{"id":3563,"featured":1,"modified":"2026-08-06 17:11:58","latitude":45.6702957848905981563802924938499927520751953125,"longitude":-111.04143083095550537109375,"title":"Sheppard House","subtitle":"Bon Ton Historic District","fullsize":"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/61d4ebe5d993ddc21ad8d4306aace4ee.jpg","address":"826 South Third Avenue, Bozeman","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana Historical Society"],"description":"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&#039; 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.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/bff6b0be-3d3a-4160-a317-f43b99605c8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Bon Ton Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/15e69ee5-fe11-4539-9a00-4e84f357ecc0/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Bon Ton Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/61d4ebe5d993ddc21ad8d4306aace4ee.jpg":{"id":6643,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Sheppard House","description":"View of facade, facing east.  | Montana Historical Society | July 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/61d4ebe5d993ddc21ad8d4306aace4ee.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/3d9b7a3751bb156f03e21fa10e5dcae1.jpg":{"id":6642,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Sheppard House","description":"Front to side view of residence, facing northeast.  | Montana Historical Society | July 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/3d9b7a3751bb156f03e21fa10e5dcae1.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/b95ae1bacef0db3c034efae042548400.jpg":{"id":6205,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Sheppard House","description":"Side view of residence, facing north on West Harrison Street.  | Google Street View | October 2015","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/b95ae1bacef0db3c034efae042548400.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/20c860133e978395d466027b2fea649b.jpg":{"id":6207,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Sheppard House","description":"View of facade, facing northeast.  | 1984 | Survey photo","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/20c860133e978395d466027b2fea649b.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/original/ef8baf3ecd697e67202f5673210a3090.pdf":{"id":6208,"mime-type":"application/pdf","title":"New Homes in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle","description":"Newspaper article advertising 100 new homes built in 1922.  | Newspapers.com | April 30, 1922 | Bozeman Daily Chronicle","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/ef8baf3ecd697e67202f5673210a3090.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/original/866557386c45f476dcb6726fd4e1c82f.pdf":{"id":6209,"mime-type":"application/pdf","title":"Dr. Sheppard gives talk on bomb chemistry","description":"Newspaper article clipping describing Dr. Sheppard&#039;s talk on bomb chemistry at a Rotary luncheon.  | Newspapers.com | September 25, 1942 | The Bozeman Courier","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/866557386c45f476dcb6726fd4e1c82f.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/original/5bf965b581c8cb3c2498d9644b019e1e.pdf":{"id":6210,"mime-type":"application/pdf","title":"Death of Thor Sheppard","description":"Newspaper article describing the death of Thor Sheppard | Newspapers.com | February 23, 1940 | The Bozeman Courier","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/5bf965b581c8cb3c2498d9644b019e1e.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/original/c09bc2d77a4085c23223393c9cbc3ba4.pdf":{"id":6719,"mime-type":"application/pdf","title":"Bon Ton Historic District","description":"Nomination Documentation. This document is an accessible remediation of the original 1987 scanned nomination form.  | <a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/bff6b0be-3d3a-4160-a317-f43b99605c8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Original NPS Bon Ton Historic District nomination</a> | 2026 | Montana Historical Society","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/c09bc2d77a4085c23223393c9cbc3ba4.jpg"}}}