Samuel Lewis House (Bozeman, Montana)

Samuel Lewis House in Bozeman, Montana, United States, was built in 1881. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

Samuel Lewis House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	308 S. Bozeman Ave., Bozeman, Montana
Coordinates	45°40′33″N 111°1′59″W
Built	1881
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake
NRHP reference No.	99000342
Added to NRHP	March 18, 1999[1]

Samuel Lewis was the older brother of artist Edmonia Lewis. He was born in Haiti in 1835, grew up in upstate New York and became a barber in San Francisco, eventually moving to mining camps in Idaho and Montana. In 1868, he settled in the city of Bozeman, where he set up a barber shop on Main Street. He prospered, eventually investing in commercial real estate, and subsequently built his own home which still stands at 308 South Bozeman Avenue. In 1884, he married Mrs. Melissa Railey Bruce, a widow with six children; they had one son, Samuel E. Lewis (1886-1914), who married but died childless. The elder Lewis died after "a short illness" in 1896 and is buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. Pickett, Mary. "Samuel W. Lewis: Orphan leaves mark on Bozeman" originally published in the Billings (Mont.) Gazette March 2, 2002 (Retrieved August 26, 2013).