Nathan Smith House

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Nathan Smith House
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The Nathan Smith House in 2019
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LocationBroadway and Targhee, Boise, Idaho
Coordinates 43°34′56″N116°11′36″W / 43.58222°N 116.19333°W / 43.58222; -116.19333 (Nathan Smith House)
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1900 (1900)
ArchitectTourtellotte, John & Company
Architectural styleShingled Colonial
MPS Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No. 83000258 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1983

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]

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nathan Smith House". National Park Service . Retrieved February 18, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. ↑ "More Buildings". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 8, 1900. p. 4.
  4. ↑ "Some Building Notes". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 27, 1900. p. 5.
  5. ↑ "Reported by Architect Tourtellotte". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 1, 1901. p. 9.
  6. ↑ "Big Prune Raiser". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 16, 1906. p. 5.
  7. ↑ "Smith Funeral". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 2, 1907. p. 5.
  8. ↑ "Pioneer Freighter Who Started One Town and Helped Build Others". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 26, 1913. p. 4.

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