Featured in “At Home”
Magazine, “Estates West” and the July/August 2008 issue
Of “Mountain Living.”
This Van Bryan Studio
Architects designed home, built in 2003 by Langlas and Associates for the
present owner (a licensed real estate agent), has set the standard for gracious
and refined Montana living. The earthy palette of the exterior stone, timbers,
and stucco melds the home into the grassy hills overlooking Bozeman and the
Gallatin Valley. Only six minutes from town, on the desirable Southside, the
setting is completely private, at the end of a cul de sac, surrounded by
conservation easements, open space, and other 20 acre (+/-) sites. The 360
degree views are jaw-dropping and unparalleled, with the Hyalites close enough
that you feel you can touch them, while the Spanish Peaks and Tobacco Roots set
the stage against the endless sky. Weather watching is a terrific pastime in
practically every room of the house.
The stately home combines the
very best of Montana design elements and materials with Old World details
including arched doorways, columns, travertine marble trim, soaring timbered
ceilings, integral plaster walls, and irregular width and length distressed
cherry floors. The house abounds with defining touches that set it apart from
all other houses in the area. Between its spectacular setting and the abundant
use of windows, the interior and exterior of the home enhance the awe inspiring
setting.
The entry foyer, with a
Montana slate floor, overlooks the great room and the valley stretching into
seeming eternity below. A grand hall with perfectly placed columns links the
great room with the spacious dining room and gourmet country-style kitchen. The
fireplace and bar open to both the living room and kitchen, yet each room is
intimate, with its own defined space. The Stainless Steel and Granite kitchen
has been created for entertaining and serious cooking, with 3 Gaggenau ovens
(including a steam oven), a 6-burner with griddle Thermador Professional cook
top, Bosch dishwasher, 3 bowl main sink, large kitchen island with bar sink, ice
maker, refrigerator drawers, butcher block inset on the counter, an area that
hides small appliances, and a refrigerator in both the kitchen and large food
pantry room. There is a separate butler’s pantry as well, with display and ample
cabinets and counters.
The main level also includes
the master suite with sitting area, his and her walk-in closets, double sinks,
bath and walk-in shower, and private patio, an office with built-in cabinets and
filing drawers, a powder room with a handmade Italian vanity, a second powder
room off the kitchen, a laundry room with a view, and the mud room a joining the
4-car garage.
Two staircases in the house
lead to the two separate upper floors and single lower level. A dramatic spiral
staircase with a metal railing created by Doug Adelmann is at the front of the
house, drawing you to a “penthouse” office as well as to the lower level. The
office is bathed in light, with a cathedral, timbered ceiling, windows on three
sides, and a private patio. During winter months, a herd of 100 (+/-) elk are
camped on the hillside directly to the south of the house and are a main
attraction from the office windows.
The staircase off the kitchen
area accesses the very private upper floor bedroom suite, which includes bunk
beds built into a nook for sleep-overs, walk-in closet with a hidden play room,
a built-in desk, wall-mounted television, and a library area. The bathroom with
a shower is shared by the suite and the guest “Tent “ room—everyone’s favorite
room. A hand painted mural of a magical mountain wilderness adorns the wall of
the hallway and the canvas tent room.
The lower level, nestled into
the hillside, walks out to a patio with hot tub and a trampoline flush with the
surrounding lawn. The rec room is the centerpiece to this level, with high
ceilings, stained concrete floors, a pool table, big screen TV, ample
bookshelves, and a utility kitchen. A back up laundry room, a guest bedroom with
bath, and a junior suite that contains a hidden computer room, a spacious
bathroom, and a built-in day bed for sleep-overs are off the rec room. The
hallway leading to the front staircase contains a bank of storage cabinets on
one side with the other side opening to a gift wrapping room, tool room, cedar
closet, luggage storage, and mechanical rooms. There are 2 large water heaters,
water filtering system, water softener, humidifier, and 3 air conditioning
systems.
A Jack-leg fence encompasses
the nearly 20 acres of rolling ground. At the top of the property is a level
playing field for football and soccer or even practicing your cast for fly
fishing. The yard surrounding the home has been meticulously landscaped with
perennial beds providing color and cut flowers throughout the growing season.
At the front of the house, a
waterfall welcomes guests as it gushes down the aspen covered hillside. The
rear outdoor entertainment area includes a patio with a barbeque area
overlooking a small stream with two connecting ponds and a waterfall. A
sculpture of a bear by noted Montana artist Jim Dolan graces the larger pond,
with an 18th Century French fountain splashing water into the stream.
Sprinklers and drip irrigation systems make maintenance easy.
North Ridge Ranch covenants
allow for 4 horses and a barn, with guest accommodations above, or perhaps, an
artist studio.
Interior Resources
Architect:
Van Bryan Studio Architects
Bozeman, Mt.
(406) 586-4777
Builder:
Langlas & Associates
Billings, Mt.
(406) 656-0629
Flooring:
Irregular width and length cherry
Jackson’s Hardwoods
Bozeman, Mt.
(406) 586-9358
Wood floors are trimmed with honed
Travertine Marble
Metal Railings in circular staircase &
Fireplace screens and tools:
Anvil Art-Doug Adelmann (deceased)
Bozeman, Mt.
Faux Painting: Owner, along with:
Melissa Branson
Bozeman, Mt.
(406) 581-7545
Living room Chandeliers: Studio Steel
Light fixture in Entry Hall: Fine Arts
Lamps
Dining room & Master Bedroom Chandelier,
stair sconces: Laura Lee Designs
2008 REPLACEMENT COST
19.33 acres of vacant land, North Ridge
Ranch $1,200,000
7,742 sq. ft. finished space @$325 per sq.
ft. $2,516,150
Architect & Engineering
Fees $125,000
1,262 sq. ft. garage @$125 sq.
ft $157,750
1,560 sq. ft patios @ $50 sq.
ft $78,000
waterfalls, ponds, streams, sculpture, hot
tub, driveways $110,000
wells, sprinklers, landscaping, trees,
etc. $375,000
Total
$4,561,900
To build this house today, it
would require approximately 2 years of time from the first meeting with the
architect to move-in. Construction costs would be carried during this time. It
would involve multiple meetings with the architect as well as construction site
visits.
This type of a 20 acre parcel
is no longer available in this area of Bozeman, nor is it easy to find this
degree of privacy and seclusion this close to town.
The Annual Gallatin County Fair is in town this weekend and we want everyone to have such a grand time! Many locals and visitors enjoy going to this annual event and watching the Pro Bull Riding, Bozeman Roundup Rodeo, Mud Bog and the Annual 4-H International Cherry Pit Spitting contest.
Come and enjoy a traditional western fair. The Gallatin County Fair has something for everyone to enjoy - Food, Music, Carnival, Animals, & Contests. This year's entertainment includes the Bozeman Roundup Ranch Rodeo, the Mud Bog, Montana Clown Works, and the ever-popular North Star Amusement's Carnival. Anyone can enter the Open Class Exhibits in Arts & Crafts, Gardening, Flowers, Foods, Needlework, Photography, Group Projects, Poultry and Livestock. Special competitive Events include the Super Grasshopper Contest, the Humane Society Pet Show, the Dog Agility or Dog Dock Diving Contests and the Annual 4-H International Cherry Pit Spitting contest. There are additional charges for the Mud Bog and the Bozeman Roundup Rodeo.
$500,000 Price Reduction - on 160 acres of beautiful land up Bridger Canyon in Bozeman, Montana.
YOUR OWN MONTANA PARADISE
Extraordinary land for the discriminating buyer wishing for privacy, gated security,and a mountain ambiance while still being within minutes of thriving downtown Bozeman, the airport, and Bridger Bowl. Choose your Ideal building site within the woods, pastures, or rolling hills with a seasonal stream nestled into the rugged Bridger Mountains, home to moose, bear, deer, and soaring eagles. The Big Sky, glimpses of Gallatin Valley, and panoramic mountains are your vista in a land so magical that your dreams will know no bounds. Dogs and horses welcomed. Cowboy boots, too.
Just minutes, literally, from Bridger Bowl Ski Resort & Downtown Bozeman.
Originally Priced $2,895,000 ~ Just Reduced to $2,395,000
We look forward to seeing you there! Bring your questions, bring your clients, bring your friends - this truely is a great house! It's just off Durston Road (in town) and the best part? Horses are welcome! It's rare to find a home in town, such as this one, that will allow horses. Zoning is for 5 horses total with a canal near by for watering and irrigation. Don't forget: THIS PROPERTY HAS NO COVENANTS!
“One of the joys of building your own home is that if you pay attention, you
can get all the details right,” says Sally Uhlmann of Bozeman, Montana. Her
family’s home is a testament to that philosophy; from a custom fireplace built
to exacting specifications for displaying an oil painting to a living room
designed to accommodate a large heirloom rug, the traditionally-styled home is
classic and elegant, yet perfectly at home in its Western setting.
A Place for Everything
Behind the scenes, the Uhlmanns’ home is
outfitted with functional rooms and hidden
spaces that serve a variety of practical
purposes:
A spacious laundry room—with a
view “We generate a lot of
laundry, and since I spend a lot of time
there it’s essential to me to have a
beautiful room with a drop-dead gorgeous
view,” Sally says.
Click
here to read more in the July/August issue of Mountain Living Magazine
Robert Redford and Tim Blixseth don't have much in common, aside from their big impact on Montana's landscape.
ERIK PETERSEN/CHRONICLE Yellowstone Club owner Tim Blixseth stands in front of the 120,000-square-foot Warren Miller Lodge at the club. "That's your basic $100 million lodge," Blixseth said. One is a Hollywood actor, movie producer and liberal environmental activist. The other is a jet-setting billionaire who wheels and deals in luxury real estate.
But they both changed Montana. Between them, they've helped shoulder the state into a new economy, one increasingly based on real estate, construction and recreation. It's what economists call an "amenity" economy, one that relies on scenic views, pleasing lifestyles and portable money.
Redford, with his beautifully produced and photographed 1992 movie "A River Runs Through It," made a movie star of both Brad Pitt and Montana's scenery. The film generated tons of glowing publicity about the state, ignited a new craze for fly fishing and started a population influx and demographic shift that the Montana Department of Commerce has dubbed "A River Runs Through It Syndrome."
Also in 1992, Blixseth landed in Montana, purchasing 140,000 acres of land, then proceeding with a series of land deals that eventually resulted in The Yellowstone Club, a gated community where only millionaires are allowed.
The club symbolizes wretched excess for some people and King Solomon's mines for others. But love it or hate it, the club stands as the keystone property in the booming Big Sky resort area, a generator of intense publicity, and a major driver of the region's economy.
Redford's movie put Southwestern Montana on the map.
And while he didn't do it alone, Blixseth put it on the market.
Now, 15 years later, this part of the state is a very different place.
New waves of homesteaders have arrived and they aren't like the honyockers of the early 20th century, the people lured west by hucksters who promised that rain would follow the plow. The first wave of homesteaders came here for free land and a chance to make a living. Most of them went broke.
The new homesteaders are a different sort. Few of them come here looking to expand their wealth. Instead, they bring their own money. Economically, they make their own rain, and a lot of people are hoisting buckets, trying to catch some.
Gallatin County alone has 828 licensed real estate agents - almost a quarter of the state's total. Bozeman offers a variety of sushi restaurants, plus Persian rug dealers, cosmetic surgery centers and art galleries of all stripes.
On one block of the sunny side of Bozeman's Main Street, you can find $2,000 espresso machines, $10,000 sofas and $60,000 home theater systems. Million-dollar McMansions pepper the landscape, designer clothing surrounds the tables in tony restaurants, and just try to count all those Audis and Expeditions and Escalades.
And then there's the cash money. Federal bank regulators say that Gallatin County banks hold $1.6 billion in cash deposits. That's $20,000 for every man, woman and child in the county. It's 30 percent above the state average and the total grew by $1 billion between 2000 and 2007.
And the truly wealthy n Forbes Magazines's list of the 400 richest Americans names at least 10 people with homes in Montana n tend to do their banking somewhere else. They might have a $10 million property in Montana, but home, and the major bank account, remains elsewhere.
"Lots of people with wealth, whether they're part-timers or not, don't necessarily do their banking here," said Larry Swanson, an economist at the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West at University of Montana.
Measuring the impact of the new wealth in Montana, Swanson said, is like looking at an iceberg: Most of the bulk is underwater and unseen, but that's what packs the wallop.
At Blixseth's Yellowstone Club alone, 340 millionaires have already bought land. And Blixseth says he's confident he can bring in about 500 more.
Some people, particularly those with marketable skills, benefit from the influx of wealth.
"It means an electrician can drive a $40,000 vehicle and live in a $400,000 house," said Clark Wheeler, a veteran land appraiser in Bozeman. "Twenty years ago, they were living pretty sparse."
And while a lot of people are putting a lot of money in the bank, the averages don't tell the whole story. Some people stash a lot of green. Others can't find much at all.
Poverty remains high in the Gallatin Valley, though it's largely out of sight.
Gallatin County, named after President Madison's Seceretary of the Treasury, Albert Gallatin, is brimming with history. It was an area that was once home to very early native peoples dating back thousands of years. Tribal bands including the Shoshone, Nez Perce, Blackfeet, Flathead, and Sioux, date back several hundred years. The area was rich with game, water, and plants used by the natives.
Europeans may have entered the valley in the late 1700s as they searched and trapped for beaver pelts to send back East for hats and coats. The Lewis and Clark party left the first written description of the valley in both 1805 and 1806 during their epic journey. When gold was discovered 60 and 80 miles to the west, the rush was on over the new Bozeman Trail, established by John Bozeman, a Georgian also looking for gold. Many who followed this trail for gold returned to the valley to take up farming and business.
So began the town of Bozeman in 1864. The town grew slowly, reaching a population of 3,500 by 1900. The Northern Pacific Railroad had completed its line through the town in 1883, and Montana Agricultural College held its first classes in 1893.
Established in 1863, Gallatin County is located in the southwest part of Montana. Gallatin County encompasses 2,517 square miles. To put this in perspective, Gallatin County is larger than the states of Rhode Island or Delaware. Much of the county is fertile farm fields, and over 40% is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
The Bozeman Trail was the northern spur off of the Oregon Trail. This trail began at Lankrock and ended at Virginia City, Montana. John Bozeman began to lead new settlers over this trail in 1864. It was open for three years until it was closed by the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians who wanted to stop the immigration of new settlers into the area.
In 1883 the Northern Pacific Railway finished its pathway to Bozeman through what is now known as the Bozeman Pass. This route paralleled the Bozeman Trail and is now Interstate 90.
On July 7, 1864, Daniel E. Rouse and William J. Beall drafted plans for the townsite. The name of Bozeman was chosen August 9, 1864, and named the Gallatin County seat in 1867.
Established in 1868 by Captain R. S. LaMotte and two companies of the 2nd Cavalry of Fort Shaw, Fort Ellis was named for Colonel Augustus Van Horne Ellis who was killed in the line of duty at Gettysburg. The Fort was established after the death of John Bozeman and considerable political disturbance. Local settlers felt a need for added protection in the Gallatin area.
Yellowstone National Park came about after the establishment of Fort Ellis and the quieting of political turbulence in the Gallatin area. A growing curiosity over the rumors coming out of nearby Yellowstone Valley prompted a group of leading citizens to explore the region. It was decided around a campfire to preserve this wondrous area for the enjoyment of all people. This group of men, known as the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition, brought about the establishment of Yellowstone National Park on March 2, 1872 - the first National Park.
Lewis and Clark passed through what is now known as the Gallatin Valley on their epic journey across the western United States during the early 1800s.
Montana State University was founded in 1893 as a land grant college. Originally named Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Montana State University today offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 fields with many different options, master's degrees in 39 fields, and doctoral degrees in 13 fields.
The Expedition Begins In 1804 a hopeful Thomas Jefferson sent Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to find the fabled River of the West. From the time of Columbus, explorers and statesmen had dreamed of a Northwest Passage, an all-water route connecting the trade routes of the Pacific to the Old World of the Atlantic. As president of a still-young nation, Jefferson had pressed for the Louisiana Purchase to strengthen American trade and settlement. The final $15 million-dollar agreement with France doubled America's size overnight.
Lewis & Clark in Montana On April 25, 1805, the Corps of Discovery camped by the riverside near the future site of Fort Union. Lewis and Clark hoped they were only weeks away from the Pacific via an all-water route, the mythical Northwest Passage. The group rested and celebrated their arrival at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. The expedition journals noted the spot's potential as a trade location between two navigable rivers, the early highways of commerce. Entering what would be Montana led the expedition into the land of the Blackfeet. Their first contact with this tribe had been less than promising.
The Northwest Passage was not Jefferson's only priority. In fact, of the tasks assigned them, Lewis and Clark accomplished the most within the modern borders of Montana. Contact and negotiations with native tribes, the reconnaissance of suitable sites for trading posts and forts, and scientific accounts of the land's plants, animals, and scenic resources were all in keeping with Jefferson's hopes for the expedition.
Montana Unspoiled Adventure Today, much of the Montana landscape that Lewis & Clark crossed remains unchanged. From solitary sandstone through river canyons to mountain meadows, Montana's rivers and highways flow past scores of landmarks related to the expedition. This site is a guide to these landmarks and the many opportunities to enjoy Montana's beauty and recreation.
Please click here to learn more and plan YOUR Montana adventure!
John Bozeman was born in Pickens County, Georgia, in 1835. Like so many men of the Civil War era, he was struck with gold fever and headed west in 1858, abandoning his wife and three children. Bozeman came to Montana from Colorado in 1862 after his lust for gold fizzled when his claims failed to pan out. Seeing a need to supply the mining camps of Bannack and Virginia City, he realized it would be more profitable to "mine the miners" than to mine gold. In 1863, he and John Jacobs blazed the Bozeman Trail, a cutoff route from the Oregon Trail, and guided miners to Virginia City through the Gallatin Valley.
Bozeman saw the fertile Gallatin Valley as a most desirable place to live. He chose the site "standing right in the gate of the mountains ready to swallow up all tenderfeet that would reach the territory from the east, with their golden fleeces to be taken care of" to make his fortune. In 1864, Bozeman, along with Daniel Rouse and William Beall, platted the town which would bear his name. The Bozeman Trail passed directly through the Gallatin Valley and was used by travellers until 1868 when it was closed because of the Indian Wars. It served its purpose; emigrants who saw the lush valley settled in Bozeman's fledgling town.
John Bozeman was murdered under mysterious circumstances along the Yellowstone River, east of present-day Livingston, in April, 1867, three years after establishing his town. His partner on the trip, Tom Cover, reported they had been attacked by a band of Blackfeet Indians. Inconsistencies in Cover's story have led historians to suspect Bozeman was murdered, either by Cover, or possibly by a jealous husband of one of the few women in town.
Local hysteria over a possible Indian attack so close to town led to the establishment of Fort Ellis, three miles east of Bozeman. Fort Ellis kept the tiny settlement afloat by providing protection and a market for local farmers and merchants.
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