Collister School | |
 Collister School in 2019, showing the 1948 expansion (left), original design (center), and the 1953 expansion (right) | |
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| Location | 4426 Catalpa Dr., Boise, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 43°39′21″N116°14′35″W / 43.65583°N 116.24306°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1912 |
| Architect | Tourtellotte & Hummel |
| MPS | Boise Public Schools TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000190 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 8, 1982 |
Collister School in the Collister neighborhood of Boise, Idaho, was designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in 1912. The 2-story, 4-room, stucco over brick building features large window bays and a flat parapet roofline with minimal ornamentation. The building was expanded in 1948 with a 2-story addition to the left of the original structure. Another expansion in 1953 added a 1-story row of classrooms to the right. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2]
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A 1-room Collister School in the suburban town of Collister, Idaho, had existed prior to 1912. But by 1911, conditions at the school were overcrowded and unsanitary. [3] The school was part of Ada County School District #46, and voters approved a bond measure for construction of a new school in 1912. [4] [5] In 1922 the school was annexed into the Boise Independent School District. [6]
