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Photo, Print, Drawing Huffine Homestead, 8507 Huffine Lane, Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT Lien Place

[ Drawings from Survey HABS MT-191  ]

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[ Data Pages from Survey HABS MT-191  ]

About this Item

Title

  • Huffine Homestead, 8507 Huffine Lane, Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT

Other Title

  • Lien Place

Names

  • Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
  • Hewitt-Lea-Funck (HLF) Company
  • Huffine, John Daniel
  • Hellinger, Henry
  • Hellinger, Mary E. Sales
  • Huffine, Nora
  • Huffine, John C.
  • Huffine, William N.
  • Pratt, Helen Huffine
  • Lien, Connie
  • Lien, Allan G.
  • Hellinger, Mary
  • Patterson, David H.
  • Patterson, Katherine W.
  • Huffine, Martha Isabel McHugh
  • Huffine, Henry
  • McHugh, Griffin
  • Huffine, Charles
  • Huffine, Sarah Jane Breazeal
  • T. C. Power & Company
  • U.S. General Land Office (GLO)
  • Huffine, Nora
  • Lien, Mary A.
  • Wilson, Hazel Huffine
  • Huffine, Thomas J.
  • Cross, Howard
  • Gearhart, Diane Cross
  • Huffine, Clark
  • O'Neill, Maire, delineator
  • O'Neill, Maire, historian
  • Boteilho, Nicole, historian
  • O'Neill, Maire, faculty sponsor
  • Montana State University, School of Architecture, sponsor
  • McPartland, Mary, transmitter

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1933

Headings

  • -  frontier & pioneer life
  • -  homesteading
  • -  farming
  • -  internal migration
  • -  silos
  • -  milk houses
  • -  barns
  • -  dairying
  • -  cattle industry
  • -  houses
  • -  sheds
  • -  Montana--Gallatin County--Bozeman

Latitude / Longitude

  • 45.671696,-111.120555

Notes

  • -  This project was undertaken as part of the Gallatin County Agricultural Survey by the School of Architecture at Montana State University, under the direction of Professor Maire O'Neill.
  • -  Significance: The Huffine Homestead, originally settled by at least 1880, is representative of early patterns of agricultural settlement in the Gallatin Valley and its success, of expanding markets in the west. During a time of immigration from Europe and westward migration in North America, John D. Huffine established himself as a successful farmer within the rapidly growing community of Bozeman in the Montana Territory. The Huffine family produced hay, grain, dairy goods, hogs, and registered Shorthorn cattle. The farm remained in the family for a total of at least eighty years, until the present owners bought it. The Huffines' hard work and diligence in stewarding the land was inspiring to the wider community and set an example of western success, as theirs was known to be one of the most desirable farms in the community. According to J. D. Huffine, "It was all a virgin wild when he [John Huffine] took hold of it; now it smiles with its prolific harvests of golden grain, fragrant hay and blooming flowers, made vigorous by its silvery veins of sparkling water, and enlivened by its herds of contented cattle browsing on hillside and meadow." John D. Huffine and his homestead were recognized as exemplary in the region. As J.D. Huffine further states, "The Huffine farm also contributes to the character of community development, homesteading being an important part of the settling of the Gallatin Valley." John C. Huffine, son of John D. Huffine, purchased the farm in 1918 and developed a renowned Shorthorn cattle herd. The Gallatin Valley became known for its remarkable production of high-quality registered cattle and horses. The wood silo structure on this farm site is a rare example of the double wall silo shipped as a kit by Hewitt-Lea-Funck Company in the Seattle area. Its patented stud design is fabricated from 4" x 6" lumber. Hewitt-Lea-Funck Company (HLF) produced double-wall silos designed for use in cold climates from 1913 until at least 1926. The presence of this particular silo on the farm suggests that the family was somewhat progressive in its agricultural practices, interested in taking advantage of the latest advances in design. The Huffine family by this time had access to farm journals and marketing catalogues delivered by rural mail. As a prominent family they had a high degree of literacy and education and were up-to-date and well-informed. The silo represents advanced farm construction during the early 1900s when prefabricated structures were a recent development as a method of building.
  • -  Survey number: HABS MT-191
  • -  Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Initial Construction

Medium

  • Measured Drawing(s): 1
  • Data Page(s): 16

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HABS MT-191

Source Collection

  • Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

Control Number

  • mt0732

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Hewitt-Lea-Funck Company, John Daniel Huffine, Henry Hellinger, Mary E. Sales Hellinger, Nora Huffine, John C Huffine, et al. Huffine Homestead,Huffine Lane, Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT. Gallatin County Montana Bozeman, 1933. translateds by Mcpartland, Marymitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/mt0732/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, C., Hewitt-Lea-Funck Company, Huffine, J. D., Hellinger, H., Hellinger, M. E. S., Huffine, N. [...] Montana State University, S. O. A. (1933) Huffine Homestead,Huffine Lane, Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT. Gallatin County Montana Bozeman, 1933. McPartland, M., trans Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mt0732/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, et al. Huffine Homestead,Huffine Lane, Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT. trans by Mcpartland, Marymitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mt0732/>.