{"id":542,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-08-06 17:55:25","latitude":45.669333137753000073644216172397136688232421875,"longitude":-111.03965977793001229656510986387729644775390625,"title":"Merrill R. Good Residence","subtitle":"Bon Ton Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ededf433d409e215b924afdc17a69696.jpg","address":"115 West  Cleveland Street, Bozeman, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Architect Hurlbert C. Cheever, fresh out of graduate school, designed this charming Tudor style cottage in 1934 for his university colleague, Merrill R. Good. Both young men were professors at Montana State College (now Montana State University), each on the brink of a stellar career. Cheever became head and supervising architect of the School of Architecture while Professor Good is credited with organizing the Industrial Engineering Department. The picturesque home may have been an experiment; certainly it is one of Cheever&#039;s first professional projects. With Good&#039;s engineering abilities and Cheever&#039;s eye for architectural design, the two likely collaborated. The Tudor style was at its peak in the 1930s and Cheever&#039;s expression of it is elegant and straightforward, showcasing the varied surfaces of stone, board-and-batten, and weatherboard that are a Tudor hallmark. Professor Good, his wife Clara, and their two children were in residence here until 1948. In 1996 during home repairs, owners were thrilled to discover a snuff box nailed to a stud; the contents revealed Cheever&#039;s connection to the house.","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://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ededf433d409e215b924afdc17a69696.jpg":{"id":6664,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Merrill R. Good Residence","description":"Front to side view of the house, facing north on West Cleveland Street. | Montana Historical Society | July 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/ededf433d409e215b924afdc17a69696.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/610e50afd5b01ef64f675d702d188edd.jpg":{"id":3956,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Merrill R. Good Residence","description":"Front to side view of the house, facing north on West Cleveland Street. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Apr. 1987 | Patricia Bick","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/610e50afd5b01ef64f675d702d188edd.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/original/29699dac40d73f3b589664c129850c20.pdf":{"id":6730,"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://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/29699dac40d73f3b589664c129850c20.jpg"}}}