E. H. Dewey Stores

E. H. Dewey Stores
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
E.H. Dewey Stores in 2019
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Location	1013-15 1st. St., S., Nampa, Idaho
Coordinates	43°34′48″N116°33′38″W / 43.58000°N 116.56056°W / 43.58000; -116.56056 (Dewey, E. H., Stores) Coordinates: 43°34′48″N116°33′38″W / 43.58000°N 116.56056°W / 43.58000; -116.56056 (Dewey, E. H., Stores)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1919 (1919)
Architect	Tourtellotte & Hummel
MPS	Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference #	82000323 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1982

The E. H. Dewey Stores in Nampa, Idaho, is the remnant of an L-shape building that once surrounded the Farmers and Merchants Bank at the corner of 11th Avenue and 1st Street. The L-shape was designed to contain two stores in each wing. The 1-story, stone and brick building was designed by Tourtellotte and Hummel and constructed in 1919, and it reveals a restrained Neoclassical architecture common in commercial buildings of the early 20th century. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ^[2]

History

The Farmers and Merchants Bank building was constructed in 1919, and a major stockholder and bondholder in the bank was Edward H. Dewey, a Nampa financier with farming and mining interests in Idaho. Dewey served as Nampa mayor 1908-1912. Dewey owned lots adjacent to the corner bank, and in 1919 he developed the property into an L-shape commercial space with four storefronts to surround the bank. Part of the building facing 11th Avenue was later demolished, but frontage on 1st Street remains with little alteration. ^[2]

The Dewey Building, originally known as the Purdum Building, ^[3] was a drygoods store and later the location of The Idaho Press-Tribune . ^[4] After the Nampa Public Library renovated the Farmers and Merchants Bank building in 1966, the adjacent Dewey Building became part of the library in 1985. ^[5] When the library relocated to its current building, the Dewey Building was refitted for commercial space. ^[6]

See also

Nampa Department Store

References

1. National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dewey, E. H., Stores". National Park Service . Retrieved January 15, 2019. With accompanying pictures
3. "Contract Awarded on Purdum Building". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 20, 1919. p. 9.
4. Anna Webb (March 13, 2015). "A modern library, a downtown reborn - City to celebrate its new library, new public square and new community spirit on Saturday". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
5. Sandra Forester (March 4, 2003). "Library enters a chapter of growth". Idaho Statesman.
6. Lis Stewart (November 21, 2016). "'Doing our part:' Nampa couple renovate historic buildings". Idaho Press. Nampa, Idaho. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2019.

External links

• Media related to E.H. Dewey Store at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Farmers and Merchants Bank (Nampa, Idaho) at Wikimedia Commons
• Nampa Library Reuse Study