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MONTANA HISTORICAL/ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY
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HISTORIC NAME: Hamill House
ADDRESS: 205 S. Church -
- LEGAL BOUNDARY: Harpers Addition, .
-- Blk B, south 20'
- - - -of lot 3, all of
lots 4 & 5 JA
OWNER'S NAME: Beverly Jakub
OWNER ADDRESS: 515 S. 7th, Bozeman -
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SPECIFIC DATE: c,1919 =
ARCHITECT: Unknown
BUILDER: Henry J. Hamill _
.ORIGINAL OWNER: Henry J. Hamill j�•�, Y
ORIGINAL USE: residence
PRESENT USE: residence
UTM REFERENCE: 12/497650/5057970
ACREAGE: less than one � -
U.S.G.S. QUAD: Bozeman, 1953
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: r =
Applicable Criteria: B and C
Area of significance: architecture
Number of Contributing Properties: 1
This unusual Bungalow is significant for both its architectural and historical
significance. One of the numerous examples of the Bungalow style in Bozeman, this one is
unique because of the prominent entry porch. The porch is marked by two massive, battered
columns, and an unusual lattice pattern in the gable end. The house is also significant
due to its association with its original owner and builder, Henry J. Hamill, who was
perhaps the most important of Bozeman Isearly 20th Century contractors. Hamill worked in
collaboration with Fred F. Willson; Bozeman's most important architect of the period (the
only one of any importance in fact) , to build major structures such as the Baxter Hotel,
the Ellen Theatre, and the Hamill Apartments, named for him, at 427 E. Main (see Inventory
#15) . By 1927, Hamill was no longer living in this residence. In that year, William V.
Hogg, a driver, was the resident. -
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
This detached, one-and-one-half story, single family residence in the Bungalow style has a
rectangular plan with projecting enclosed gabled front porch. The enclosed porch is the
most unusual feature of this house. Massive battered columns support the wide, overhanging
porch roof. Lattice work built above the columns, complete with growing vines, adds an
unusual touch. A bay window on the front facade has a shed roof and a central cottage
window with one-over-one double hung windows on the sides, other windows in the house are
one-over-one double hung units, set singly or in pairs. The frame construction is finished
in white shingles and rests on a concrete foundation. The gable roof is covered with green
asphalt shingles and features shed-roofed dormers on the north and south. There is one
central brick chimney. The axis of the roof is perpendicular to the street. The only
alteration to the house is the construction of a shed roof dormer on the north elevation,
likely during the 1950's.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Application for Sewer Connection: July 1, 1919; Henry Hamill
Application for Water Service: July 1, 1919, Henry Hamill
City Directory: 1927, p.77
FORM PREPARED BY: James R. McDonald, P.C. (1983-84) ; Matthew Cohen (1985-86 revision) ;
Patricia Bick (1987 revision) , State Historic Preservation Office, 225 No. Roberts, Helena,
Montana 59620 (406) 444-7715 _
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