United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Montana State University Historic District Gallatin, Montana Name of Property County and State United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 1. Name of Property Historic name: Montana State University Historic District Other names/site number: Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, Agricultural College of the State of Montana, 24GA1893 (number for the entire district), 24GA0336, 24GA1629, 24GA1681, 24GA1763, 24GA1796-24GA1799, 24GA1865-24GA1892. Name of related multiple property listing: NA ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: Roughly bounded by West College St., South 11th Ave., West Grant St., and South 6th Ave. City or town: Bozeman State: Montana County: Gallatin Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property _X__ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national _X_statewide _X_local Applicable National Register Criteria: _X_A ___B _X_C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Montana State University Historic District Gallatin, Montana Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: Public – Local Public – State x X Public – Federal X Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) District x x Site Structure Object Sections 1-6 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Montana State University Historic District Gallatin, Montana Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing _____30______ ______11_____ buildings ______5______ _______3_____ sites ______0______ _______0_____ structures ______3______ _______9_____ objects _____38______ ______23_____ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ____0____ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions EDUCATION: College EDUCATION: Research Facility EDUCATION: Library EDUCATION: Education-related (College Dormitory) LANDSCAPE: Park LANDSCAPE: Plaza HEALTH CARE: Clinic TRANSPORTATION: Pedestrian-related RECREATION & CULTURE: Theater / Auditorium RECREATION & CULTURE: Sports Facility (Gymnasium) RECREATION & CULTURE: Monument / Marker RECREATION & CULTURE: Work of Art (Sculpture) RELIGION: Religious Facility (Chapel) SOCIAL: Meeting Hall Current Functions EDUCATION: College EDUCATION: Research Facility EDUCATION: Library EDUCATION: Education-related (College Dormitory) LANDSCAPE: Park LANDSCAPE: Plaza HEALTH CARE: Clinic TRANSPORTATION: Pedestrian-related RECREATION & CULTURE: Theater / Auditorium RECREATION & CULTURE: Sports Facility (Gymnasium) RECREATION & CULTURE: Monument / Marker RECREATION & CULTURE: Work of Art (Sculpture) RELIGION: Religious Facility (Chapel) SOCIAL: Meeting Hall Sections 1-6 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Montana State University Historic District Gallatin, Montana Name of Property County and State ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) LATE VICTORIAN: Collegiate Gothic LATE 19th & 20th CENTURY REVIVALS: Italian Renaissance Revival LATE 19th & 20th CENTURY REVIVALS: Jacobethan Revival LATE 19th & 20th CENTURY REVIVALS:Spanish Mission Revival LATE 19th & 20th CENTURY REVIVALS: Neoclassical Revival LATE 19th & EARLY 20th CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS: Craftsman MODERN MOVEMENT: Modern MODERN MOVEMENT: International MODERN MOVEMENT: New Formalism MODERN MOVEMENT: Exaggerated Modern (Googie) MODERN MOVEMENT: Brutalism MODERN MOVEMENT: Postmodern Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: Foundations: Stone, Concrete, Granite, Walls: Brick, Terra Cotta, Limestone, Sandstone, Finished Concrete, Precast Concrete Panels, Asbestos (Glasweld, Cemesto) Panels, Glass/Aluminum Curtain Wall, Prefinished Metal Paneling; Roofs: Clay Tiles, Asphalt Shingles, Slate Shingles, Standing Seam Metal, Built-up Synthetic Membrane; Windows: Wood, Aluminum and Steel Narrative Description ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The Montana State University Historic District (MSU Historic District) consists of approximately 93.359 acres at the southern edge of Bozeman, Montana (2010 population 37,285), the seat of Gallatin County, Montana.1 Bozeman stands at the southeast end of Montana’s fertile Gallatin Valley, bounded on the north by the Horseshoe Hills, on the northeast by the Bridger Mountains and the Gallatin Mountains to the south and east. Foothills rise along the edge of the valley to meet the mountains. The west and east branches of the Gallatin River run to the west and north of the city. The branches combine north of Bozeman and continue northwest to meet with the Madison and Jefferson Rivers, forming the headwaters of the Missouri River at Three Forks, Montana.2 On a smaller scale, the historic district rests on an elevated hill generally bound to the west by Bozeman’s S. 11th Avenue, to the north by College and Cleveland Streets, on the east by S. 8th and S. 6th Avenues and on the south by Grant Street. Deviations exist at the southwest corner of campus, where the boundary continues across S. 11th Avenue to include five mid-20th century resources, and along the district’s southern edge. Here, the boundary jogs south across Grant Street to include the 1930 Gatton Field Gate, and the Heating Plant and Plew Building. Residential neighborhoods and the remainder of the MSU campus surround the district. Beyond the historic district boundaries, the campus stretches south for another one-third of a mile to Kagy Street containing athletic and support facilities, including the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (24GA1795), Bobcat 1 U.S. Census Bureau. “Quickfacts: Bozeman (city), Montana.” Accessed online, 6/19/2013. 2 Sanford, Dena. “Montana State University Campus,” Draft National Register Nomination, 1990. Portions of this nomination are adapted from this draft nomination and a 1995 Draft Multiple Property Document Nomination prepared the Bozeman Historic Preservation Office in 1995. Section 7 page 5 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Montana State University Historic District Gallatin, Montana Name of Property County and State Stadium, the Marga Hosaeus Fitness Center, ASMSU/Outdoor Recreation, University Records, the Huffman Building (MSU Security and Police), Aquatic Sciences, the Forestry Sciences Lab and faculty housing. Campus also continues across S. 11th Avenue for approximately one mile with academic buildings including the Creative Arts Complex, Plant Growth Center and Animal and Plant Bioscience buildings in the immediate vicinity, and graduate/family housing and a research park farther west. Bozeman residential neighborhoods border the historic district to the south and east, with College Street containing a commercial strip that serves the campus community. In general, large high-style, brick-clad buildings separated by formal and informal open spaces characterize the MSU Historic District. For the most part, buildings sit in a bilateral axial arrangement centered on Montana Hall (Main Hall) with a north/south pedestrian axis running between Romney Gymnasium and the Johnstone Center and an east/west axis running between S. 6th and S. 11th Avenue. The former is aligned