Idaho Building | |
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| Location | Bannock and 8th Sts., Boise, Idaho |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 43°37′01″N 116°12′03″W / 43.61694°N 116.20083°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1910 |
| Built by | H. Ellenberger |
| Architect | Tourtellotte & Co. |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001033[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 8, 1978 |
The Idaho Building in Boise, Idaho, is a 6-story, Second Renaissance Revival commercial structure designed by Chicago architect, Henry John Schlacks.[2] (The National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form lists Tourtellotte and Hummel as building designers, but "Tourtellotte may have been only a supervising architect...[3]) Constructed for Boise City real estate developer Walter E. Pierce in 1910–11, the building represented local aspirations that Boise City would become another Chicago. The facade features brick pilasters above a ground floor stone base, separated by seven bays with large plate glass windows in each bay. Terracotta separates the floors, with ornamentation at the sixth floor below a denticulated cornice of galvanized iron.[4]
The building replaced Thompson's Livery barn at 8th and Bannock Streets.[5] The Chicago firm of H. Ellenberger was responsible for construction,[6] and the Idaho Statesman said of the building in 1911, "The architectural scheme is one of extreme simplicity, and the builder has given his work the appearance of massive solidity."[7]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places December 8, 1978.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Webb, Anna (2013). 150 Boise icons : to celebrate the city's sesquicentennial. Boise, Idaho. ISBN 978-0-9764718-5-1. OCLC 859861106.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Tourtellotte may have been only a supervising architect, and some sources cite the design architect as Henry Schlacks of Chicago. Anna Webb (April 6, 2013). "150 Boise Icons: The Idaho Building". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
- ^ a b Don Hibbard (June 14, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Idaho Building". National Park Service. Retrieved October 25, 2018. With accompanying pictures
- ^ Mary Jenkins (March 25, 1976). "Dr. Hall, 86, Found Old Boise Exciting". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. p. 13.
- ^ "Ten City Lots Involved in Big Deal". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 23, 1910. p. 2.
- ^ "New Lead Set in Building Activity in Boise in All Classes of Construction". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 1, 1911. p. 8.