National Register of Historic Places
Montana State University Historic District
Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana
The record
- Listed
- December 24, 2013
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- Roughly bounded by W. College & W. Grant Sts., S. 11th & S. 6th Aves., Bozeman
- County
- Gallatin
- State
- Montana
- Contributing resources
- 30 buildings, 5 sites, 3 objects
- Coordinates
- 45.66979, -111.05058
- Reference number
- 13000972
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The story
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The Montana State University Historic District is a historic district in Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana, roughly bounded by West College and West Grant Streets and South 11th and South Sixth Avenues.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2013 under criteria A and C, with state-level significance in education, agriculture, architecture and community planning and development. Its period of significance runs from 1893, when the Agricultural College was founded, to 1967.
Physical character
Earlier campus buildings are faced in polychrome rug-faced brick and terra cotta detailing over granite foundations, with a semi-circular arched entrance, wrought iron ornament and a bronze plaque among their features. Later Modern and International style buildings use reinforced concrete, curtain walls of white precast Mo-Sai spandrel panels, and raised pilotis.
Historical context
The campus began in 1893 with the founding of the Agricultural College, renamed Montana State University in 1965. A 1916 fire destroyed the 1896 Italianate Chemistry Building, and Gatton Field was razed in 1973 for the new Health and Physical Education Complex. In 1993 Montana Hall's cupola was rebuilt and the Malone Centennial Mall was completed; the former Engineering Shops, known as Ryon Laboratories, were demolished in 1995 for the new EPS Building.