Joseph Bown House

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Joseph Bown House
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The Joseph Bown House in 2019
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Location2121 E Parkcenter Boulevard
Nearest city Boise, Idaho
Coordinates 43°34′34″N116°09′23″W / 43.57611°N 116.15639°W / 43.57611; -116.15639 (Joseph Bown House)
Area4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1879 (1879)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 79000768 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 18, 1979

The Joseph Bown House in Boise, Idaho, is a two-story Italianate house constructed of sandstone in 1879. [2] [3] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979. [4]

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History

Joseph Bown, a farmer from Waterloo, Iowa, arrived in Idaho Territory in 1863, briefly settling in Idaho City. Later in 1863, he settled east of Boise City, and he brought his family from Waterloo to Boise City in 1865. The Bowns received a deed to their 131-acre homestead in 1869. [5] They and their seven children lived in a cabin at the site of the Bown ranch until construction of the Joseph Bown House in 1879. [4]

During construction, smaller blocks of sandstone from Table Rock were ferried across the Boise River to the Bown ranch, about one mile from the quarry, but larger blocks were loaded onto a wagon and driven to the Morris Bridge, [6] [7] a roundtrip journey of about sixteen miles.

Walls in the house are 22 inches thick, and sandstone casements surround the windows and doors. A center cupola was constructed of wood above the pyramid roof, [5] but the cupola had been removed prior to 1941, [8] and it had not been restored before preparation of the nomination form for NRHP listing in 1979. [4]

The Bowns occupied the house until 1893. [4] It was owned by W.T. Booth until 1927, when ownership passed to J.R. Bright. [5] The Bown ranch, not including the house, was purchased by Thomas J. Killen in 1917. [9] Later, the house became part of the Tate Dairy property. [8] In 1988 the house was purchased by the Boise School District, and it was restored in the 1990s. The address was changed to that of Riverside Elementary School, 2121 E Parkcenter Blvd. [10]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. The NRHP nomination form offers both 1879 and 1869 as the year of construction. Author J. Meredith Neil believed the house was constructed 1863-64; see J. Meredith Neil (1976). Saints & Oddfellows: A Bicentennial Sampler of Idaho Architecture. Boise Gallery of Art Association. p. 178.
  3. The Idaho Statesman of May 20, 1879, mentions the Bown house as nearing completion in that year; see "Improvements". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 20, 1879. p. 3.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Don Hibbard (June 22, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Joseph Bown House". National Park Service . Retrieved April 9, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  5. 1 2 3 "'Haunted' House Changes Owner". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 5, 1927. p. 18.
  6. The Morris Bridge was constructed after 1876 at the site of the H.C. Isaacs Bridge and near the present Ninth Street Bridge.
  7. Arthur Hart (November 1, 2009). "Boise River bridges had to be built tough". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  8. 1 2 "Joseph Bown Pioneer Home Was Built for Grand Style (photo)". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 17, 1941. p. 2.
  9. James H. Hawley (1920). History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains. Vol. 3. S.J. Clarke Publishing. p.  727 . Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  10. Diane Ronayne (September 24, 2002). "Restored Bown House helps history come alive". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.

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