use: Residential Construction Date: 1900 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred) Zone: 12N Easting: 496493 Northing: 5058065 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: 10/23/1987 Historic District: Cooper Park NRHP Eligible: Yes No Date of this document: 10/4/2021 Form Prepared by: Shelley L Wells & Rebekah Schields, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc., w/ contrib. by Cheryl Hendry, Extreme History Project Address: PO Box 1526, Bozeman, MT 59715 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: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Other: If Other, specify: Folk Victorian Property Type: Residential Specific Property Type: Multi-Unit Architect: Unknown Architectural Firm/City/State: Unknown Builder/Contractor: Unknown Company/City/State: Unknown Source of Information: The site consists of two historical architectural features: a house built circa 1900 and its associated detached garage (built between 1912 and 1927). It is located on the southeast corner lot of S 6th and W Curtiss St., within the NRHP-listed Cooper Park Historic District, which was created in 1987 (United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service [USDI, NPS] 1987). The house (Feature 1) is a wood-framed, two-story Folk Victorian-style residence that was renovated into a three-unit apartment building prior to 1983. It has a rectangular plan with a stone and concrete foundation, the stone foundation is covered with a concrete plaster that is crumbling in some sections revealing the stones behind it. The concrete foundation on the primary façade has drawn lines in it to mimic blocks. The exterior is clad in horizontal wood siding with vertical corner boards. The roof is a front-facing gable, with a full-length shed roof dormer along the south elevation. Porches on the west, south, and north elevations support shed and hipped roofs. All roofs are clad in asphalt shingles and a central red brick chimney protrudes from the peak of the main gable near the west end of the roof. The primary façade faces west onto 6th Avenue and accesses the front apartment unit. The primary entrance is slightly off-center to the north and is sheltered under a hipped roof porch which is supported by three square wood columns. The entrance is accessed via wood steps leading up to a wood porch. The primary entrance is a paneled wood door with wood surround. To the north and south of the entrance are one-over-one lite hung windows with wood surrounds; aluminum exterior storm screens are attached to the windows. Above, a pair of one-over-one lite wood windows with wood surrounds are set in the gable peak. The south elevation supports a pair, and four single, one-over-one lite windows with wood surrounds. Other windows on this elevation include a pair of one-lite casement windows with wood surround, a one-lite casement window with wood surround, and two one-by-one lite sliding windows set in the foundation with concrete egress wells. At the east end of the elevation is a shed roofed extension supported by metal posts which covers an additional entrance to the main level and a set of concrete stairs that lead down to the basement. The main level entrance has a wood porch with wood steps; the basement stairs are concrete and set behind a concrete retaining wall. The east elevation supports a one-over-one lite hung window and a pair of single-lite casement windows with wood surrounds in the first story. Above, the second story has a pair of one-over-one lite hung windows with wood surrounds. The north elevation has two entrances. An entrance at the northeast corner accesses the main-level rear unit, while the second story unit is accessed via a set of wood stairs and a wood balcony near the center of the second story. The rear unit entrance is located on the east end of the north elevation and is accessed by a concrete sidewalk which runs from W Curtis up to a small concrete landing. The paneled wood door with inset lite is sheltered under a front-facing gabled porch roof with pent roof which is supported by two metal poles. To the west is a pair of single lite casement windows with wood surrounds and a set of wood stairs that accesses the upper unit. The wood stairs lead up to a wood balcony, supported from below by wood brackets. The wood balcony is sheltered under a front- facing gable with pent roof; the east portion of the gable porch roof extends to the east over the stairs. The east elevation of the balcony is open, while the north and west elevations have four-lite wood windows with wood surrounds. Below the wood balcony is a pair of single-lite casement windows and a one-over-one lite hung window, both with wood surrounds Feature 1 has sustained modification from its original form. At some point prior to 1983, the single-family residence was converted to a multi-family unit. It is likely that the south elevation’s full-length shed dormer and the north elevation’s gabled porch, gabled dormer, and second story entrance were added at this time. It is also likely that the porches on the south and west elevations are not original to the residence, although the west elevation porch is located where an original porch once stood (Sanborn Map Company, 1912). Feature 2 is a detached garage at the eastern end of the property. The five-stall garage extends north to south along the alleyway and the primary façade faces east toward the alley. The garage is clad in horizontal wood siding with vertical corner boards. The shed roof is clad in tar paper and a parapet along the north, east, and south elevations hides the slope of the roof. The east elevation supports five garage stalls each with a combination accordion-style/fixed panel door. The south elevation has a six-by-six lite sliding wood window MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 Architectural Description Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) with broken painted-over glass panes. The west (rear) elevation faces the back yard. At the south end is a single wood door. Just to the north, a single stall extends several feet out to the west. Vegetation on the property includes large mature coniferous and deciduous trees, bushes, and manicured lawn. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) HISTORY OF PROPERTY The property currently addressed as 302 South Sixth Avenue was platted by Nelson Story, John S. Dickerson, and Walter Cooper in May 1883 as part of the Park Addition. The residence on this property was built in c. 1900, possibly by John A. and Blanche MacDonald who had purchased this property on July 11, 1893. By 1900, John and wife Blanche, along with their children Walter and Arthur, were living in the residence. John worked as a farmer and a miner while living in the residence (R. L. Polk & Company, 1914, 1916). The family, including John, Blanche, and Arthur, still lived in the residence in 1920 according to census records. Later that year, the family moved to Spokane, WA where John died in August 1921 (The Spokesman Review, 25 August 1921). John and Blanche MacDonald sold the property to Della E. Lehrkind on January 14, 1920. Della Eichner Lehrkind was born on January 26, 1876 in Davenport, IA. She married Walter Lehrkind who had also been born in Davenport, in 1895. After the wedding, the young couple moved to Bozeman, MT. Walter was the son of Julius and Emelie Lehrkind who had moved to Bozeman in 1894. Julius Lehrkind, who had owned and operated a brewery in Davenport, was attracted to Bozeman by the central location, high quality water, and proximity to large barley producers. Walter assisted with the family brewery business as brewery superintendent. Della was involved in the social and civic life of Bozeman, belonging to many community organizations (The Independent-Record, 21 August 1936; The Great Falls Tribune, 26 May 1939). The Lehrkinds did not live in this residence during ownership. Della Lehrkind sold the property to her husband, Walter Lehrkind on March 14, 1928. Walter Lehrkind sold the property to his son, Julius Walter Lehrkind on September 23, 1936. Julius W. and Grace H. Lehrkind sold the property to Lester W. and Gertie M. Cottrell on May 27, 1939. The Cottrells also did not live in this residence during ownership. Lester Cottrell operated the Arcade Bowling Alleys in Bozeman and was a veteran of the First World War (The Great Falls Tribune, 08 August 1959). Mabel Bowman, Rosie C. Carney, and Iva Stucky became owners of the property sometime after Lester Cottrell died. They sold the property to Monte Ellen Chemodurow on September 9, 1963. Chemodurow did not live in the residence during ownership. Monte Ellen Smart Chemodurow had been born on February 27, 1903 to Silas and Abigail Smart in Bozeman, MT. Monte Ellen married Theodore Chemodurow on October 2, 1923 in Silver Bow County and worked in the MSU Research Lab for 16 years (The Anaconda Standard, 06 October 1923; The Billings Gazette 31 October 1975). Monte Ellen Chemodurow died on October 30, 1975 (Findagrave.com, 2021). After her death the property went to Georgia Daria Hohensee, Monte and Theodore Chemodurow’s daughter, through an Order for Distribution of the Estate on July 26, 1976. Georgia Daria Hohensee sold the property to James C. and Marcia W. Larson on August 1, 1978. James and Marcia Larson sold the property to Robert M. Beck on August 14, 1979. Helene Joyce Beck, Trustee of the Robert Mark Beck Marital Trust sold the property to Michael C. Adams on November 21, 2019. He sold the property to the current owner, 302 South 6th Avenue LLC in March 2021. Table 1. Chain of Title, 302 South Sixth Avenue, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference USA Maynard Randall 10 March 1875 Patent E ½ of the SE ¼ of Sec 12 T2S R5E GLO Records Accession Nr. MTMTAA 042872 Maynard and Helen E. Randall Nelson Story 03 October 1874 Deed E ½ of the SE ¼ of Sec 12 T2S R5E (Except 48 rods by x 23 rods 23 ft parcel in the NE corner thereof) D: I/526 Nelson and Ellen Story Elias Story 04 November 1874 Deed Same D: I/538 and Misc 5/395 Elias Story Ellen Story 14 November 1874 Deed Same D: I/542 Nelson and Ellen Story E. Myron Ferris 29 April 1891 Deed E ½ of the SE ¼ of Sec 12 T2S R5E (deed given to even defects [if any] in deeds heretofore given] D: 8/421 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 History of Property Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference E. Myron and Fannie A. Ferris Theobauld Schweitzer, Trustee 13 February 1891 Warranty Deed Lots 13 – 24, Block 17, Park Addition (with other lots) D: 19/43 Theobauld Schweitzer, Trustee William M. Alward 19 January 1893 Deed Same D: 20/214 William M. and Coda G. Alward John A. MacDonald 11 July 1893 Warranty Deed Lots 22 – 24, Block 17, Park Addition D: 14/226 John A. and Blanche B. MacDonald Della E. Lehrkind 14 January 1920 Warranty Deed Same D: 61/269 Della E. Lehrkind Walter Lehrkind 14 March 1928 Warranty Deed Same D: 79/533 Walter Lehrkind Julius W. Lehrkind 23 September 1936 Warranty Deed Same D: 82/85 Julius W. and Grace H. Lehrkind Lester W. and Gertie M. Cottrell 27 May 1939 Warranty Deed Same D: 82/601 Nothing in index Mabel Bowman, Rosie C. Carney, and Iva Stucky Monte Chemodurow 09 September 1963 Warranty Deed Lots 23 and 24 and N ½ Lot 22, Block 17, Park Addition D: 143/552 Patricia E. O’Connell Monte Chemodurow 22 July 1963 Warranty Deed Right of way easement D: 143/554 Monte Ellen Smart Chemodurow Georgia Daria Hohensee 26 July 1976 Order for Distribution of Estate Lots 23 and 24 and N ½ Lot 22, Block 17, Park Addition and walkway easement D: Film 33/2164 Georgia Daria Hohensee James C. and Marcia W. Larson 01 August 1978 Warranty Deed Same D: Film 45/513 and #2017493 James C. and Marcia W. Larson Robert M. Beck 14 August 1979 Warranty Deed Same D: #2017494 Georgia D. Hohensee and Cyndi H. Jakubek James C. and Marcia W. Larson 03 September 1992 Warranty Deed Same D: #2017495 Robert M. Beck Robert M. Beck, Trustee of the Robert Mark Beck Living Trust 21 June 2000 Warranty Deed Same D: #2017496 Helene Joyce Beck, Successor Trustee of the Robert Mark Beck Living Trust Helene Joyce Beck, Trustee of the Robert Mark Beck Marital Trust 12 May 2016 Trustee’s Deed Same D: #2546438 Helene Joyce Beck, Trustee of the Robert Mark Beck Marital Trust Michael C. Adams 21 November 2019 Warranty Deed Same D: #2665570 Michael C. Adams 302 South 6th Avenue LLC 29 March 2021 Warranty Deed Same D: #2726627 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY The Anaconda Standard [Anaconda, Montana] 1923 “Chemodurow-Smart” 6 October. Anaconda, Montana. The Billings Gazette [Billings, Montana] 1975 “Mrs. Monte Ellen Chemodurow.” 31 October. Billings, Montana. Findagrave.com 2021 Memorial page for Monte Ellen Smart Chemodurow (27 Feb 1903–30 Oct 1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76581076, citing Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana, USA. Electronic document accessed October 7, 2021. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2021 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. The Great Falls Tribune [Great Falls, Montana] 1939 “Walter Lehrkind, 66, Brewer of Bozeman to be Buried Today.” 26 May. Great Falls, Montana. The Great Falls Tribune [Great Falls, Montana] 1959 “Lester W. Cottrell.” 08 August. Great Falls, Montana. The Independent-Record [Helena, Montana] 1936 “Mrs. Walter Lehrkind Passes at Bozeman.” 21 August. Helena, Montana. National Park Service 1997 How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. National Register Bulletin No. 15. National Park Service, Washington, D.C. Electronic document, https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/NRB-15_web508.pdf, accessed 12/1/2021. R. L. Polk & Company 1904-2012 Polk’s Bozeman (Gallatin County, Mont.) City Directories. R.L. Polk & Co., Kansas City, Missouri. Sanborn Map Company 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. The Spokesman-Review [Spokane, Washington] 1921 “McDonald.” 25 August. Spokane, Washington. The United States Department of the Interior 1987 Cooper Park Historic District. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, 23 October 1987. Electronic document, https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=e80f88a7-0cc2-4de2-a07c-a97692fba466, accessed October 8, 2021. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Statement of Significance Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NRHP Listing Date: 10/23/1987 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 a single-family residence constructed c. 1900, which was converted into a multi-family unit prior to 1983, and a detached garage. Although conversion into a multi-family unit has impacted integrity of design and materials, the site retains all other aspects of integrity and retains sufficient integrity to convey historic character. The site has been evaluated for eligibility against the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Criteria. It is found to lack association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history under Criterion A. Research found no association with historically significant persons under Criterion B. The site does not represent significant characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction under Criterion C, and is unlikely to yield important information in reference to research questions under Criterion D. Metcalf reccomends the site not individually eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. While the site does not represent the significant characterists of a type, period, or method of construction that make it individually eligible for listing under Criterion C, the quality and integrity of its vernacular design supports and reflects the historic character of the Cooper Park Historic District (24GA953), of which it is a contributing element. The nomination notes the district as an “anthology of simple pattern book designs,” very few of which are personalized in design due to a high occupancy and turnover rate in the early 20th century. Despite the lack of personalization and high-style design, the district is a cohesive representation of Bozeman’s builder-constructed vernacular residences. Although Metcalf recommends the site not individually eligible for inclusion in the NRHP, the site is within the Cooper Park Historic District (24GA953) and has previously been identified as a contributing element to the district. Section 38.700.090 of the Bozeman Municipal Code defines an eligible site 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. Metcalf finds the site retains sufficient integrity to maintain its listed status as a contributing element within the Cooper Park Historic District. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Integrity Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) According to National Register Bulletin 15, “How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation,” integrity is the ability of a property to convey its significance. To retain historic integrity, a property must possess several, but not necessarily all of the following seven aspects: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. Location is the place where a historic property was constructed. This site retains integrity of location as neither the residence nor the garage have been moved since construction. Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of a property. Integrity of design has been impacted by the conversion of the property from a single-family unit to a multi-family unit. Although modifications have altered the interior arrangement of space and have added several dormers and porches to the exterior, the residence still retains the massing and scale of a modest single-family unit constructed in the early 20th century as well as its original footprint. Also retained are the original fenestration pattern, structural system, and relationship of the residence to its surrounding lot and outbuilding. Setting is the physical environment of a historic property; setting refers to the character of the place in which the property played a historical role. The site retains integrity of setting as the surrounding neighborhood is still composed of modest single-family units in a residential area. Materials are the physical elements that were combined during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern of configuration to form a historic property. Integrity of materials has been impacted by the conversion of the property into a multi-family unit. Although some materials were introduced to the residence at the time of its conversion, it seems that an effort was made to include sympathetic or similar looking materials to the original, as the windows on the dormers match the original, wood, one-over-one lite hung windows on the original portions and the reconstructed porch on the west elevation remains in the same location as the original porch. Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory; it is evidence of artisans’ labor and skill in constructing or altering a building. The site retains integrity of workmanship as evidenced by its simple, vernacular form, likely constructed by a local builder. The simple and likely mass-produced materials are also indicative of its early 20th century construction. Additionally, the integrity of workmanship reflects the significance of the Cooper Park Historic District, which is comprised of high quality, vernacular structures constructed in the early twentieth century. Feeling is a property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time. The site retains integrity of feeling as the residence continues to express its origins as a vernacular structure constructed in the early twentieth century. While some exterior components, like the full-length dormer on the south elevation, are not original the residence, these additions do not significantly detract from the residence’s ability to convey its origins. Association is the direct link between an important historic even or person and a historic property; a property retains association if it is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. The site retains integrity of association. Although the property has been modified, enough of the original structure remains to convey its association with the surrounding modest and vernacular residences constructed in the early 20th century. Overall, the site retains integrity of location, setting, workmanship, feeling, and association. While integrity of design and materials have been impacted by the converstion of the residence into a mulit-family unit, the additions and introducted materials do not signficantly detract from the character of the historic residence. Metcalf finds the site retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) Feature # Facing: NE Description: Site overview from west side of 6th Ave (Image #1922, 10/2/2021, SLW) Feature # Facing: SE Description: Site overview from NW corner of 6th Ave and W Curtiss St. (Image #1923, 10/2/2021, SLW) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Photographs Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) Feature # Facing: SW Description: Site overview from the north side of W Curtiss St. (Image #1924, 10/2/2021, SLW). Feature # 1 Facing: E Description: Primary façade of house (Image #1925, 10/2/2021, SLW) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Photographs Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) Feature # 1 Facing: NE Description: Oblique view of façade and south elevation (Image #1926, 10/2/2021. SLW). Feature # 1 Facing: E-NE Description: Semi-oblique view of south elevation (Image #1927, 10/2/2021, SLW). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 12 Photographs Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) Feature # 1 Facing: W Description: View of east elevation (Image #1929, 10/2/2021, SLW). Feature # 1 Facing: SW Description: Oblique view of east and north elevations (Image #1932, 10/29/2021, SLW). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 13 Photographs Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) Feature # 1 Facing: S Description: View of north elevation (Image #1933, 10/2/2021, SLW). Feature # 2 Facing: SW Description: Oblique view of detached garage/storage unit (Image #1942, 10/2/2021, SLW). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 14 Photographs Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) Feature # 2 Facing: NW Description: Oblique view of detached garage (Image #1944, 10/2/2021, SLW). Feature # 2 Facing: E Description: View of west elevation of detached garage (Image #1946, 10/2/2021, SLW). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 15 Site Map Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District) MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 16 Topographic Map Property Name: Site Number: 24GA953 (Cooper Park Historic District)