A Guide To Historic Bozeman
Welcome to our Tea and Revolution Book Club! Our book this week compliments our series “Building Community through Historic Preservation.” We’ll be reading Jim Jenks’ book “A Guide to Historic Bozeman” and taking a visual tour through Bozeman’s rich historic architecture. Follow along, won’t you?
The book will be available at our events this week. (For a full schedule go here) and at the Gallatin History Museum and Museum of the Rockies. You can also purchase it through Amazon here.
Below you will find supplemental photos, links and information and at the bottom of the page will be some thought provoking questions to ponder and discuss with other readers. Please join in the conversation about how we build community through historic Preservation!
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Connecting Historic Places to People in Bozeman by Courtney Kramer, former Bozeman Historic Preservation Officer
Architecture / Historic Resource Survey, A Field Guide
BETTER KNOW A HISTORIC DISTRICT!
Bozeman’s Historic Main Street
We apologize, but due to technical difficulties, we are unable to include more photos of Main St. at this time. We will try to add more if we can later, but its a good excuse to take the book out and take a walk down Main St. and see the buildings for yourself!
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Architectural Styles (links)
Lamme Block on Main Street, 1883
Take a Historic Walking Tour
From Tents to Towns, Bozeman’s Historic Main Street
The Contrasting Styles of Fred Willson, Bozeman Architect, 1910 – 1956
North Side Historic Neighborhoods
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Bozeman’s City Hall, Opera House and Fire Department. Constructed in 1887 and torn down in 1966.
Architectural Styles (links)
Take a Historic Walking Tour!
Family Matters: Bozeman’s Historic African American Community
Seeking Fortunes: Bozeman’s Historic China Alley
Northern Pacific and Story Mill Historic District
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Fire at Story Mill, August 27, 1901
Architectural Styles (links)
Bozeman Brewery Historic District
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Cultivating Female Reform: The Montana Women’s Christian Temperance Union
The Lehrkind Brewery Wall
Historic Spotlight: Bozeman’s Brewery District by Courtney Kramer, former Bozeman Historic Preservation Officer
Architectural Styles
Northeast Neighborhood
North Tracy Avenue Historic District
Informational Links
Nurses at Bozeman’s Deaconness Hospital at the turn of the 20th century.
The Many Mysteries of Bozeman Builder George Harrison by Courtney Kramer, former Bozeman Historic Preservation Officer
Take a Historic Walking Tour!
The Working Class Hero: Bozeman’s Historic North Tracy District
South Side Historic Neighborhoods
South Tracy and South Black Historic District
Architectural Styles (Links)
Lindley Place Historic District
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Historical District Spotlight: Lindley Place by Courtney Kramer, former Bozeman Historic Preservation Officer
Bon Ton Historic District
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The SAE’s and the Story Mansion by Courtney Kramer, former Bozeman Historic Preservation Officer
Architectural Styles (links)
Take a Historic Walking Tour!
Gracious Gables: Bozeman’s Historic Bon Ton District
South Tracy Avenue Historic District
Historic District Spotlight: South Tracy by Courtney Kramer, former Bozeman Historic Preservation Officer
Cooper Park Historic District
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Architectural Styles
Jessica Jones leading a tour through the historic Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman
Bozeman’s Other Historic Places: Sunset Hill Cemetery
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Landscape Architecture and the Rural Cemetery Movement
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The Ghosts of Bozeman’s Past: The Historic Sunset Hills Cemetery
Preserving Bozeman
The Extreme History Project 
Historic Preservation is defined by the community. What do you value in our historic environment? What guidelines would you like to see included in discussions about what we save and what we let go?
We are lucky to have such a wealth of historic buildings and homes in Bozeman. Historic preservation is about community collective memory, which comes from individual experience. What buildings, homes or places are important to you? What buildings do you feel are indispensable?
Bozeman’s historic districts retain the feel and flavor of the past throughout their neighborhoods. The districts have not been updated for several decades. What new districts do you think should be added? What other historic neighborhoods should we preserve?