Boise City National Bank | |
.jpg) The Boise City National Bank building in 2018 | |
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| Location | 8th and Idaho Sts., Boise, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 43°36′59″N 116°12′08″W / 43.61639°N 116.20222°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1891 |
| Architect | James King; Tourtellotte & Co. |
| Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001030[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 28, 1978 |
The Boise City National Bank building in Boise, Idaho, was designed by architect James King as a 3-story, Richardsonian Romanesque commercial structure, inspired by the Marshall Field's Wholesale Store in Chicago. Construction began in April, 1891, and the building was completed in 1892.[2]
The Boise City National Bank building also has been named the Simplot Building, the Baird Building, and the Capital Security Building.[3][4][5] Additionally the building is known informally either as the 801 Building or as the 805 Building.[6]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places November 28, 1978.[1][2]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Don Hibbard (June 14, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Boise City National Bank". National Park Service. Retrieved October 18, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1977
- ^ "Building Renamed". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 20, 1945. p. 7.
- ^ "Simplot Buys Baird Building". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. February 18, 1948. p. 3.
- ^ "State Bank Celebrates Third Year". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 23, 1968. p. 198.
- ^ "801 Idaho Building". Idaho Architecture Project. Retrieved October 19, 2018.