HomeMy WebLinkAboutRobinson Farmhouse Inventory Form 2024
Historic Documentation and Evaluation:
The Robinson Farmhouse
Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana
Scott L. Carpenter
InteResources Planning, Inc.
Bozeman, Montana
Report submitted to Montana State University
Planning, Design, and Construction Department
SHPO Project No.: 2023120704
InteResources Planning Project No.: IRP-24-02
MSU PPA No.: 22-012
November 15, 2024
Table of Contents
Montana State Historic Preservation Office - Architecture & Engineering Record (AE-R Form 1)
1. Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
3. Ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
4. Historic Property/Architectural Description . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Narrative Description of Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
History of Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6. National Register Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
7. Information Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
8. List of Photos & Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Introduction
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+ How to Apply National Register Criteria for Evaluation. National Park Service, National Register Bulletin. 1997.
Online: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/NRB-15_web508.pdf
1. Identification
HISTORIC / PROPERTY NAME SMITHSONIAN NUMBER (issued by
SHPO)^
Robinson Farmhouse
PROJECT NAME PROJECT NUMBER
Historic Documentation, MSU Poultry Barn SHPO 2023120704 (IRP-24-02)
DATE FIRST RECORDED BY PHONE (000) 000-0000 EMAIL ADDRESS
10/15/2024 Scott L. Carpenter (406) 581-6722 scott@interesources.com InteResources Planning,
Inc.
505 Bond St., Ste. B
Bozeman, MT 59715
DATE UPDATED BY PHONE (000) 000-0000 EMAIL ADDRESS
2. Location
COUNTY LOT/BLOCK SUBDIVISION STREET ADDRESS CITY / TOWN (NEAREST)
Gallatin Parcel 1 C.O.S. 2728 1501 S. 3rd Ave. Bozeman, MT 59715
UTM COORDINATES OR LAT-LONG FOR THE CENTER OF THE SITE, TO THE 6TH DECIMAL DATUM (E.g., NAD27, WGS84, etc.)
UTM 496718.11 m Easting / 5056687.75 m Northing WGS 1984
TOWNSHIP N/S RANGE E/W SEC QTR TOWNSHIP N/S RANGE E/W SEC QTR
2 S 5 E 13 NE/NE
(tab from last cell to add rows to TRS table)
NARRATIVE / NOTES ON ACCESS (OPTIONAL)
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3. Ownership and Use
CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE/SURFACE OWNERSHIP CURRENT USE
Montana State University
MSU Facility Services
Bozeman, MT 59717-2760
Public University, Support Services X Public
Private
ORIGINAL ADMINISTRATIVE/SURFACE OWNERSHIP ORIGINAL/HISTORIC USE
Lester Robinson
Bozeman, Montana
Farm Public
X Private
4. Historic Property/Architecture Description
PROPERTY TYPE* ARCHITECTURAL STYLE TIME PERIOD
Historic Residence Vernacular Historic, more than one decade
1920-1943
ARCHITECT NAME/FIRM ARCHITECT CITY, STATE BUILDER NAME/COMPANY BUILDER CITY, STATE CONSTRUCTION DATE
Not known Not known ca. 1920
STATUS NOTES ON STATUS CHANGE
X Original location
Addition/alteration
Moved/relocated
Destroyed Historic property demolished by MSU, May 15-17, 2024. SHPO decision for demolition documented in
letter of 12/11/2023 from SHPO to MSU
Other
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
The Robinson Farmhouse was one of the main structures on the 140-acre farm beginning in the early 1920s. The Robinson
Farmhouse was built sometime between 1919 and 1921 along with the large, 3-story barn (not extant) that was located
immediately west of the rear of the farmhouse. The farmhouse is located at 1501 South 3rd Ave, with façade on the east side. The
rear (west) side of the farmhouse opened onto an extensive farmyard. The Robinson Farmhouse and Barn occupied the extreme
northeast corner of the property which extends south of what would be West Lincoln Street (street does not exist in this block),
west of South 3rd Avenue, north of would be Stucky Road (road does not exist in this area), and east of South 11th Avenue, except
for a small triangle of land at the extreme southeast corner of the property, west of South 3rd Avenue and east of the Chicago,
Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Railroad right-of-way (CMSTP&P RR).
The building is a 1 1/2 - story, single-family residence, designed in a simple, Craftsman period style with full-width front porch that
is recessed beneath the second floor of the building. The roof form is a simple gable style with open gables on the north and south
sides. The second-floor space of the roof exhibits a central cross-gable faced dormer. The second-floor area at the rear (west) end
of the house has a full-width dormer with hipped roof. The house is constructed of wood frame on a poured-concrete foundation
with full basement. The farmhouse has large, mature trees on the east side, adjacent to the front of the house and South 3rd
Avenue. The main entrance on the east façade is accessed by a straight east-west concrete sidewalk extending from the west side
of South 3rd Avenue, with 5 concrete steps. Another 5 concrete steps lead to the front port of the house. A substantial one-story
full-width addition was built to the rear (west) of the house by Montana State University in the mid-1980s.1 The overall
measurements of the original (historic) farmhouse is 26-feet 2-inches wide, north-south, at the east façade and 38-feet 2-inches
east-west. The non-historic addition attached to the north (rear) elevation measures the same width of 26-feet 2-inches north-
1 Personal Communication with Adam Hallberg, GIS Specialist, MSU Facilities Management Department, November 8, 2024.
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south and 36-feet east west, with a hipped roof and a small portico with gable end roof extending from the east elevation. The first-
floor area of the entire building (both original building and modern west addition) is covered with 1/2-inch-thick bevel siding with
5-inch reveal. Side edges, top, and bottom edges of wall surfaces are trimmed with 1-inch by 5-inch trim boards. The walls of the
the second-floor gables and dormers are finished with regular-spaced sawn wood shingles with 5-inch reveal.
Exterior – East Façade (Figure 1.): The façade of the residence is a single, non-symmetrical bay with a single-entry door on the far
right, flanked by a double window in the center and a single window at the left. The façade has a full-width, symmetrical covered
porch that recessed beneath the east end of the second floor of the house. The porch is bounded by walls on the south, east, and
north sides with large openings, one on the south, two large openings on either side of the east elevation with a central wide
access way, and a single opening on the north side. The porch space extends 10-feet 2-inches from the front wall of the house, at
the floor. The center entryway to the porch is atop 5 concrete steps from the sidewalk and one additional step formed by the porch
deck structure. The central opening into the porch is 5-feet 10-inches wide and bordered on each side by square vernacular
simplified Doric-like style wood columns extending 57-inches high from the lower edge to the top edge of the porch openings. The
columns are slightly tapered with measurement of 9-inches square at the bottom and 6 5/8-inces at the top. The simplified capital
at the top of each column is made of two simple-cut 1-inch boards, increasing in dimension from the top of the column. The floor
of the porch appears to be original, unfinished 3-inch-wide clear fir floorboards, sloping approximately 1 1/2” downward to the
front of the porch. The east (front) wall of the porch exhibits two rectangular (24-inches wide by 3-inches high) weep holes, one on
either side of the porch entrance, to allow for water drainage off the porch floor. The vertical height from the porch floor to ceiling
is 9-feet. There is no baluster or railing incorporated in the porch, instead it has solid walls with the openings described above. The
exterior walls of the porch are finished with the same bevel siding with 5-inch reveal, that exists on the first-floor area of the entire
building.
The first-floor façade is an asymmetrical one-bay form with entry door on the right, a double set of 1-over-1 windows in the center,
and a single 1-over-1 window on the left. All windows on the front façade appear to be original with simple cut-lumber trim
forming the window casing (head: 5 3/4-inches wide, topped with a thinner, slightly longer, 1-inch piece of head trim, the side
jambs are 4 5/8-inches wide, and the sill is 1 3/4-inches high and has a slight slope away from the window sash with a 1 1/2-inch
projection. The ends of the sill are flush with the side jambs. The center pair of windows is placed at the centerline of the façade,
centered on the porch steps. The center pair of widows has a single 6-inch wide post between each window unit. Each window unit
is approximately 63-inches high by 30-inches wide. Windows have modern single-pane metal-framed 1-over-one storm windows.
Original hardware earlier wood-framed storm windows and/or screens are attached to the window casings.
The entry door to the farmhouse (Figure 2) is made of plain sawn (possibly) oak, 35-inches-wide by 80-inches high, with three
vertical panes of glass and a large wood kick-base. The door is framed like the windows with a substantial wood sill. The door has
modern hardware and lockset, and a modern wood-core aluminum storm-door.
The second floor of the house is exposed on the east façade through a substantial dormer that projects through the plane of the
gable roof. Different from many similar Craftsman-Style homes, the front wall of the dormer is flush with the eave of the roof and
the front wall of the first-floor porch, breaking the band of cornice trim at the front eave-line. The dormer is centered on the roof,
occupying the center 2/4ths of the roof width. The dormer has an 8/12 pitch roof with a gable showing a Greek-Revival form with
horizontal cornice band and wide trim, simulating the pedimental feature of Greek design. Another interesting design feature of
the dormer are the bell-cast, or flared, eaves that exhibit a pitch of approximately 5/12. This bell-cast eave is similar to the flared
eaves that existed on the Robinson/Thompson barn, formerly located immediately west of the farmhouse.2 The front and side wall
of the dormer are finished with regular width, sawn-shingles with a 5-inch reveal, painted brown.
The façade wall of the dormer has three large double-hung sash windows, each with 2-over-two lights. The top head trim piece is
incorporated into the full width trim piece that runs along the top of the wall (and the two side walls) of the dormer, beneath the
cornice or eave trim. These windows also appear to be original to the house.
2 Carpenter, Scott L., 2024. Historic Documentation and Evaluation: The Robinson/Thompson Barn (MSU Poultry Barn), Montana
State University, Bozeman, Montana. Report submitted to Montana State University Planning, Design, and Construction Department.
Copies on file at MSU Planning, Design, and Construction Department, Bozeman, MT; MT State Historic Preservation Office, Helena,
MT; and InteResources Planning, Inc., Bozeman, MT.
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Figure 1. View to west at east façade of Robinson Farmhouse. Note full-width porch recessed beneath second floor, second floor dormer that
extends to face of front wall, and Greek-Revival treatment at gable end of dormer. (IRP-24-02-p_Robinson Farmhouse_East
Facade_IMG_1443.jpg).
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Figure 2. View to west showing detail of main (front) entry door to Robinson Farmhouse. (IRP-24-02- p_Robinson Farmhouse_Entry
Door_IMG_1478.jpg).
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Figure 3. View to southwest at northeast corner of Robinson Farmhouse with modern 1-story addition at rear (far right). Note dormer on east
façade that is flush with front wall of porch that is recessed beneath second floor. Also note bell-cast (flared) eaves on east façade and front
dormer. (IRP-24-02-p_Robinson Farmhouse_NE Corner_IMG_1446.jpg).
Exterior -- North Elevation (Figure 4 ):
The first-floor area of the original farmhouse clearly shows the recessed porch beneath the second floor. Centered on the first floor
of the north elevation is a three-sided, trapezoid-shaped, bay window with three individual window units, one on each plane. The
bay window is sided in the same beveled siding boards and trimmed like the remainder of the first-floor features. The top of the
bay is in line with the 6-inch-wide belly-band trim piece at the top of the siding of the first floor. On top of the bay, extending into
the shingled face of the second-floor area is a small hipped-roof cap. The floor of the bay is cantilevered over the ground with open
space below. The bay measures 9-feet wide and projects from the north wall of the house by 2-feet 5 1/2-inces.
West of the central bay window is a three-window unit with a central window measuring approximately 30-inches wide by 63-
inches high and flanked on either side by narrower windows. The windows are double-hung sash type with one-over-one lights,
separated by 6-inch wide frame posts.
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Figure 4. View to south at north elevation of Robinson Farmhouse. Red arrow indicates position of modern one-story rear addition constructed
during the mid-1980s. Note projecting bay window, center of house, first floor. Also, note projecting second-floor dormer with hip-roof on north
(rear side of original farmhouse building. Edge of bell-cast eave at north (rear) side of original house (at center of photo) was removed to
accommodate later addition . (IRP-24-02-p_Robinson Farmhouse_North Elevation_IMG_1450.jpg).
The second-floor area of the gable end has three asymmetrically placed windows of two different sizes, all double-hung sash
windows with one-over-one lights, like the rest of the house. The gable end of the roof-space is surfaced in regular-spaced cedar
shingles with 5-inch reveal. The north wall of the west (rear) dormer has no windows and is surfaced in the same sawn cedar
shingles as the east dormer and gable ends. The roof eave-line of the west dormer is flush with the edge of the west gable-end
roofline. The north elevation of the dormer is slightly inset from the roofline.
The configuration of the north elevation, scale and placement of windows, and other details are original to the building as
indicated by the 1922 photograph showing the north and west elevations of the farmhouse (Figure 5) . Figure 5 shows an enlarged
view from the 1922 photograph, taken to the southeast from the site of the MSC engineering shop (then under construction) with
a clear image of the north and west elevations of the Robinson Barn and Farmhouse. The historic photograph clearly shows the
configuration of the house, windows, roofline, rear dormer, one-car detached garage.
The one-story west (rear) addition (added in the mid-1980s) is well-finished with the same siding and similar trim and smaller
windows as the historic portion of the building.
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Modern addition (mid-1980s)
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Figure 5. Enlarged portion of 1922 photograph view to southeast from MSC Engineering & Shop Buildings (then under construction), showing
northwest (rear corners) of Farmhouse (left) and Robinson Barn (right). Note original configuration of white-trimmed windows of north elevation
of house, windows on west (rear) dormer, and one-story garage at southwest (rear) corner of house. Historic caption directly on photo:
“Bozeman - Montana” 3-28-[19]22, Engineering @ Shop Bldgs., Montana State College, Gauger-Korsmo Company-Contracting Engineers.” Note
electric power poles near house and barn indicating power supplied to original buildings as early as 1922. (Photo from MSU Special Collections;
PA 6-2, Folder 1, Ryan Lab & Roberts Hall, under construction, “Collection MSU-12001, University Picture Collection, Box 23”).
Exterior – West Elevation (Figure 6 and 7): Little remains of the west elevation of the original farmhouse. The one-story addition,
ca. 1986, attached to the full width of the former house necessitated the demolition of the windows and doors on the first floor of
the west elevation, the exterior attached water closet (see Figure 8), and the one-story detached garage located at the southwest
corner of the house (see Figure 5). The only window on the west wall of the dormer that still exists is the one at the extreme right
(south side). The other windows were removed and covered with new cedar shakes in about 1986, when the remodel and west
addition were constructed.3 The only original features of the west elevation that remain include a small portion of the dormer’s
west wall (without windows), the hipped roof of the dormer, and the west plane of the gable roof.
Enhancement of a photograph taken during the construction of the MSC Steam Plant in 1922, shows the north and partial east
walls of the farmhouse (Figure 7). The photograph shows at least two original large windows on the south dormer, smaller kitchen
windows on the north side of the first-floor west wall, a central door, and perhaps a small projecting back porch.
Sheet A1 of the design and construction plans for the remodel of the “Addition & Remodel of Poultry Ind[ustry] Residence,” (Figure
8) shows details of a demolition plan to “Remove existing windows, frames, etc. Remove existing garage, entry, and bath in their
entirety. … Remove existing water closet, and lav[atory] for reinstallation…”4 This information shows that the original west façade
and one-story garage were still in situ in the 1980s. The full sheet of the plans showing the attachment of the addition to the west
wall of the original farmhouse are shown in Figures 11A and 12A at the end of this report.
3 Architectural plans, undated (ca. 1986), “Project: Addition & Remodel Poultry Ind[ustry] Residence, Owner: State of Montana,”
Sheet A3, prepared by Taylor Architects, Bozeman, MT.
4 ibid., Sheet A1.
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Figure 6. View to southeast at north elevation and partial view of west (rear) elevation of farmhouse and modern (ca. 1986) addition (right of
center. Note configuration of original west dormer projecting from roof of original rear portion of house. Dormer has hipped roof with facia trim
flush with edge of gable roof. North wall of dormer is inset a short distance from face of north elevation. Central brick chimney (originally serving
historic kitchen and furnace) protrudes near top of dormer roof. Vertical trim board below northwest corner of dormer is covering seam where
later addition was attached to original house. (IRP-24-02- p_Roginson Farmhouse_NW Corner_IMG_1541.jpg).
Figure 7. Enlarged and digitally enhanced of portion of 1922 photograph taken to southeast from construction area of MSC Steam Plant located
at intersection of South 7th Avenue and West Grant Street (dark vertical lines in foreground is iron reinforcing frame for columns of Steam Plant).
Note rear (west side) of house shows three small, upper windows at north (left) side of first floor, indicating kitchen area, and support post and
partial view of projecting roof of back porch with central door, as shown in plan in Figure 9.). View of south wall of second-floor dormer shows at
least two large windows in their original position. The detached garage at the southwest corner of the house is partially obscured by the barn
with attached shed at center. (Photo courtesy of MSU, Special Collections and Archives, Renne Library, Catalog No. PA6-2-HP-III-004-001).
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Figure 8. View to east at west elevation of farmhouse (roof in background) and modern, ca. 1986) addition in foreground. Note hipped roof of
west dormer and west plane of gable roof of original house with central brick chimney from peak of dormer roof and fireplace chimney
projecting from ridgeline at west gable of original house. Also note careful duplication of architectural details of modern addition including
dimension of siding boards, Greek-Revival gable end on portico roof, and use of cedar shingles. (IRP-24-02- p_Robinson Farmhouse_West
Elevation_IMG_1467.jpg).
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Figure 9. Enlarged detail of Sheet 1 of design and construction plans for the remodel/addition to the west (rear) of the original Robinson
Farmhouse (MSU Poultry Industry Residence). (Plans courtesy of MSU Planning, Design, and Construction Department, GIS Office, file 86-0006-
SheetA1).
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Exterior – South Elevation (Figures 9, 10, and 11 ):
The west end of the south elevation is the opposite side of the ca. 1986 full-width addition that was attached to the west wall of
the original farmhouse. As stated in the description of the north elevation, the addition is one story with a hipped-roof at the west
end. The roof structure and lower, first-floor space of the addition obliterated the original west wall surface, detached garage, and a
large, triangular part of the west wall of the second-floor west dormer, including several original windows. The wall seam where
the addition is attached to the south wall is marked by a single vertical trim piece over the bevel-edge siding, directly beneath the
southwest corner of the original gable roof.
The description of the south elevation of the original farmhouse, located east of the rear, later addition, is largely similar to the
north elevation except that it lacks the distinctive bay window and has a brick fireplace chimney and basement stairway entry door
(west of the chimney. The window placement on the second-floor area of the south elevation is symmetrical with two large
windows, one on either side of the chimney, and two smaller square windows in the attic area, both on either side of the chimney.
The exterior chimney is formed with bricks in standard running bond with an asymmetrical base. The smaller stack of the chimney
follows the centerline of the gable and breaks the roof eave at the ridgeline. The chimney and its base extends from the wall
surface and is 6-feet 1 1/2-inches wide at the base and tapers inward on the right side to the center-line square chimney stack. The
bricks of the chimney are stacked atop a projection in the concrete foundation below.
First floor windows include two smaller square framed windows, one on either side of the chimney, with one larger window to the
left of the basement entry door.
Figure 10. View to northeast at southwest corner of modern addition, rear of historic farmhouse. Note south end of west dormer
with only one historic window remaining. (IRP-24-02- p_Robinson Farmhouse_SW Corner_IMG_1471.jps).
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Figure 11. View to north at south elevation of historic farmhouse. Note nearly symmetrical placement of windows on second floor
and attic area. Centerline brick chimney with asymmetrical base sits stop extended concrete foundation wall. Basement stairway
entrance door is left of chimney. South wall of west dormer has no windows. (IRP-24-02- p_Robinson Farmhouse_West
Elevation_IMG_1473.jpg).
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Figure 12. View to northwest at southeast corner of farmhouse, south elevation with one-story modern addition at rear, and east
façade at center. (IRP-24-02-p_Robinson Farmhouse_SE Corner_IMG_1475.jpg).
Foundation:
The original Robinson Farmhouse has a full concrete perimeter foundation with basement. The basement is accessed via an interior
stairway and by an exterior entrance door on the south wall. The foundation extends from ground level up approximately 3-feet to
the level of the first floor. There are four small windows in the upper foundation, two on the south side and two on the north,
providing light and ventilation to the basement. Three of the windows are hopper-style with hinge on the bottom to open inward
and have their original wood sash and form of three lights in horizontal arrangement. The west window on the south wall has been
boarded over. The front (east) concrete stairway to the front porch is integral to the foundation. The ca. 1986 addition attached to
the west side of the original farmhouse sits on a concrete floor pad with perimeter foundation. The existence of plastic vent boxes
on the additions foundation indicates the presence of a crawl-space beneath the floor.
Fenestration:
The first floor of the east façade has three windows, one single 1-over-1 double hung sash in wood frame, approximately 30-inches
wide by 64-inches tall (this window defines the standard large window originally used for the house). To the left is a double window
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made of two windows of similar size and configuration separated by a 5-inch post. The second-floor dormer on the east has a bank
of three wood double-hung sash windows with 2-over-2 lights.
The first floor of the north elevation has a projecting bay window with three individual windows of similar size and configuration as
the standard/original window of the house. To the west of the bay window, there is a window set made of one wider window in the
center and two narrow windows on either side, separated by frame support posts. All three of the grouping are wood double-hung
sash windows. The second floor, gable end, windows are a collection of two standard size double hung 1-over-one sash windows
and one smaller window of similar form.
Most of the historic windows on the north elevation, both first and second floors, have been lost due to demolition during the mid-
1980s to construct the new addition on the west side of the farmhouse. Only one small wood double-hung sash window with 1-
over-1 lights exists on the west wall of the west dormer, at the south end.
The first floor of the south elevation has one standard double-hung 1-over-1 light sash window on the left, with two single-pane
square wood framed windows, one on each side of the brick chimney.
All the windows have modern metal-edged storm windows inset into the window frame. Most of the historic window
frames/casings have remnants of hardware to hold original removable wood framed screens and/or storm windows (metal ful-turn
buttons and top hangers).
The modern 1980s-period addition on north of the farmhouse has wood sash windows sympathetic to the original windows, but of
smaller size and different layout.
Roof Structure:
The roof form of the original, historic farmhouse is a gable style with open gables on the north and south elevations. The roof pitch
of the gable is approximately 12/12 with slight bell-cast or flared eave on the east edge. The front cornice of the east façade is
broken by the east wall of the dormer. The bell-cast eave has a pitch of approximately 6:12. The east façade presents a wide
dormer with a gable roof with distinctive Greek-Revival cornice and trim details. The roof of the dormer has a pitch of
approximately 8:12, with bell-cast eaves of approximately 5:12.
The bay window feature on the north elevation has a low hipped roof. The west dormer has a low hipped roof. The modern one-
story addition on the west has a hipped roof that butts into the west wall of the west dormer.
The entire roof and those of the dormers projects approximately 14-inches from the face of walls. The roof of the original
farmhouse is finished with regularly spaced sawn cedar shingles with approximately 5-inch reveal. The ridge of the gable roof, as
well as those of the dormers, are finished with a period galvanized metal ride-cap with 2 1/2-inch metal ball-ends. The roof of the
modern addition on the west is surfaces with composition architectural shingles.
The furnace and former kitchen chimney pierces the center ridge of the west dormer roof. The fireplace chimney on the south wall
breaks the eave line directly at the ridge of the roof.
Interior Farmhouse and Features and Non-historic Alterations:
Access to the interior of the farmhouse was not attained for detailed architectural examination. Plans for the ca. 1986 remodel of
the building, and construction of the west addition, indicates the interior of the first and second floor areas were largely altered.
Some of the walls were removed or repositioned to allow for modern office spaces. The west wall of the original farmhouse with
windows and door opening was extensively altered. From the mid-1980 architectural and demolition plans, the original farmhouse
is known to have had a kitchen on the northwest corner of the first floor, immediately adjacent to the presumed dining. A centrally
located stairway adjacent to the kitchen, and behind the west wall of the front room, accessed the second floor. The original
farmhouse had a rear door exiting to the west into the barnyard and the detached one-story, single-car garage.
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Figure 13. Historic photograph taken to the southeast from approximately north of where the current intersection of North 7th Avenue and West
Grant Street, March 28, 1922, during early site preparation for the construction of the MSC Engineering and Shop Buildings (area with horses
being cleared and excavated at left side of photo). Inset photo is enlargement of the portion of the photo that shows the newly build Robinson
Barn and Farmhouse (north and west ends). Photo courtesy of MSU Special Collections, Rene Library, Bozeman, Montana, Collection MSU-12001,
University Picture Collection, Box 23, PA6.2 Folder 1 -Ryan Lab & Roberts Hall under construction,
As stated earlier, the historic garage and entire first-floor portion of the west wall of the farmhouse were removed in about 1986 to
accommodate the extensive full-width one-story addition for new office space. The attachment of the addition necessitated the
covering of most of the west wall of the west dormer, removal of at least three dormer windows, and removal of the bell-cast eave
along the west edge of the roof. The full sheet of the plans showing the attachment of the addition to the west wall of the original
farmhouse are shown in Figures 11A and 12A at the end of this report.
HISTORY OF PROPERTY
The Robinson Farmhouse, and adjacent barn (now removed) was built sometime after Lester Robinson purchased the property in
September of 1919 and their appearance in dated photographs (March 28, 1922 and September 8, 2022 ). One photograph shows
the Robinson house and barn taken during the early days of constructing the Montana State College (MSC) Engineering Building
(Figures 5 and 34)5. This is one of the earliest, and one of very few historic photographs that is known of the barn and house.
5 1922 Photograph showing construction of MSC Steam Plant with Robinson Barn and house in background. Photo courtesy of Montana State
University Special Collections, Renne Library, PA6-2-HP-III-001-001).
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The farmhouse is located immediately east of the former barnyard and the front of the barn, immediately south of the southern
terminus of South 4th Avenue. The farmhouse faces South 3rd Avenue on the east.
In the early 1920s, the Robinson farmhouse, barn and surrounding 140-acre farm land was situated outside of the southeast end of
Bozeman, Montana, was defined as almost the entire area of the southeast one-quarter of Section 13, Township 2 South, Range 5
East, except for the extreme southeast corner of the quarter section (approximately 20 acres) including the railroad right-of-way for
the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad CMSt&PP RR)(Figure 35). The original property was bounded on the north by
West Lincoln Street, South 3rd Avenue on the east, angling to the southwest across West Kagy Boulevard, along the former CMStPP
RR right-of-way (now the Gallatin Linear Trail, south of the Museum of the Rockies to the south line of Section 13, then west along
the section line which is currently an undeveloped extension of Stucky Road, then bounded on west by South 11th Avenue to the
intersection with West Lincoln Street (at the northwest corner of the Brick Breeden Field House.
The plot of land that was purchased by Lester Robinson in 1919, had its legal cadastral beginnings as a U.S. Land Grant pursuant to
the Act of Congress, March 3, 1855, for the purpose of granting, “Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been
engaged in the Military Service of the United States.” The grant transferred 120-acres of land in Montana Territory (specifically the
south half of the southeast quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 13, Township 2 South, Range 5
East) to a Zachary L Root who was assigned the warrant for the land originally granted to, “Virgil Whitcomb, Private [in] Captain
Hurlburt’s Company, New York Militia, New York Frontier Disturbances.” The warranty grant was assigned to Root, presumably by
earlier sale or contract, by Private Whitcomb, under the authorization of President Ulysses S. Grant, April 20, 1875, signed by S.D.
Williamson, Secretary, and L.R. Lippincott, Recorder of the U.S. General Land Office (Figure 36).6 The property covered by this
warranty grant covers approximately 3/4ths of the land later owned by Lester Robinson and the CMStP&P Railroad in extreme
southeast corner of Section 13.
Virgil Whitcomb was also granted an additional 40 acres in the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 13 (west of
the later Robinson Farm), under authority to grant a serial land patent under the Act of March 17, 1842 (a U.S. Land Grant
authority).7 The granted land in the southwest quarter was also assigned to Zachary T. Root.
Historical research was conducted regarding Virgil Whitcomb and Zachary T. Root. No information was found pertaining to
Whitcomb, his life in New York, his military service, or if he ever lived in the Montana Territory. Research into Root revealed that a Z.
T. Root (determined to be the same Zachary T. Root as listed in the land grant) served as a contract employee for the U.S. Postal
Service in the Montana Territory in, at least, 1875 and 1877.8 Root was a resident of Gallatin County at least during the period of
1873-1875. Bozeman Courier newspaper articles July 6 and July 9, 18759 reports that JZ. T. Root attended a meeting of the
“Democracy of Bozeman Precinct, in Bozeman, on July 3, 1875. At that meeting, Root and others were elected as delegates to the
Democratic County Convention.
On July 16, 1875 (and additional days), Root placed an advertisement in the Bozeman Courier as well as newspapers in Virginia City
and Helena, Montana, presenting his business enterprise “Zack Root’s Express”, a stage service carrying U.S. Mail and tourists from
Bozeman to Mammoth Hot Springs in the newly established Yellowstone Park (Figure 37).10
6 U.S. Land Patent under authority of an Act of the U.S. Congress, March 3, 1855, U.S. General Land Office Record Accession Number MS-0557-023,
Document Number 64059. https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx
7 U.S. Land Patent under authority of an Act of the U.S. Congress, March 17, 1842, U.S. General Land Office Record Accession Number
MTMTAA042874, Document Number 8330. https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx
8 Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval in the Service of the United States, 1875, pg.614, Washington, Government Printing
Office, 1876. And, Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval in the Service of the United States, 1877, pg.482. Washington,
Government Printing Office, 1878.
9 Bozeman Courier newspaper, Bozeman, Montana, July 6, 1875, page 2 and July 9, 1875, page 3.
10 ibid., July 16, 1875, page 3.
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Figure 14. Map showing location of original
property boundary (white line) of the Historic
Robinson/Thompson Farm and location of
the Robinson/Thompson Barn (red pin) and
Farmhouse (yellow pin). Also shown are the
historic route of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
Paul, and Pacific Railroad from downtown
Bozeman (blue line) and the route of the
railroad spur line (50-foot right-of-way) sold
to Montana State College by Lester
Robinson.
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Figure 15. Copy of U.S. land grant warrant to Virgil Whitcomb, assigned to Zachary T. Root, for land
that later became the farm created by Lester Robinson.
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Related to the land acquisition that later became the location of the Robinson/Thompson farm, officials of Gallatin County, on the
behalf of Zachary T. Root, placed a public notice in the Bozeman Courier newspaper on October 24, 1873, identifying Root as the
recent owner of the land in Section 13, Township 2 South, Range 5 East, along with a request for interest parties to attend a public
meeting at the county clerk’s office to discuss any claims for mineral rights on the property (Figure 38)11
11 Bozeman Courier newspaper, October 24, 1873, page 2.
Figure 16. Copy of advertisement in the Bozeman Courier newspaper, Bozeman, Montana, July 16, 1875, page 3,identifying
the business venture for express travel services to Yellowstone National Park.
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Apparently, Root changed direction on his intended farming operations southeast of Bozeman. Root sold his entire Section 13 land,
for $500, to the prominent Bozeman resident and businessman William H. Tracy on August 1, 1874.12 William Tracy was one of the
prominent “founders” of the city of Bozeman in 1864. Tracy was born in Ithaca, New York in 1838 and left home at age 19 to live in
Denver, Colorado, where he served briefly in the Home Guard regiment of the Colorado Volunteers during the Civil War. Tracy first
came to the Gallatin Valley in 1863 and helped establish the town of Bozeman soon after. In April of 1869, Tracy married Sarah Jane
Bessey in Pecatonica, Illinois, together returning to Montana in May of the same year. The Tracy's settled on Main Street amassing
various land claims throughout the area. Mr. Tracy employed himself as a farmer and real estate agent, as well as the proprietor of
an early brick yard, freighting business, and feed and seed store, the latter enterprise named "W.H. Tracy and Company." The Tracy's
had six children, four of whom survived to adulthood: Elmer, Albert, Frank S., and Edna B., the donor of this collection. Mr. Tracy
died in an accident in 1908 and Mrs. Tracy died on October 19, 1916.13
Gallatin County Deed Book 6, page 626, states that, on December 28, 1914, Elizabeth B. Hoffman sold the northeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of Section 13, Township 2 South, Range 5 East (the parcel where the Robinson farmhouse was later built) to
Charles W. Hoffman. This deed documents the prior transfers of the same parcel, “from W. H. Tracy and Sarah J. Tracy (his wife” to
George Foerschler and Feron Mack on May 30, 188514, and “thereafter conveyed by George Foerschler and Lizzie R. Foerschler (his
wife) and Feron Mack and Jennie Mack (his wife) to Louis Van Dyck and William Door15 … and thereafter conveyed by L. H. Van Dyck
and Anna Van Dyck (his wife) and W. A. Door to Elijah F. Kidd and John Keifer16 … and thereafter conveyed by E. F. Kidd and Lydia F.
Kidd (his wife) to John Kiefer on the 9th day of December 189017.
12 Gallatin County Deed Book I, page 503, Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana.
13 “Biographical Note,” William H. Tracy Papers, 1866-1909. MSU Special Collections, Renne Library, Bozeman, Montana.
14 Gallatin County Deed Book 6, page 327, May 30, 1885, Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana.
15 Gallatin County Deed Book 15, page 242, Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana.
16 Gallatin County Deed Book 16, page 257, Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana.
17 Gallatin County Deed Book 16, page 609, Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana.
Figure 17. Copy of public notice posted in the Bozeman Courier newspaper, October 24, 1873, offering a public meeting regarding any
possible mineral claims on the subject land parcel in Section 13, Township 2 South, Range 5 East, that was then recently acquired by
Root with the intention of beginning agricultural operations.
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On March 20, 1919, Charles W. Hoffman sold the entire 160 +/+ - acre parcel recorded as the southeast quarter of Section 13,
Township 2 South, Range East, to T. W. Simpson and L. H. Truitt.18 Simpson and Truitt did not hold on to the property for very long,
as they sold it to Lester E. Robinson on September 3, 1919.19 It is interesting to note that on all previous deeds prior to the
September 3, 1919, sale to Robinson, the land descriptions all covered the entire southeast quarter of Section 13, estimated to be
approximately 160 acres. With the sale to Robinson, the land description clearly states that the land is defined as, “145 ac (+/-) in
southeast quarter of Section 13, Township 2 South, Range 5 East, being all of said quarter section, except the land in the same that
lies south and east of the right of way of the Gallatin Valley Railway company and the right of way of said Gallatin Valley Railway
Company, and also one and one half share of the capital stock of the Middle Creek Ditch Company.”
The CMStP&P Railroad began rail service to Bozeman in 1907, with tracks leaving south from the east end of Bozeman (location of
the current Bozeman Public Library), travelling south past the east side of the MSC campus near Willson and South 3rd Avenues.
Obviously, it was important sometime prior to 1919 for the railroad to legally acquire the small partial of land in the extreme
southeast corner of Section 13. Related to a different subject, it is also important to note that the share of the stock in the Middle
Creek Ditch Company refers to the ditch system with one branch that ran through the southeast corner of Robinson’s property and
another branch that flowed north to the west of his farm.
Lester Earnest Robinson was born in Bozeman, Montana, on May 5, 1879,20 to John Marion Robinson (born in 1843, Chattanooga,
Tennessee) and Florence (Bickett) Robinson (born in 1853, Louisville, Kentucky). Lester Robinson attended Monforton School west
of Bozeman, near the family farm located on Middle (now Hyalite) Creek. Lester’s father, John M. Robinson, was born in Rhea
County, Tennessee on May 5, 1843, to John M. and Hannah Robinson. Robinson attended schools and worked the family farm until
joining the Confederate Army as part of the 43rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment. After surrendering at Vicksburg, John and his two
brothers, Albert and Benjamin, traveled to Virginia City, Montana, arriving in August 1865 and soon after homesteaded at Albrino
Park (northeast of current Monforton School) in Gallatin County. The Robinson brothers operated as a partnership in their Montana
ranching operations and likely operated a store together as "Robinson and Bros." In February 1873, John married Florence Bickett
and the couple had four children: Leonora, Edna, Lester, and Wilbur. During his years in Gallatin County, John was a School Trustee,
member of the local executive board of the Montana Agricultural College (later Montana State University), Gallatin County
commissioner, and a Montana state legislator in 1884.
Lester, married Winifred Kinney in Gallatin County on June 10, 1903.21 Lester Robinson married Winnifred Gregg Kinney June 12,
1903. According to the 1920 U.S. Census, the Robinsons had three daughters: Fransis (age 15), Hellen (age 14), Doris (age 9), and
one son, John (age4).22 The details of the census enumeration record states that Lester was the head of the household,
accompanied by his wife, Winnifred, and was employed as a farmer.
Sometime between January of 1920 (census record information) and March of 1922 (dated historic photograph (see Figure 35) and
1922 Polk’s City Director listing) the Robinsons built and moved into their new farmhouse at the Robinson Farm in the southeast
quarter of Section 13. The 1922 city directory lists, “Robinson Lester, farmer, h[ome] end 4th av S.”23 There is no other edition of the
city directory published for the area between 1918 and 1920. The 1925 directory lists, “Robinson Lester, farmer, h[ome] f[oo]t of
Grand av S[outh] R F D 2.”24 The reference to the location being the “foot of Grand Avenue South” is the same area as the farm. The
1925 city directory is the first to list an actual address for the Robinson home, “1501 3d av S,”25 which is the address of the existing
house. The Bozeman city directories continued showing Lester Robinson residing at the farmhouse (1501 South Third Avenue)
through 1933.26
18 Gallatin County Deed Book 60, page 6, Warranty Deed #79, Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana.
19 Gallatin County Deed Book 65, page 107, Deed #12790, Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana.
20 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Certificate of Delayed Birth Registration, filed on August 20, 1942
21 “Biographical Note,” John Marion Robinson Family Papers, 1860-1890. MSU Special Collections, Renne Library, Bozeman, Montana.
22 Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920 - Population, Gallatin County, Monforton Precinct, January 26, 1920.
23 Polk’s City Directory for Bozeman City and Gallatin County Directory, 1922, page 108, R.L. Polk & Co. of Montana, Helena, Montana.
24 ibid., 1925, page 105, R.L. Polk & Co. of Montana, Helena, Montana.
25 ibid., 1928, page 133, R.L. Polk & Co. of Montana, Helena, Montana.
26 ibid., 1933, page 114, R.L. Polk & Co. of Montana, Helena, Montana.
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Additional early historic photographs were located at the MSU Special Collections. Renne Library, that show some view of the
Robinson/Thompson barn and house near the southeast corner of the then MSC campus. These photos are presented here.
Figure 18. Historic photographic image, view to southeast from area where MSC steam heating plant was being constructed in 1922. Robinson
barn and farmhouse are partially visible over the excavated dirt pile in center of photograph. Note additional one-story detached farm building
immediately south of barn. Train tracks for MSC spur line, that appear in September 1922 dated photograph (Figure 40), were not yet constructed
when this photo was taken. (IRP-24-02- p-1922 photo_PA6-2-HP-III-004-017-001.jpg).
On April 26, 1922, when Montana State College was undertaking the construction of the new heating plant at the southeast corner
of the intersection of South 7th Avenue and West Grant Street (see Figures 39 and 40), Lester and Winnifred Robinson sold, “…for
the use and benefit of the College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts located at Bozeman… a strip of land fifty-feet in width… 25-
feet on each side of the spur tract [sic] across the southeast quarter of Section 13 Township 2 South Range 5 East, from the north
line to a point on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway company’s westerly right-of-way line…” for $5000 (Figure
43).27 The railroad track at the north end of the MSC spur line can be seen in the September 8, 1922, photograph taken during the
construction of the MSC steam heating plant (Figure 40).
27 Gallatin County Deed Book 64, Page 426, Deed No. 12792, Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana.
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Figure 19. . Historic 1922 photographic image, view to southeast from area where MSC steam heating plant was being constructed in 1922. The
view angle of this photograph is the same as the photograph shown in Figure 39, as noted by the arrangement of the small shed building (right of
center) and power/telephone pole to the right and beyond shed. The white post along the fence line at the far-right appears in both photos.
Robinson barn and farmhouse are partially visible behind two left clusters of reinforcing bar in center of photograph. Note additional one-story
farm outbuildings to south of barn. White house with small dormer in the background to the left of the left cluster of reinforcing bar is the house
that is located at 1508 South Willson Avenue and was built and occupied by Lester Thompson and his family on their farm immediately to the east
of the Robinson farm. Thompson purchased the Robinson Farm in 1925. Train tracks for MSC railroad spur line from CMStP&P Railroad main line
from Bozeman was built in 1922 to assist with construction and operation of power plant, tracks can be seen left of center and at extreme right
(small portion not built yet due to excavation thrench). Strip of land for railroad was sold to MSC by Lester Robinson. The reverse of the photo has
a label: “THE CENTRAL STUDIO PHOTOS KODAK FINISHING ENLARGING BOZEMAN. MONT.” made with a rubber stamp with red ink, followed
with handwritten ink date of Sept. 8th, 1922.(IRP-24-02- p_1922 photo steam plant const_PA6-2-HP-III-004-001-001.jpg).
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Figure 20. Enlarged, cropped view of same photograph shown in Figure 39 of north and west sides of Robinson house and barn, shed-roof farm
outbuilding to right of barn. (IRP-24-02- p_crop_PA6-2-HP-III-004-017-001.jpg).
Figure 21. Enlarged, cropped view of same photograph shown in Figure 41 of north and west sides of Robinson house and barn, shed-roof farm
outbuilding to right of barn. White house with dormer at far left exists today at 1508 South Willson Avenue and was built and occupied by Lester
Thompson and his family on their farm immediately to the east of the Robinson farm. Thompson purchased the Robinson Farm in 1925. (IRP-24-
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Only about three or four years after moving into their new home on the farm, Lester and Winnifred Robinson sold the entire
property to A. E. and Myrtle Thompson of Chicago, Illinois, on January 26, 1925.28 Historical research of A. E. Thompson discovered
a possible relative of Lester Thompson’s, who lived with his wife Essie Myrtle Thompson in Stevens Township, Ravalli County,
Montana, in 1910.29Lester Herbert In the 1920 U.S. Census, Lester H. Thompson was noted to be a “stock raiser” who owned his
own farm near College Road in the area known as the Bozeman School District 7. Lester resided at the place with his wife, Bessie M.,
two daughters Eula C. and Hazel A., and four sons Lester M., Herbert, I, and Howard D.30
A set of farm ownership and operating units, and land use in Gallatin County was produced by the Works Progress Administration
(WPA) in about 1934-36. These large-scale maps show areas of Gallatin County by Township with land ownes’ names and other
information (Figures 44 and 45).31 The maps for Township 2 South, Range 5 East and Township 2 South, Range 6 E, shows the land
owned by Lester Thompson including the land formerly owned by Lester Robinson. Lester H. Thompson had previously amassed
farm property immediately east of the Robinson Farm, following Thompsons arrival in Gallatin County in 1911.
The U.S. Census record for 193032 indicates that Lester Robinson, a farmer, wife Winnifred, daughter Doryce [Doris], and son John
were living in a rented home (presumably on a farm) on Leverich Road, today an area that is southeast of Nash Road and South 3rd
Avenue, in the rural area south of Bozeman and the Robinson Land in Section 13 of Township 2 South, Range 5 East.
Winnifred Robinson died of colon cancer on April 28, 1931, at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital.33 Little information could be found
regarding Lester E. Robinson and his family. In the 1935 Bozeman city Directory, Lester Robinson is listed in the resident’s section for
Rural Route No. 2 of Bozeman, “going south out of Bozeman.” 34 In 1931 Lester Robinson’s daughter Doris Virginia was married to
Leon Nelson Swisher of Post Falls, Idaho. The Swisher’s wedding announcement stated that, “the Swisher Family and the Robinson
Family were friends when the Robinsons lived at Post Falls a few years ago.”35 On August 10, 1935, Lester’s son John was killed in an
automobile accident on the Virginia City Hill, he was 20 years old. John’s obituary mentions that John, “a Montana State college
student and only son of Lester Robinson, foreman at the Huntley Brothers ranch near Wisdom.”36
Lester Robinson’s travels and activities after leaving Bozeman in 1935 have limited documentation, following him from Bozeman to
Wisdom, Montana, to Post Falls, Idaho, and then to Sonoma, California, where he died on 20 May 1949.37
28 Gallatin County Deed Book 65, page 613, Deed No. 24061, Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana.
29 Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, Department of Commerce-Bureau of the Census, Ravalli County, Montana, April 27, 1910,
Enumeration District No. 1, Sheet No. 83
30 Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, Department of Commerce-Bureau of the Census, Gallatin County, Montana, February 7-11, 1920,
Enumeration District No. 70, Sheet No. 5 A.
31 “Works Progress Administration. Book of township plats showing and ownerships, operating units, and land use in Gallatin County, c1934-1936,
MSU Special Collections, Renne Library, Collection No. 2101.
32Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Department of Commerce-Bureau of Census, April 12, 1930, Enumeration District No. 16-39, Sheet
No. 3 B.
33 State of Montana, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Standard Certificate of Death, Gallatin County, Registered No. 65, Page “R”-2-Book 3.
34 Polk’s City Directory for Bozeman City and Gallatin County Directory, 1935, page 197, R.L. Polk & Co. of Montana, Helena, Montana.
35 “The Montana Standard” newspaper, Sunday, March 29, 1931, Butte, Montana.
36 ibid. , Sunday, August 11, 1935, page 27, Butte, Montana.
37 California, US Death Index, 1940-1997, Lester Ernest Robinson, d. May 20, 1949. Source Information:
Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services,
Center for Health Statistics.
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Figure 22. Copy of deed documenting sale of strip of land for MSC railway spur, granted by Lester and Winnifred Robinson to the State of
Montana, “for the benefit of the College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts,” in Bozeman, April 7, 2022. North on map is at the right. (IRP-
24-02- p_MONT0005D_Gallatin-Co-Deed-Record-64-1921-DVD-42_M_00436-aa.jpg).
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Also, during the 1920s, Lester H. Thompson was operating a substantial cattle farm immediately to the east and partially adjacent to
the Lester Robinson farm. On March 12, 1919, just six days before Robinson purchased his farmland from Hoffman (see page 41),
Lester Thompson purchased 206 acres in the west half of Section 18, Township 2 South, Range 6 East (east of South 3rd Avenue)
also from Charles W. Hoffman and E. Cash.38 Soon after, Thompson and his wife Bessie built there home on the west side of the
property at what is now the address of 1508 South Willson Ave. The home still stands today and can be seen in the photographs
presented in this report as Figures 40 and 42. After Thompson’s purchase of the Robinson farm, across South 3rd Street in Section 13
of Township 2 South, Range 5 East, the Thompson Purebred Hereford Farm was operating on 346 acres of land south of Bozeman
and adjacent to the southeast corner of MSC. Thompson’s original part of the land included the area east of South Willson Avenue
(at the south end) and east of the CMStP&P Railroad tracks to the a line that runs north-south just east of South Rouse Avenue, to
the southern border of the property at the south line of Section 18, which is south of what is now the east end of Kagy Boulevard at
Valley View Golf Club, west of Bozeman Creek.
Early city directories for Bozeman and Gallatin County (1927-1931) lists the address of the Thompson house as 2304 South Willson
Avenue, but this is erroneous as it refers to intersection of South Third Avenue and Huffine Road (which was not platted at the
time). Beginning with the 1933 city directory and through 1950, the residence address is accurately stated as 1502 South Willson
Avenue. The 1950 directory lists Lester Thompson’s occupation as that of “Cattle Buyer.”39Thompson was also the President of the
Intermountain Fair for Gallatin County in at least the year 1929.40
The U.S. Census for 1930 lists Lester H. Thompson as head-of-household, age 50, residing with his wife Bessie L., age 44, at a farm
on “Suburban Willson Avenue,” in the Liberty Election Precinct 35 (south of Bozeman), Gallatin County. Thompson’s occupation is
listed as farmer on a stock farm with a real estate value of $51,250. At the time of the Census, the Thompsons had two daughter,
Eula C., age 22, and Hazel L., age 20, and six sons, L. Mason, age 18, Herbert S., age16, Howard D, age 14, Alvin C., age 12, Donald
M., age 8, and Robert L., age 3 1/2 years.41
Lester Thompson, a son of H. N. Thompson, was born in Woodstock, Illinois on August 3, 1879. The senior Thompson was one of the
leading Hereford cattle breeders in Illinois, raising a heard originating from cattle direct from original stock in England. Lester
married Bessie Mason, also from Woodstock on January 15, 1907, and moved west to Montana in about 1910. They travelled on an
“immigrant train”, which transported families, their possessions, and their livestock -- all at a very reasonable fare. The railroads
organized these transport trains to encourage western settlement. In turn, the railroads profited by the sale of lands that were
originally granted to them by the U.S. government to fund and build he trans-continental railroads.42 In
The Thompson’s Herefords, Inc., was created by the family 1950 to oversee the many acres of Thompson family ranches throughout
the Gallatin Valley.43 Thompson focused his breeding career on perfecting a single line of Herefords, with emphasis on raising prize-
winning bulls. In later years, he maintained an active interest and involvement in the Montana State College cattle program.
Thompson often loaned his cattle for use by the MSC judging team and provided his top bulls for breeding service.44 Lester
38 Gallatin County Deed Book 60, pages 38-39, Warranty Deed #279, Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana.
39 Polk’s City Directory for Bozeman City and Gallatin County Directory, 1950, page 138, R.L. Polk & Co. of Montana, Helena, Montana.
40 ibid. 1929, page 142.
41 Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Department of Commerce-Bureau of Census, April 12, 1930, Enumeration District No. 16-39, Sheet
No. 3 B.
42 “The History of Lester Thompson, A Pioneer Hereford Breeder,” by Shirley J. Johnson, December 19, 1959, page 1,a student paper prepared for
Montana History course, Montana State College, copy on file at MSU Special Collections, Renne Library, Bozeman, Montana.
43 ibid., page 4
44 Ibid., page 6,
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Figure 23. Portion of Works Progress Administration Farm Ownership Map (ca. 1934-1936) for Township 2 South, Range 5 East, Gallatin
County, showing the location of the L. W. Thompson farm (red arrow) (formerly owned by Lester Robinson) in the southeast quarter of
Section 13. Blue = “Owner - Operator” of farmland, Green = “Private”. Black arrows match with Township 2 South, Range 6 East map in
Figure 45. The north-south line on the right side is 3rd Avenue. (IRP-24-03-p_WPA_Township Plats_Ownership_T2S R5E_1934-
1936_IMT_1063_jpg., Courtesy of MSU Special Collections.)
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Figure 24. Portion of Works Progress Administration Farm Ownership Map (ca. 1934-1936) for Township 2 South, Range 6 East,
Gallatin County, showing the location of the L. W. Thompson farm (red arrow) in the southwest and northwest quarters of
Section 18. Blue = “Owner - Operator” of farmland, Green = “Private”. Black arrows match with Township 2 South, Range 5 East
map in Figure 44. The north-south line on the left side is 3rd Avenue. (IRP-24-03-p_WPA_Township Plats_Ownership_T2S
R5E_1934-1936_IMT_1063_jpg., Courtesy of MSU Special Collections.)
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Figure 25. Aerial view to southeast taken approximately 1954 of MSC Campus and area of original Robinson and Thompson Farms. Also, note
location of CMStP&P Railroad line from Bozeman, and MSC Spur Railroad Line from MSC Heating Plant, south to junction with CMStP&P RR. The
west property line of the Robinson Farm is out of view at the far right but follows South 11th Avenue. (Photograph courtesy of MSU Special
Collections, Renne Library, Photo number PARC-000455-hres.tiff).
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Thompson passed away in Bozeman on July 16, 1955, at the age of 75. At the date of his death, Thompson resided at 1502 South
Willson Avenue in Bozeman with his wife Bessie Mason Thompson. He was interred at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman.45 Lester’s
wife, Bessie, died four years later. Herbert Thompson and David Wing continued the Thompson Hereford business in Gallatin County
following Lester’s death.
There exist several property deeds between Lester Robinson and members of the Thompson family from 1930 to 1943, to explain
established rights of way for the CMStP&P RR line, power lines, and various other issues. Additionally, there are several deeds
between various members of the Thompson family ultimately transferring title to the expanded farmland to Lavern W. Thompson,
a trustee for the family holdings.
On December 10, 1943, Lavern W. Thompson, trustee, and Lavern W. Thompson and Mary R. Thompson, his wife, of Chicago,
Illinois, sold and transferred all the original 142 acres originally held by Lester Robinson in the southeast quarter of Section 13,
Township 2 South, Range 5 East, to the State of Montana, “for the use and benefit of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station,”
in Bozeman.46
During the period of the Thompson ownership in 1925, it appears that Robinson was allowed to reside there (possibly renting)
through 1933.47 Because Thompson was residing at his house at 1508 South Willson Avenue, he would have rented the original
Robinson farmhouse to others. The following is a listing of people living at the farmhouse from 1935, when Thompson bought the
property until after 1943 when the farm was sold to MSC and transformed into the Poultry Farm. Each listing is presented here with
the individual reference to the date and page number of the Polk’s City Directory for Bozeman (PCDB). It is important to remember
that the Polk City Directories were not published every year in sequence, hence this list does not necessarily reflect a correct list of
residents and dates. The table is generated from only the available city directories.
Table 1. List of Residents at original Robinson farmhouse, 1501 South 3rd Avenue, from 1935-1982.48
[1925 Robinson sells property to Thompson]
1935: Maurice E. Henderson, wife Grace A., Chief of Bozeman City Police, 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, 1935, page 77)
1940: Joseph Buckmaster, Clerk at Pease’s, wife Helen M., clerk at J. C. Penney Co., 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, 1940, page 36)
Ewin H Dean, wife Hattie M., Fieldman at Associated Seed Growers, Inc., 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, 1940, page 50)
1942: Ewin H Dean, wife Hattie M., Fieldman at Associated Seed Growers, Inc., 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, 1942, page 51)
[1943 Thompson sells property to MSC]
1944: “residence vacant”, (PCDB, 1944, page 165)
1947: John W. Taylor, wife Mary, farmer, 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, 1947, page 198)
1950: George B. Carolus, wife Lillian, Farm Foreman for MSC, 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, 1950, page 39)
1954: Allen F. Beeckler, Assistant Instructor [Ag Department, Poultry] MSC, wife Hilda, 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, 1954, page 30)
[“The Montanan,” MSC Yearbook, 1955, page 9 lists Beeckler as “head of Poultry Industry Department”]
1956: Allen F. Beeckler, Assistant Instructor [Ag Department, Poultry] MSC, wife Hilda, 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, 1956, page 70)
[ Allen F. Beeckler and his wife Hilda, continued to live in the house at 1501 South 3rd Ave. through 1978, PCDB, various pages.]
1978: Allen F. Beeckler, Assistant Instructor [Ag Department, Poultry] MSC, wife Hilda, 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, 1978, page 3)
1979: Montana State University Poultry Farm, 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, page 3, Street Index)
[house] vacant
1980: Montana State University Poultry Farm, 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, page 3, Street Index)
[house] vacant
1982: Manop Potchanakorn, student, 1501 South 3rd Ave. (PCDB, page 290)
Montana State University Poultry Farm (PCDB, page 3, Street Index)
45 U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, Certificate of Death - State of Montana, Book 5, Page 162.
46 Gallatin County Deed Book 89, page 521, Deed 42872, Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office, Bozeman, Montana.
47 “Polk’s City Director for Bozeman, Montana,” 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, and 1933, various pages.
48 “Polk’s City Directory for Bozeman,” various dates 1935-1982, various pages.
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Following World War II, Montana State College witnessed a major increase in student enrollment, college programs, and funding
including the research and educational programs of the Agricultural Department.49 50 Such efforts within the Ag Department that
was established as the cornerstone of the State Land Grant College focused on advancing knowledge and practices to understand
and improve livestock and crop production for the public. MSC, and later, MSU, has been recognized as one of the nation’s leaders
in agricultural sciences. One of MSC’s main success stories was the establishment of the Agricultural Experiment Station with
programs including the Farmers’ Institutes, the Cooperative Extension Service, and support for 4-H Clubs throughout the state. The
college supported the “Demonstration Method” with which Extension Service People met their responsibilities of keeping abreast
of work at the Experiment Station and on the farms and passing their findings on to the public. County agents established plots on
local farms to transfer experience and knowledge. Similarly, the college supported the creation and operation of county-based Farm
Bureaus to disseminate results from successful research carried out back on campus.
Experimental work at the Montana Agricultural College began in 1893, under the direction of S. M. Emery, the first Director of
Montana Ag Experiment Station. Classes in animal husbandry also started at that time. In his historical review, James Knight states,
“Although he was a horticulturist, he recognized the need for research in the animal sciences and developed the base for a strong
program in animal husbandry. In his May 24, 1894, report to the University Executive Board, he describes development of
infrastructure so necessary in the early days of the unit. He describes a right-of-way trade with the Gallatin County commissioners
for some buildings the station needed. He reported on the construction of fences, a hen-house and the purchase of horse teams
and other livestock.”51 By 1900, the college’s Poultry Department was begun and managed by Henry C. Gardiner.52 53 In 1910, the
college agricultural faculty covered the three divisions William F. Schoppe, Poultry, Harvey P. Griffin, Animal Industry, and Roy C.
Jones, Dairying.
Although funds from the Morrill Act could not be used for badly needed buildings, funds from the Hatch Act could be used for
buildings. New buildings were supposed to be used for Experiment Station purposes but were, for several years, also used as
classrooms. Campus in 1894 was composed exclusively of Experiment Station buildings that included a poultry house, a granary, and
a barn. The most noteworthy building was a $3,516 brick Experiment Station building which is today known as Taylor Hall and
located just south of today’s Linfield Hall. 54 The later Poultry Buildings were constructed in 1910 and included a main building with
twenty pens and yards 100-feet on a side, a brooder house, an incubation cellar, and a feed room. These buildings were located just
south of today’s Taylor Hall.55
According to Knight, “The poultry program was a significant program in both the Experiment Station and in the College from the
beginning until the mid-1920’s. William F. Schoppe was the first faculty member who specialized in Poultry Husbandry and under his
leadership from 1908-1923, the program prospered. After Schoppe’s departure in 1923, G.P. Goodearl took over but when he
resigned in 1925, the poultry program declined until in the 1928-29 Annual Catalogue, there was no longer a Poultry Program or
poultry classes listed. In 1930 the Poultry Husbandry Department was disbanded due to lack of funds resulting from fund shortages
during the Depression. In 1944 there were 4 poultry classes offered as electives and these courses were taught by Animal Industry
faculty.56
49 “A History - Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana,” by Merrill G. Burlingame, Professor of History, 1968, Montana State University,
Office of Information Publication, Bozeman, Montana.
50 “Animal and Range Sciences Department History 1893-2016,” by James E. Knight, Professor Emeritus, 2016, Montana State University,
Department of Animal & Range Science, Bozeman, Montana. Digital copy available online at:
http://animalrange.montana.edu/ANRS_history_page.html
51 “Animal and Range Sciences Department History 1893-2016,” by James E. Knight, Professor Emeritus, 2016, page 2. Montana State University,
Department of Animal & Range Science, Bozeman, Montana. Digital copy available online at:
http://animalrange.montana.edu/ANRS_history_page.html
52 ibid., page 5
53 Montana Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin No. 28. 1900. Seventh Annual Report of the Director, for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1900.
Montana Agricultural College. Bozeman, Montana.
54 “A History - Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana,” by Merrill G. Burlingame, Professor of History, 1968, Montana State
University, Office of Information Publication, Bozeman, Montana.
55 ibid., page 33.
56 “Animal and Range Sciences Department History 1893-2016,” by James E. Knight, Professor Emeritus, 2016, page 70.
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The Poultry Industry Department was re-established in 1945, after a hiatus of almost 20 years. Knight notes that the purpose of new
efforts in the department included, “studying factors to expand the gross income from poultry in Montana and the $12.5 million in
1952 [equivalent of approximately $150m in 2024]. ”57 Knight also clarified, “They [MSC Poultry Industry Staff] were investigating
the economy and efficiency of feeds as well as other growth factors, market qualities, livability, egg production, and hatchability.”58
These economic figures for the Montana poultry industry were similar, if not dwarfed by other livestock species such as cattle and
sheep. A combination of the post- World War II economic growth and the increased student enrollment and expansion at MSC, set a
“fertile field” for new growth in the college’s poultry research and education program. Historical records do not provide the full
story behind the decisions made for the Thompson family to sell their large farm adjacent to campus, but the economic picture
seemed to make sense for MSC, the Agricultural Department, and the Poultry Industry section. The plans at the college must have
been underway when the original Robinson Farm portion of the Thompson property was sold to MSC in 1943. Likewise, in in the
early 1940s, plans were obviously underway to reinstitute the Poultry Industry division.
In 1946, Everett R. Halbrook was hired rebuild and expand the Poultry Industry program and, for the first time, turkey production
was added as a class.59 Halbrook served as head of the Poultry Industry Department from 1946-1956. Halbrook was the main
director at the time soon after MSC acquired the Robinson/Thompson property and Barn in 1943. Limited records could be found
regarding the remodeling of the barn building to function as a university facility. The Robinson house, located east across the
barnyard and facing South Third Avenue was rented out to various individuals and student for a few years, then was the home of
the Poultry Barn manager. Th general time period of the 1950s is when it is most likely that major changes to the building were
undertaken including interior finishes for offices and classrooms, interior pens and outside areas for poultry, the addition of
extensive window systems on the south wall of the second and third floors, the installation of the stairway, as well as upgrades to
heating and electrical systems.
Following into the next decade, Knight notes, “The 1950’s were a period of rapid change in agriculture. Production standards and
management practices of previous years were no longer good enough. The animal industry and range researchers were challenged
to respond to the needs of Montana’s livestock and range industry which was over $200 million in income annually. New practices
and techniques using implants, fistulas, antibiotics, and other developments meant faculty had expectations and questions from
clientele they had not experienced before.”60
In 1950, MSC offered a course program leading to a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture with a Major in Animal Industry,
Range Management, Dairy Manufacturing or Dairy Production. A Master of Science Degree was also offered in these majors. There
was also a Department of Poultry Industry and a Department of Veterinary Science, however these to areas were non-degree
granting departments.61 62
Beginning in 1952, the Poultry Industry program was offered for the first time as a major in the College of Agriculture.63 Showing a
decline in the pursuits of the poultry program, in 1960 MSC dropped the Master of Science Degree program in Poultry Industry.64
This remained until 1962 when the Departments of Animal Industry and Range Management, Dairy Industry, and Poultry Industry
combined to form the Department of Animal Science and Range Management.65
Knight makes the important observation that, “An external review of the Department of Animal and Range Sciences in 1978 began
to point out some of the concerns that eventually led to the dairy program becoming a lower priority in Montana. The review team
57 “Animal and Range Sciences Department History 1893-2016,” by James E. Knight, Professor Emeritus, 2016, page 11.
58 ibid., page 11.
59 ibid., page 70.
60 “Animal and Range Sciences Department History 1893-2016,” by James E. Knight, Professor Emeritus, 2016, page 70.
61 ibid., page 24.
62 Montana State College Bulletin. 1950. Catalogue Number for 1950-1952. Vol. 5 No. 2. Bozeman, Montana.
63 ibid. 1952. Catalogue Number for 1952-1954. Vol. VII No. 1. Bozeman, Montana.
64 ibid. 1960. Biennial Catalogue Number for 1960-61 and 1961-62. Vol. XV, No. 2. Bozeman, Montana.
65 “Animal and Range Sciences Department History 1893-2016,” by James E. Knight, Professor Emeritus, 2016, page 70.
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noted, “Income derived from the cattle industry and rangeland grazing, equals nearly half of the total state agricultural income.
Dairy and poultry science have combined income of only a total of 5% of state agricultural income.”66 67
Through the 1970s and 80s fewer poultry classes were offered until, by 1994, there were no poultry classes listed in the university
catalogue.
The 1983 Polk City Directory for Bozeman lists the occupants of the building at 1501 South 3rd Avenue (the original Robinson
farmhouse) as the Montana State University Capitol Campaign Office.71 The Capitol Campaign Office is shown to occupy the building
during subsequent years of 1984 - 1987.
The 1987 city directory shows a “Clark Joyce” assigned to the building,72 but no individual personal listing for Joyce could be found.
It is not known if Joyce was affiliated with MSU, the Capitol Campaign Office, or the Kellogg Center.73 The MSU Planning, Design, and
Construction Department revealed undated drawings for constructing the addition to the west (rear) of the original farmhouse at
1501 S. 3rd Avenue. The best estimate for the remodel, resulting in more office space in the building, is during the mid-1980s. So, it
may be surmised that the addition was most likely carried out to meet the needs of the Capital Campaign Office.
The 1990 city directory indicates that the MSU Kellogg Center began occupying the building for the MSU Human Development and
Research Clinic.74 The 1991 city directory also lists the MSU Kellogg Center, with subsequent directories (1992 to the present) list
the name of occupant as “MSU Human Development & Research Clinic, counseling services. The current website for the MSU
Kellogg Center75 explains (in a full-circle view), “The Human Development Clinic is located at 1501 S. 3rd Ave. The 1920s farmhouse
66 ibid., page 70.
67 Special Review - Research, Extension and Teaching. Department of Animal and Range Science. June 26-30, 1978. Montana State
University. Bozeman, Montana.
68 Faculty list extracted from full faculty list compiled by Dr. James Knight from MSC and MSU Catalogs in his publication: “Animal and Range
Sciences Department History 1893-2016,” by James E. Knight, Professor Emeritus, 2016.
69 “Animal and Range Sciences Department History 1893-2016,” by James E. Knight, Professor Emeritus, 2016, page 50.
70 Rydell, Robert, J. Safford and P. Mullen. 1992. In the People’s Interest- A Centennial History of Montana State University. Montana State
University Foundation. Bozeman, Montana
71 Polk’s City Directory for Bozeman City and Gallatin County Directory, 1983, page 3, Street Index, R.L. Polk & Co. of Montana.
72 Polk’s City Directory for Bozeman City and Gallatin County Directory, 1987, page 3, Street Index, R.L. Polk & Co. of Montana.
73 ibid. page 2, Steet Index.
74 ibid. page 3, Steet Index.
75 https://www.montana.edu/hhd/locations/clinic.html
Table 2. MSC/MSU Agricultural Department & Animal and Range Sciences, Poultry Faculty68
Henry C. Gardener, Poultry. 1899-1903
James Dryden, Poultry, Department Head. 1904-1905
William F. Schoppe, Poultryman, Head Poultry Department. 1909-1923
George Ford, Poultry. 1925-1927
Everett R Halbrook, Poultry Industry, Department Head. 1946-1956
Ervin Smith, Poultry. 1948-1956
Edmund Guenther, Poultry, 1954-1960
George T. Davis, Poultry, Department Head. 1958- 1973
Allen F. Beeckler, Poultry Industry, Department Head. 1958- 1977
Harriette E. Cushman, Poultry Extension Specialist. 1921-1950
Harriette E. Cushman was Montana’s Extension Poultry Specialist for 29 years. She was one of the nation’s few female extension
specialists in agriculture. She was well-known for her poultry expertise but also for her work with Native Americans. She became
interested in Indian affairs when she worked with Montana’s 7 reservations with poultry projects. Throughout her career and into
her retirement she continued to provide youth and educational programs to the tribes.69 70
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building was part of the Lester Robinson farm, extending from Grant St. to Kagy Rd., and bought by Montana State College in the
mid-20th century. Today, the Clinic is staffed by faculty and graduate students of the counseling program within the Department of
Health and Human Development at Montana State University.
Prior to the demolition of the Robinson/Thompson Barn May 15-16, 2024, the barn was used for storage of university records,
supplies and equipment. Rudimentary lumber and screen storage cribs were constructed on the first floor. Otherwise, the building
was currently used on a limited basis.
5. National Register Evaluation and Assessment
HAS A FORMAL ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION BEEN PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THIS SITE/PROPERTY?
X No formal determination Yes, determined NOT eligible Yes, determined eligible Yes, NR listed Unknown
PROVIDE YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE SITE’S/PROPERTY’S ELIGIBILITY FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER
Meets criteria as an individual property Meets criteria as a contributing element to a historic district
X Does not meet criteria X Does not meet criteria, and is a non-contributing element to a historic district
Historic District Name:
APPLICABLE NR CRITERIA+ ARGUMENT FOR OR AGAINST EACH NR CRITERION
A – Events YES X NO History of property does not yield information significant to important historical events.
B – Persons YES X NO History of property does not yield information related to persons significant to history.
C – Characteristics YES X NO Property does not show significant physical characteristics or workmanship.
D – Information YES X NO Property does not have the potential to yield important research information.
COMMENTS
The Robinson Farmhouse does not possess any elements that support a finding of meeting one or more of the criteria for
evaluation and eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
INTEGRITY (LOCATION, DESIGN, SETTING, MATERIALS, WORKMANSHIP, FEELING, ASSOCIATION)
Although the Robinson Farmhouse property retains its original location and most aspects of its original design, materials, and
workmanship, the building has been subjected to major alterations (exterior and interior) related to the substantial structural addition
constructed at the west side of the building in the mid-1980s. The loss of important architectural elements, including interior walls,
the kitchen, several original windows and doors, the rear porch, water closet, and detached one-story one-car garage, greatly
diminishes the architectural integrity of the property. Likewise, the recent loss of the Robinson/Thompson Barn, located immediately
adjacent and west of the rear of the farmhouse, plus the addition of hundreds of recent buildings on the original farm property,
negatively affects the setting, feeling, and association of the property to its original location and history.
6. Information Sources
LIST CITATIONS FOR INFORMATION SOURCES USED TO COMPLETE THIS FORM.
BOOKS/PUBLICATIONS
Burlingame, , Merrill G., 1968
A History: Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, Montana State University. Office of Information Publication, Bozeman,
MT.
Johnson, Shirley J., 1959
The History of Lester Thompson, a Pioneer Hereford Breeder. A student paper prepared for Montana History, Montana State
College, Bozeman, MT. Copy on file a MSU, Renne Library, Special Collections and Archives.
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Knight, James E., 2016
Animal and Range Sciences Department History, 1893-2016.” Montana State University, Department of Animal and Range Sciences,
Bozeman, MT. Website: https://animalrange.montana.edu/ANRS_history_page.html
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station., 1900
“Bulletin No. 28. 1900. Seventh Annual Report of the Director, for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1900.” Montana Agricultural
College. Bozeman, MT.
Montana State College, var. dates
“MSC Bulletin, Catalogue Number for 1950-1952.” Vol. 5 No. 2. Bozeman, MT.
“MSC Bulletin, Catalogue Number for 1952-1954. Vol. VII No. 1. Bozeman, MT.
“MSC Bulletin, Biennial Catalogue for 1960-61 and 1961-62. Vol. XV, No. 2. Bozeman, MT.
Montana State University,
“Special Review - Research, Extension and Teaching. Department of Animal and Range Science. June 26-30, 1978.” Montana State
University. Bozeman, MT.
Montana State University, Special Collections and Archives, n.d.
“Biographical Note,” William H. Tracy Papers, 1866-1909. MSU Special Collections, Renne Library, Bozeman, MT.
“Biographical Note,” John Marion Robinson Family Papers, 1860-1890. MSU Special Collections, Renne Library, Bozeman, MT.
R. L. Polk & Co. various dates
“Polk City Directory for Bozeman, Montana, and Gallatin County.” R. L. Polk Co. of Montana, Helena, MT. Copies on file at Bozeman
Public Library, Bozeman, MT, and online at ancestry.com. See individual footnote for specific details.
“Polk’s St. Paul (Ramsey County Minn.) City Directory.” Volumes for 1880 to 1941. R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers, St. Paul, Minn. Copies
available online at www.ancestry.com. See individual footnote for specific details.
Rydell, Robert, J. Safford and P. Mullen, 1992.
“In the People’s Interest- A Centennial History of Montana State University. Montana State University Foundation.” Bozeman, MT.
Smith, Phyllis, 2002
Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley: A History. Twodot, The Globe Perquot Press, Guilford, CT and Helena, MT.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1942
Certificate of Delayed Birth Registration, filed on August 20, 1942. Available at ancestry.com.
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976
“Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval in the Service of the United States, 1875,” pg.614, Washington,
Government Printing Office 1876.
U.S. Works Progress Administration, about 1934 - 1936
“Works Progress Administration. Book of township plats showing and ownerships, operating units, and land use in Gallatin County,
c1934-36, MSU Special Collections, Renne Library, Collection No. 2101.
“Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval in the Service of the United States, 1877,” pg.482, Washington,
Government Printing Office, 1878.
NEWSPAPERS
“Avant Courier, “ Bozeman, MT
var. dates
“Bozeman Courier, “ Bozeman, MT
October 24, 1873, page 2
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July 6, 1875, page 2
July 9, 1875, page 3
“The Montana Standard,” Butte, MT
March 29, 1931
COLLECTIONS
Property Deed Records, Gallatin County Clerk & Recorders Office, Bozeman, MT. See individual footnote for specific details.
Documents, maps, and photographs, MSU Special Collections and Archives, Renne Library, Bozeman, MT. See individual footnote
for specific details.
U.S. Census Records, various dates.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Available at ancestry.com. See individual footnote for specific details.
PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
Personal Communication with Adam Hallberg, GIS Specialist, MSU Facilities Management Department, November 8, 2024.
WEBSITES
Knight, James E., 2016
Animal and Range Sciences Department History, 1893-2016.” Montana State University, Department of Animal and Range Sciences,
Bozeman, MT. Website: https://animalrange.montana.edu/ANRS_history_page.html
7. List of Photos and Maps
FIGURE
NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
/ CAPTION
PHOTOGRAPHER PHOTO DATE
1A Portion of USGS 7.5 minute topographic map, Bozeman, MT, 2020. Red dot
indicates location of Robinson/Thompson Barn at the south terminus of
South 4th Avenue, south of where West Lincoln Street would be, if it
extended west beyond South 11th Avenue.
S. Carpenter 11/1/2024
2A Project area map/aerial photography base showing location of Robinson
Farmhouse (at red pin), at 1501 South 3rd Avenue. S. Carpenter 11/1/2024/2024
3A
View to west from South 3rd Avenue at east façade of Robinson Farmhouse.
(IRP-24-02-p_Robinson Farmhousse_East Facade_IMG_1608.jpg). S. Carpenter 11/13/2024
4A View to southwest at northeast corner of Robinson Farmhouse. East façade
is on left, north elevation is on right. Modern (ca. 1986) one-story addition
attached to west end of historic building (structure with smaller, three
window sets right of center). (IRP-24-02-p_Robinson Farmhouse_NE
Corner_IMG_1446.jpg).
S. Carpenter 11/13/2024
5A View to south at north elevation of Robinson Farmhouse with modern (ca.
1986) one-story addition right of center. (IRP-24-02-p_Robinson
Farmhouse_North Elevation_IMG_1450.jpg).
S. Carpenter 11/13/2024
6A View to southeast at northwest corner of Robinson Farmhouse. North
elevation on left and in center, partial view of west elevation at right.
Modern (ca. 1986) one-story addition at right. (IRP-24-02-p_Robinson
Farmhouse_North Elevation_IMG_1451.jpg).
S. Carpenter 11/13/2024
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IMPORTANT: DO NOT insert images for photos, maps, and other figures to this document. Supporting photographs, maps, and
other figures referenced in the table below need to be formatted, saved, and submitted according to SHPO’s Guidelines and
Samples for CSR/AER Form Attachments. For more detailed mapping and photography standards, please review Montana SHPO
Consultation Guide, 2023.
(tab from last cell to add rows to photos and maps table)
7A View to east at west elevation (rear) of building, showing modern (ca. 1986)
addition in foreground, and roof area of historic Robin Farmhouse building
in background. (IRP-24-02- p_Robinson Farmhouse_West
Elevation_IMG_1467.jpg).
11/13/2024
8A View to northeast at southwest corner of building, showing modern (ca.
1986) one-story addition (at left) attached to west (rear) elevation of
Robinson Farmhouse. (IRP-24-02- p_Robinson Farmhouse_SW
Corner_IMG_1471.jpg).
S. Carpenter 11/13/2024
9A View to north at south elevation of Robinson Farmhouse. Portion of
modern (ca. 1986) one-story addition is at extreme left. (IRP-24-02-
p_Robinson Farmhouse_West Elevation_IMG_1473.jpg).
S. Carpenter 11/13/2024
10A View to northwest at southeast corner of Robinson Farmhouse.
South elevation, with modern (ca. 1986) one-story addition, is at
left, east façade is at center. (IRP-24-02- p_Robinson Farmhouse_SE
Corner_IMG_1475.jpg).
S. Carpenter 11/13/2024
11A Copy of undated (ca. 1986) architectural plans for constructing addition to
west (rear) of farmhouse, with remodeling of original building. (Drawing
courtesy of MSU Planning, Design, and Construction Department, GIS
Office, file 86-0006-SheetA1).
S. Carpenter n.d. (ca. 1986)
12A Copy of undated (ca. 1986) architectural plans for constructing
addition to west (rear) of farmhouse, with remodeling of original
building. (Drawing courtesy of MSU Planning, Design, and Construction
Department, GIS Office, file 86-0006-SheetA2).
S Carpenter n.d. (ca. 1986)
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Figure 1A. Portion of USGS 7.5 minute topographic map, Bozeman, MT, 2020. Red dot indicates location of Robinson Farmhouse at 1501
South 3rd Avenue, south of where West Lincoln Street would be, if it extended west beyond South 11th Avenue.
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Figure 2A. Project area map/aerial photography base showing location of Robinson Farmhouse (at red pin), at 1501 South 3rd Avenue.
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Figure 3A. View to west from South 3rd Avenue at east façade of Robinson Farmhouse. (IRP-24-02-p_Robinson Farmhousse_East
Facade_IMG_1608.jpg).
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Figure 4A. View to southwest at northeast corner of Robinson Farmhouse. East façade is on left, north elevation is on right. Modern (ca. 1986)
one-story addition attached to west end of historic building (structure with smaller, three window sets right of center). (IRP-24-02-p_Robinson
Farmhouse_NE Corner_IMG_1446.jpg).
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Figure 5A. View to south at north elevation of Robinson Farmhouse with modern (ca. 1986) one-story addition right of center. (IRP-24-02-
p_Robinson Farmhouse_North Elevation_IMG_1450.jpg).
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Figure 6A. View to southeast at northwest corner of Robinson Farmhouse. North elevation on left and in center, partial view of west elevation at
right. Modern (ca. 1986) one-story addition at right. (IRP-24-02-p_Robinson Farmhouse_North Elevation_IMG_1451.jpg).
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Figure 7A. View to east at west elevation (rear) of building, showing modern (ca. 1986) addition in foreground, and roof area of historic Robin
Farmhouse building in background. (IRP-24-02- p_Robinson Farmhouse_West Elevation_IMG_1467.jpg).
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Figure 8A. View to northeast at southwest corner of building, showing modern (ca. 1986) one-story addition (at left) attached to west (rear)
elevation of Robinson Farmhouse. (IRP-24-02- p_Robinson Farmhouse_SW Corner_IMG_1471.jpg).
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Figure 9A. View to north at south elevation of Robinson Farmhouse. Portion of modern (ca. 1986) one-story addition is at extreme left. (IRP-24-02-
p_Robinson Farmhouse_West Elevation_IMG_1473.jpg).
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Figure 10A. View to northwest at southeast corner of Robinson Farmhouse. South elevation, with modern (ca. 1986) one-story addition, is at left,
east façade is at center. (IRP-24-02- p_Robinson Farmhouse_SE Corner_IMG_1475.jpg).
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Figure 11A. Copy of
undated (ca. 1986)
architectural plans for
constructing addition
to west (rear) of
farmhouse, with
remodeling of original
building. (Drawing
courtesy of MSU
Planning, Design, and
Construction
Department, GIS Office,
file 86-0006-SheetA1).
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Figure 12A. Copy of
undated (ca. 1986)
architectural plans for
constructing addition
to west (rear) of
farmhouse, with
remodeling of original
building. (Drawing
courtesy of MSU
Planning, Design, and
Construction
Department, GIS Office,
file 86-0006-SheetA2).