The Nathan Smith House in Boise, Idaho, is a 1+1⁄2-story Colonial Revival farmhouse designed by John E. Tourtellotte and constructed in 1900. The house features a veneer of cobblestones from the Boise River below shingled upper gables and hooded dimple windows, but its most prominent design element is a front facing basket arch balcony above the porch. The overall design is an early example of a Bungalow, and it influenced later designs in Boise. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[2]
Nathan Smith House | |
.jpg) The Nathan Smith House in 2019 | |
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| Location | Broadway and Targhee, Boise, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 43°34′56″N 116°11′36″W / 43.58222°N 116.19333°W |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architect | Tourtellotte, John & Company |
| Architectural style | Shingled Colonial |
| MPS | Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000258[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 3, 1983 |
Originally 8-rooms, the interior featured indoor plumbing and "the patent hard-wall plaster now being tried." The Idaho Statesman described the walls as being as hard as adamant.[3][4][5]
Nathan Smith was a farmer in South Boise who owned an orchard of prune trees.[6] After Smith's death in 1907,[7] the house became the property of W.M. Stockton. By 1913 the house had become known as "Fairlawns."[8]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nathan Smith House". National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2019. With accompanying pictures
- ^ "More Buildings". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 8, 1900. p. 4.
- ^ "Some Building Notes". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 27, 1900. p. 5.
- ^ "Reported by Architect Tourtellotte". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 1, 1901. p. 9.
- ^ "Big Prune Raiser". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 16, 1906. p. 5.
- ^ "Smith Funeral". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 2, 1907. p. 5.
- ^ "Pioneer Freighter Who Started One Town and Helped Build Others". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 26, 1913. p. 4.
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