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Legal Description: Fairview Blk 7/Lots: 25 ft . NS 27, all 28 & 29, & 15
ft. S.S.30
Address:- 712 South Willson
Ownership:name: Montana State University Housing Association
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E public address'. 712 South Willson Roll# 33 Framed 9
Historic Name: Unknown
Common Name: Man 'q CnnD
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Date of Construction: 1909 9 documented
Architect: Frpri F. Willqnn
Builder: -Unknown
Original Owner. plurr Fislipy
Original Use: Residence
Present Use: Residerlae (mulV )
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Research Sources:
0 abstract of title F_ city directories
plat records0apq tract x sLwar/wateriberwas
0 tax cards F' obituaries
building permit E biographies
Sanborn maps-dales:
Bibliography:
Department of Sanitation
Avant-Courier-January '12, 1909
National Register
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'rrl iz�, AL L;U UESKIP I JUN, u scrine presenT appearance OTSIMMurelsite,then contrast and compare that with it's original appearance,
noting additions,alterations,and changes in materials.Discuss significant architectural features.
This detached one-story multi-person residence has a U-shaped plan with an
arched recessed porch across the entire front. The symmetrical facade is
constructed in the Mission Style of architecture and has a central front
entrance with fixed and casement windows, a series of which line the side of
the structure. The frame construction is finished in stucco and rests on a
concrete foundation. The mansard roof is covered with green asphalt shingles
and has a decorative cross extension,above the main entrance. There is a
brick chimney at each end of the mansard roof, which is parallel to the street.
Outbuildings include a carriage house of the same design as the house.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,impo tan/events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structurelsita,
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
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This property is significant because it is associated with a person important
in Bozeman history, Fred F. Willson. Son of General Lester S. Willson, an
early Dozeman pioneer, S-lillson was born in 1877 in Bozeman. He attended
Montana State College for taro years and graduated from Columbia University
in architecture in 1902. He studied for two years abroad and upon his return,
Willson practiced with C.S. Haire in Helena and Butte. In his long practice
j from 1910-1956, he designed many public, commercial and residential buildings.
Significance: This structure qualifies as a contributing element within a
potential historic district due to its association with the residential aspect
of the Civic Phase of Bozeman's historic/architectural development.
t Information from John DeHaas , 1973, Survey:
1905--6: residence, doctor' s office & restaurant. Also, reputedly, a
gambling casino.
1926-on: Men' s Co-op for MSU students. One of the first Fred Willson
buildings in the community. Originally had tile roof.
1910: Gardner's shop built in similar style to the northeast of residence.
See National Register nomination for more information.
yINTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which the structurelsite,and surrounding area accurately convey the historical associations of the
property.
The historic integrity of this property has been retained due to the survival
of original design and materials and continuity of use, setting and location.
INFORMATION VALUE: Explain how the extant structurelsite may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc-
tion.
None
FORM PREPARED BY: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Name DAMES R. MCDONALD ARCHITECTS P.C, Acreage:
P. c. Fox8163
Address: USGS Quad:
Date: I'41SSOULA, GiONTANA 501807 LITM•s:
South Central Ave. Historic District
National Register nominaticn
John N. DeHaas , 1978
37. 712 S . Willson -- r'en ' s Co-op
.This large Mission Style building was designed by Fred F. Willson, architect,
about 1909. The one story masonry building, raised half a flight above grade to al ;
for windows in the basement, has ahip roof with exposed rafter ends . The roof is n,
covered with composition shingles but until the1960's it had .a Spanish tile roof,
There is a large open porch across the front of the building that has large arches
supported by piers. The malls are a cream colored stucco .
The entrance is centrally located. Above the entry arch a parapet wall bisect:
the hip roof; the shaped parapet has a quatrefoil window. Decorative metal bracket,
support lamps on either side of the entry arch. A string course serves as a sill f,
the porch arches . A pair- of concrete posts stand at the curb.
Behind the house on the northeast corner of the lot there is a carriage house,
now a garage, that carries out the Mission Style design of the house. It is also
stuccoed and painted the same cream color as the house . The building is one story,
with a hip roof and a single dormer- (also with a hip roof) . There is one large
flattened arched opening and a smaller arched doorway .
37 . 712 S. Willson -- teen ' s Co-op
Built in c. 1909, this house is one of the .earliest houses designed in Rozzo n
Fred F. Willson. It was built for Burr Fisher, Vice President of the Gallatin Sta '
Bank, and later was owned by Dr. J. Franklin Blair (building no. 6) . About 1927 it
became the sorority house for Pi Beta Phi Sorority of Montana State . After about 1
years this sorority moved and the building became the glen's Co-op, and has served >_
purpose for some 40 years.
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