{"id":543,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-08-06 17:19:24","latitude":45.67452229999999957499312586151063442230224609375,"longitude":-111.0419309000000112064299173653125762939453125,"title":"Susan Kirk Residence","subtitle":"Bon Ton Historic District","fullsize":"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/17d2cb69fb423be553f4355e071ceb96.jpg","address":"419 South 3rd Avenue, Bozeman, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Optimistic Bozeman entrepreneurs John Dickerson, Walter Cooper, and Nelson Story (of cattle drive fame) platted the Park Addition in 1883. Despite the arrival of the Northern Pacific that year, the addition remained undeveloped until the late 1890s, when the economy rebounded from the Panic of 1893. Constructed circa 1897, this one-and-one-half-story residence is less grand than the mansions that personify the Bon Ton neighborhood. Nevertheless, the home makes good use of its corner lot with its &quot;T&quot;-shaped plan, bay window, and corner porch. Although later owners enclosed the two porches and attached a large apartment building to the west side, enough of the home&#039;s original stylistic elements remain to evoke an earlier era. Simplified stickwork and shiplap siding covers the first story. In the gable ends, patterned shingles reflect the Queen Anne style&#039;s emphasis on diverse wall textures. Early occupants included Susan Kirk, the widow of farmer Henry Kirk, who lived here between 1902 and 1915. In 1920, the residence was the town home of farmer Charles H. Russell, his wife Nannie, and their three grown children.","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/17d2cb69fb423be553f4355e071ceb96.jpg":{"id":6655,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Susan Kirk Residence","description":"View of facade, facing north on West Story Street.  | Montana Historical Society | July 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/17d2cb69fb423be553f4355e071ceb96.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/6eea79cf531ac530f240443926709abc.jpg":{"id":6654,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Susan Kirk Residence","description":"View of facade, facing west on South 3rd Avenue.  | Montana Historical Society | July 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/6eea79cf531ac530f240443926709abc.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/8aa03ac88803d7c229711df3c70bcfa1.jpg":{"id":3955,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Susan Kirk Residence","description":"Front to side view of the house, facing northwest on South 3rd Avenue. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Apr. 1987 | Patricia Bick","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/8aa03ac88803d7c229711df3c70bcfa1.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/original/95fb39f2496a180363f9fc8f121c0893.pdf":{"id":6723,"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/95fb39f2496a180363f9fc8f121c0893.jpg"}}}