Sheppard House

After World War I, Montana entered a recession, and construction slowed dramatically. By 1922, however, Bozeman’s economy had rebounded, and new homes began to fill the vacant lots near downtown and the college. Montana State College chemistry professor Oden E. Sheppard and wife Dorothy purchased this side-gable Craftsman bungalow in 1922 when it was new. The home’s central shed-roof dormer, mix of clapboard and shingle siding, and wide overhanging eaves with exposed rafter tails are stylistic hallmarks. Oden was chemistry department chair from 1931 until his retirement in 1946. He was a founder of the American Chemical Society, chairman of the Rhodes Scholarship committee, and lectured in the community on chemical warfare. Dorothy stayed home to raise ten children in the modest four-bedroom home. In her free time, she organized meetings and gave lectures as chair of the Bozeman Woman’s Club Child Welfare section. Two of the Sheppards' sons and one daughter graduated from Montana State with chemistry degrees and helped establish the O. E. Sheppard Scholarship for chemistry majors. The Sheppards moved to a larger home in 1935.

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