{"id":554,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-07-23 18:30:58","latitude":45.6771169000000014648321666754782199859619140625,"longitude":-111.0333799999999655483406968414783477783203125,"title":"218 East Olive Street","subtitle":"Lindley Place Historic District","fullsize":"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/197ecd1d0e38b41b06aae15f858917c1.jpg","address":"218 East Olive Street, Bozeman, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Built before 1889, this one-story residence predates the city water system’s arrival to the neighborhood two years later. A bay window and an open front porch (now enclosed) distinguished the gable front-and-wing house, which became home in 1900 to widow Dolly Richards. Widows at the turn of the twentieth century had few avenues of support. Richards, like many of her counterparts, took in roomers: teacher Sarah Holmes and farm laborer/blacksmith William Sweeny. She also likely relied on her daughter to contribute to the family’s well-being. The twenty-year-old Theresa worked as a teacher and lived at home, as did many unmarried children of her generation. Janitor William Stirzick and his wife Bertha resided here from 1922 into the 1930s. Owners added the west side addition between 1927 and 1943. During the same period, they may also have converted the residence into two apartments, responding to the high demand for inexpensive housing during the Great Depression. Each apartment had its own kitchen, but they shared a single bathroom. A single-family home once more, the six-room residence retains its 1943 footprint.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/40e2148e-1274-4162-8c9b-b1ea17c86941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Lindley Place Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/b385d580-f528-429d-a1f2-e05fc4e39a18/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Lindley Place Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/197ecd1d0e38b41b06aae15f858917c1.jpg":{"id":6571,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"218 East Olive Street","description":"Front to side view of home  | Montana Historical Society | July 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/197ecd1d0e38b41b06aae15f858917c1.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/e6b6a21769c275a919901405448ad332.jpg":{"id":6570,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"218 East Olive Street","description":"View of facade | Montana Historical Society | July 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/e6b6a21769c275a919901405448ad332.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ba8553ad57451708884c38c979e9b786.jpg":{"id":3942,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"218 East Olive Street","description":"Front view of the house, facing south on East Olive Street. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Apr. 1987 | Patricia Bick","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/ba8553ad57451708884c38c979e9b786.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/original/7ab72d7a344c0875ac214b181034c98c.pdf":{"id":6564,"mime-type":"application/pdf","title":"Lindley Place 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/40e2148e-1274-4162-8c9b-b1ea17c86941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Original NPS Lindley Place Historic District nomination</a> | 2026 | Montana Historical Society","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/7ab72d7a344c0875ac214b181034c98c.jpg"}}}