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HomeMy WebLinkAbout064 24GA930 607 W Lamme 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: 607 W LAMME ST Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: BOZEMAN Site Number: 24GA930 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: GALLATIN Historic Name: Colburn House Original Owner(s): L.P. And Catherine Colburn Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Owner(s): Jo Anne H Troxel Owner Address: 607 W Lamme St, Bozeman, MT 59715-3434 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 02S Range: 05E NW¼ SE ¼ NE¼ of Section: 12 Lot(s): S107' LOTS 13-14 & S107' OF E2 LOT 15 Block(s): E Addition: Tracy’s 3rd Add (TR3) Year of Addition: 1883 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: Residence Current Use: Residence Construction Date: 1890 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83(preferred) Zone: 12 Easting: 496465.5 Northing: 5058665.7 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: 1987 Historic District: NRHP Eligible: Yes No Date of this document: 5/4/2020 Form Prepared by: E. Sakariassen, A. Sakariassen, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. with C. Alegria and C. Hendry, Extreme History Project Daytime Phone: 406-219-3535 MT SHPO USE ONLY Eligible for NRHP: □ yes □ no Criteria: □ A □ B □ C □ D Date: Evaluator: Comments: Site has been individually listed in the NRHP. Further, site would contribute to potential Historic District. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: 607 W LAMME ST Site Number: 24GA930 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Classic Revival If Other, specify: I-House 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: N/A The property, site 24GA930, is the Colburn House, listed in the NRHP in 1987. The site consists of two historical architectural features: a house built around 1890 in the Classic Revival style, and a large garage built in 1954, that has been converted to living quarters. Feature 1 is a 1.5- story residential structure, wood-framed, and clad with brick. It is an example of T-shaped variation of the standard I-House, referring to its plan which evolved in the Eastern United States from Georgian architecture. The foundation is concrete. The gable roof, with a number of gable-roofed dormers, is clad with asphalt shingles. A flat-roofed enclosed porch spans the primary façade. The main, south elevation is symmetrical, with a formerly open porch now enclosed with horizontal clapboard siding. The front door is at the top of a two wooden steps, centered on the façade, and flanked on each side with a fixed-lite window separated from a thin vertical one-lite fixed window on each side of which are the original paired pilasters. Completing the front porch exterior at the east and west ends of the façade are matching picture windows with casements side lites. On the upper story is a central, front- facing gable with a full-sized exterior door that accesses the flat roof over the porch. The door is set in the brick with an arched top that curves into the horizontal band which defines the peak of the gable. The peak has fish scale shingles. To each side of the center gable, a dormer cuts through the eave, clad in clapboard, and containing a tall double-hung one-over-one lite window, with fish scale shingles in the gable peak. The west elevation has a small window at the north end of the lower level and two one-over-one lite double-hung windows centered under the upper level window, also a one-over-one-lite double-hung window. The top of the window again curves with a brick course into the horizontal wood border that defines the gable peak. The gable peak has fish scale shingles. The east elevation has the clapboard sided porch at the south end, containing two narrow vertical windows set within original pilasters and separated by a larger casement window with two vertical lites. Dominating the elevation is a high, brick chimney, clad with bricks not quite a match to the original brick veneer, which cuts through the eave at the gable peak. The north end of the east elevation has a brick, single-story rear section with a one-over-one lite double hung window with a brick course defining the upper arch. Recessed beside this portion is a porch which has been enclosed. This portion contains a side door and three modern one-over-one-light combinations storm windows, and has horizontal clapboard-siding. In the upper level of the east elevation two gable-roofed dormers cut the eaves, and contain windows like the ones on the primary elevation, also with fish scale shingles in the peaks. The north elevation is not visible from the ROW. Feature 2 is a 1.5- story, gable-front, two-stall garage, built in 1954, and converted to residential use likely around 1990. It is wood- framed, rectangular in shape, and masonry blocks form the lower level. The south elevation faces onto the paved driveway, but is separated from the pad by a vertical wooden fence. The openings which originally contained the two garage doors windows now contain modern windows. On the upper level a modern picture window with flanking one-over-one-lite windows is centered under the gable peak. The upper story is clad in horizontal wood. Fish scale shingles fill the gable peak. This property was recorded in 1984 by James R. McDonald and was subsequently listed on the NRHP under Criterion C. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 607 W LAMME ST Site Number: 24GA930 HISTORY OF PROPERTY William H. Tracy purchased this property from the United States on June 15, 1872. He platted it as Tracy’s 3rd Addition on May 16, 1883. Catherine E. Colburn (or Colbern) purchased this property on February 20, 1893. Catherine Lyda was born in Macon County, Georgia in 1840 to Gideon and Miranda (DeFreese) Lyda. Catherine married Leonard Preston (L. P.) Colbern in 1859. Leonard Colbern was born in Missouri in 1833. L. P. Colbern was a farmer (Ancestry.com 2004). In 1874, the Colberns left Missouri for Oregon where they lived for seven years. They moved to Montana around 1881, settling in Gallatin County where L. P. became a prominent rancher in the valley. Leonard died on August 26, 1897 and Catherine died on April 4, 1917 (Bozeman Chronicle 5 April 1917). They are buried together in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT. (Findagrave.com 2004). The Colberns purchased the property for $650 and sold the property a little over a year later for $5,000. Robert A. Baxter purchased this property on August 1, 1894. Robert A. Baxter was born in 1836 to George and Sarah (Anderson) Baxter in County Donegal, Ireland. When Robert was about twelve years old, he immigrated with his parents to the United States, locating first in Ontario, Canada. In 1865, he moved to the San Francisco area, where he farmed until the early 1870s. He arrived in the Gallatin valley around 1871 and homesteaded a farm that was located five miles northwest of Bozeman (Archiveswest.com 2012). Robert married Mary James in 1880. Mary James was born in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada in 1850 to John and Margaret James (Ancestry.com 2001). Robert became a significant member of the Bozeman community. He was director of the Commercial National Bank, an officer of the Bozeman Milling Company, and treasurer of the Farmer’s Canal Company (The Anaconda Standard 12 January 1927). Mary died in 1926 in Bozeman; Robert died in 1927. Robert and Mary were buried together in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, MT (Findagrave.com 2004.) The Baxter Hotel, a historic landmark in downtown Bozeman, was named after Robert A. Baxter. His son Robert “George” Baxter had interest in the organization that built the hotel, the Community Hotel Inc. As chairman of the Baxter Hotel building committee, he helped raise the necessary funds to construct the hotel (Gallatin County Tribune and Belgrade Journal 22 December 1960). The property was transferred from Robert Baxter, to his son and daughter-in-law, George and Marie Baxter. Minnie Walton purchased the property on April 5, 1928. Minnie Cole was born in St. Helens, Kentucky in 1880 to William H. and Nannie (Steele) Cole. She married Alburn Walton in 1896 in St. Helens, KY. The Waltons moved to Bozeman in 1901 and lived on a grain-growing ranch five and one-half miles north of Bozeman on Springhill Road. In 1904, Mr. Walton won first prize at the St. Louis Fair for his turkey red wheat raised on the ranch. In 1926 they sold this ranch for $21,000 and moved into town and purchased this residence (The Billings Gazette 15 January 1926; The Great Falls Tribune 1 September 1961). After their move into town, Alburn Walton served as deputy sheriff. Alburn died in 1936 at this residence and Minnie died in 1961 (Ancestry.com 2001; Findagrave.com 2004). Earl Walton acquired the property on April 23, 1936, making the residence his home (R.L. Polk & Co. 1940). Earl Walton was the son of Minnie and Alburn Walton. Earl Walton was born in Kentucky in 1899. Earl served in the Marine Corps during World War I. He was a commander of Gallatin Post 14 for the American Legion, a secretary of the Bozeman Elks Lodge, and a member of the Scottish Rite bodies of Livingston, Gallatin Masonic Lodge No. 6, and the Eagles Lodge. Earl was Gallatin County treasurer for 20 years and was elected as Gallatin County Clerk and Recorder in 1962. He retired in 1964 (The Montana Standard 2 August 1967). Earl Walton married Georgia Benepe in 1953 in Carpinteria, California. They lived at 15 West Koch Street. While in Bozeman, Georgia worked in the office of the president of Montana State College (The Montana Standard 16 August 1953). Earl and Georgia B. Walton sold this property to Donald and Mae H. Girven on December 3, 1957. The Girvens sold the property to William C. and Jessie J. Pilgrim on June 2, 1959. William C. and Jessie J. Pilgrim sold the property to Vernon L. and Jo Anne Troxel on August 17, 1966. Jo Anne H. Troxel is the current property owner as of November 2019. This house is individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The site is in excellent condition, overall. Alterations such as the enclosing of the original open porches on the primary elevation and on the east elevation and replacement of windows have been done with sensitivity and do not detract from the historic character of the site. Metcalf finds it retains sufficient integrity to convey historic character and retain its NRHP-listed status. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 History of Property Property Name: 607 W LAMME ST Site Number: 24GA930 Table 1. Chain of Title, 607 West Lamme Street, Bozeman, Montana. Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Type of Instrument Property Description/Comments Reference USA William H. Tracy 15 June 1872 Patent S ½ of NE ¼ section 12, T2S R5E and SW ¼ of NW ¼ of section 7, T2S, R6E (113.40 acres) D: I/56 W. H. and Sarah J. Tracy Catherine E. Colburn 20 February 1893 Warranty Deed Lots 13 – 15 and part of Lots 23 & 27 adjacent to the north, Block E, Tracy’s 3rd Addition D: 14/129 (made to correct deed of March 7, 1892) L. P. and Catherine E. Colburn Robert A. Baxter 01 August 1894 Warranty Deed Same D: 14/386 Robert G. and Marie C. Baxter Minnie Walton 05 April 1928 Warranty Deed Same D: 69/520 Minnie Walton Earl Walton 23 April 1936 Warranty Deed Same D: 80/441 Earl and Georgia B. Walton Donald and Mae H. Girven 03 December 1957 Warranty Deed S 107’ of Lots 13 & 14, S 107’ of E ½ of Lot 15, Block E, Tracy’s 3rd Addition D: 126/111 Donald and Mae H. Girven William C. and Jessie J. Pilgrim 02 June 1959 Warranty Deed Same D: 131/126 William C. and Jessie J. Pilgrim Vernon L. and Jo Anne Troxel 17 August 1966 Warranty Deed Same D: 152/252 Jo Anne H. and Vernon L. Troxel Jo Anne H. Troxel 09 August 1998 Quit Claim Deed Same D: Film 188/207 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 607 W LAMME ST Site Number: 24GA930 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY The Anaconda Standard [Anaconda, Montana] 1927 “Prominent Old Bozeman Resident is Summoned.” 12 January. Anaconda, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/350761842/?terms=Robert%2BBaxter, accessed February 8, 2020. Ancestry.com 2001 Montana, State Deaths, 1907-2016 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, Utah. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5437&h=889710&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb2088&_phstart=successSource, accessed February 12, 2020. 2001 Montana, State Deaths, 1907-2016 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, Utah. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5437&h=890887&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=mrb2022&_phstart=successSource, accessed February 9, 2020. 2004 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, Utah. Electronic document, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?dbid=7836&h=764443&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=5437, accessed February 11, 2020. Application for Sewer Connection: August 24, 1907, F. Colloden, 607 W. Lamme Archiveswest.com 2012 “Robert A. Baxter Papers, 1875-1893. Biographical Note.” Electronic document, http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv95248, accessed February 8, 2020. The Billings Gazette [Billings, Montana] 1926 “Land Deal Involves Rich Gallatin Farm.” 15 January. Billings, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/408855569/?terms=Alburn%2BWalton, accessed February 12, 2020. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle [Bozeman, Montana] 1917 “Ages Woman Passes Away at Son’s Home.” 5 April. Bozeman, Montana. City of Bozeman No Date Historic Documents. Colburn House. Bozeman, Montana. Electronic document, http://weblink.bozeman.net/WebLink8/0/doc/65891/Electronic.aspx, accessed February 13, 2020. Find A Grave 2004 Robert A. Baxter (1836 – 1927). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45264285/robert-a_-baxter, accessed February 9, 2020. 2004 Catherine East Lyda Colbern (14 Apr 1840 – 4 Apr 1917). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51337704, accessed February 11, 2020. 2004 Alburn Walton (1874 – 1936). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51233173/alburn-walton, accessed February 12, 2020. 2004 Earl Walton (1899 – 1967). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51233175/earl-walton, accessed February 12, 2020. 2004 Minnie Walton (1880 – 1961). Electronic document, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51337275/minnie-walton, accessed February 12, 2020. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 607 W LAMME ST Site Number: 24GA930 Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder 1864-2019 Gallatin County Deeds. Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder, Bozeman, Montana. Gallatin County Tribune and Belgrade Journal [Bozeman, Montana] 1960 “George Baxter, Rancher, Financier, Banker, Dies.” 22 December. Bozeman, Montana. The Great Falls Tribune [Great Falls, Montana] 1961 “Bozeman - Walton, Mrs. Alburn (Minnie).” 1 September. Great Falls, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/239245003/?terms=minnie%2Bwalton, accessed February 12, 2020. The Montana Standard [Butte, Montana] 1953 “Miss Benepe Bride of Earl Walton.” 16 August. Butte, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/349912947/?terms=Earl%2BWalton, accessed February 12, 2020. The Montana Standard [Butte, Montana] 1967 “Services Today for E. Walton.” 2 August. Butte, Montana. Electronic document, https://www.newspapers.com/image/353013856/?terms=Earl%2BWalton, accessed February 12, 2020. Renewable Technologies, Inc. [RTI] 2008 Bozeman Historic Resources Survey, revised ed. Prepared for Planning Department, City of Bozeman, Bozeman, Montana. Electronic document, http://www.bozeman.net/home/showdocument?id=5645, accessed 3/31/2020. R. L. Polk & Co. 1904-2010 Polk’s Bozeman (Gallatin County, Mont.) City Directories. R.L. Polk & Co., Kansas City, Missouri. Sanborn Map Company 1890-1943 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana (Jul 1890, Nov 1891, Jan 1904, Sep 1912, Sep 1943). Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Statement of Significance Property Name: 607 W LAMME ST Site Number: 24GA930 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NRHP Listing Date: 1987 NRHP Eligibility: Yes No Individually Contributing to Historic District Noncontributing to Historic District NRHP Criteria: A B C D Area of Significance: Architecture Period of Significance: 1875-1899 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Colburn House was listed in the NRHP in 1987 under Criterion C for its architectural significance. As stated in the nomination, “Architectural details, as well as the overall ‘I-house’ form with a broad cross dormer, indicate a late 19th century date for the structure.” It is further identified as, “a notable monument in Bozeman, which has few elaborate house[s] of this general period and type relative to the large number of early 20th century houses” (McDonald 1987). Though not clearly expressed in the NRHP nomination, the I-House is not a common form in this region, having evolved in the Eastern United States. It remains a unique representative example of a property type. Metcalf finds the site in excellent condition. It retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character in reference to its architectural form and style under Criterion C, and it speaks clearly to the Civic Phase of Bozeman’s development, reflected in the eclecticism and individualization of both commercial and residential architecture (RTI 2008). This site is currently listed in the NRHP under Criterion C and retains integrity sufficient to maintain its listed status. Due to the character of the surrounding neighborhood, Metcalf recommends further research be conducted regarding Tracy’s 3rd Addition to evaluate district potential. This site would contribute to a potential historic district. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Integrity Property Name: 607 W LAMME ST Site Number: 24GA930 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The site is in excellent condition, overall. Alterations such as the enclosing of the original open porches on the primary elevation and on the east elevation and replacement of windows have been done with sensitivity and do not detract from the historic character of the site. The newer chimney, although of a slightly different color brick, conforms as well to the original design. Alterations to the 1954 garage have also maintained a level of sensitivity to the property as a whole. The site retains all aspects of integrity. Metcalf finds it retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Photographs Property Name: 607 W LAMME ST Site Number: 24GA930 Feature # 1 Facing: NE Description: 24GA930. Front façade, oblique view (Image #0140, 10/7/2019. EAS). Feature # 1 Facing: NW Description: 24GA930, east elevation, oblique view (Image #0142, 10/17/2019. EAS). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 10 Photographs Property Name: 607 W LAMME ST Site Number: 24GA930 Feature # 2 Facing: NW Description: 24GA930, Feature 2 (Image #0144, 10/17/2019. EAS). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 11 Site Map Property Name: 607 W LAMME ST Site Number: 24GA930 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 12 Topographic Map Property Name: 607 W LAMME ST Site Number: 24GA930