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MJNTANA' ISTORICAL/ARCHITECTORAL INVENTORY #16 - Q
- HISTORIC NAME: Colburn House rA
---_ ADDRESS: -607 West Lamme
LEGAL BOUNDARY: Tracy's 3rd, Blk E
S. 107' lot 13, all
lot 14, E1/2 lot 15
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OWNER'S NAME: Vernon and JoAnne Troxel -
OWNER ADDRESS: 607 W. Lamme, Bozeman
SPECIFIC DATE: c.1890 - _ - == ■ -�
ARCHITECT: Unknown - -
BUILDER: Unknown `-
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ORIGINAL OWNER: L.P. & Catherine Colburn
ORIGINAL USE: residence
PRESENT USE: residence --
_UTM REFERENCE: 12/496550/5058375
- .__ACREAGE: less than one
. U.S,G.S. QUAD: Bozeman, 1953 4 ..
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: '-
Applicable Criteria: C - -
Number of Contributing Properties: 1
Although little of the early history of this house can be confirmed, it is clearly eligible
for the National Register based on architectural significance, The large brick house is
very well preserved, and retains a full front porch with square, paired columns which
appear to have been added just after the turn of the century. Architectural details, as
well as the overall "I-house" form with a broad, cross dormer, indicate a late 19th century
date for the structure. Although the house is not clearly shown on the 1898 Bird's Eye
--View, it may have been built around 1890 by L.P. Colburn, a farmer, and his wife Catherine
Colburn. it is also possible that the Colburns occupied an earlier house on this site, and
built this one shortly after 1898. In any case, it is a notable monument in Bozeman, which
- has few elaborate house of this general period and type relative to the large number of
early 20th century houses. It is also of special note due to its location north of Main
Street, where the overall architectural quality of the neighborhoods is considerably lower
than south of Main Street.. The second owner of the house may have been F. Colloden, whose
name appears on the 1907 sewer permit for the site.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
This detached, one--and-one half story, single family residence has a T-shaped plan with an
open flat roofed front porch that originally had a balcony above that was accessed by the
central door with double round-headed glass set in the central cross--gable. The balustrade
of the balcony has been removed except for the two corner posts set against the brick
facade. The one. bay facade is symmetrical and consists of a central front entrance flanked
by tripart windows composed of a center cottage window with a fixed leaded glass transom
and two one-aver-one, narrow double hung sash to each side. The frame construction is
finished with brick veneer and rest on a brick foundation. The gable roof is covered with
brown asphalt shingles and features two gable roof dormers on the front facade that are cut
through the eave line. There are two brick chimneys, one interior and the other on the
exterior of the east wall. Shingles cut in a fish scale pattern decorate the gable ends.
Gable roof dormers, matching those of the front facade, are found on the rear, south
extension of the building. The axis of the roof of the front Portion of the structure is
parallel to the street. The building appears to have retained complete historic
architectural integrity, with the passible exceptions of the exterior brick chimney on the
east wall, which might post date the rest of the house by some years, and the infilling of
the front porch balustrade with beveled siding. Outbuildings include a two car garage.
BISLICGRAPHY:
Bird's Eye View, 1898
City Directory: 1892-3, p. 102
Application for Sewer Connection: August 24,' 1907, F. Colloden, 607 W. Lamme
FORM PREPARED BY: James R. McDonald, P.C. (1983-84) ; Matthew Cohen (1985-86 revision) ;
Patricia Sick (1997 revision) , State Historic Preservation Office, 225 No. Roberts, Helena,
Montana 59620 (406) 444--7715
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