Nisbet & Paradice

Last updated

Nisbet & Paradice was an architectural firm in Idaho. It was a partnership of architects Benjamin Morgan Nisbet and Frank H. Paradice, Jr. formed in 1909. The partnership lasted five years. They dissolved it in 1915, and Nisbet moved to Twin Falls, Idaho to establish an individual practice, and Paradice did likewise in Pocatello, Idaho. [1] [2] A number of their works are recognized by listings on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Contents

Nisbet

Benjamin Nisbet (born December 19, 1873) was born and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He apprenticed with an architectural firm there before enrolling at the University of Pennsylvania's school of architecture. In 1897 he won a school award there, and graduated in 1898. He was married in 1903 and soon moved to Nampa, Idaho, where he opened a practice. He began partnering in Boise, Idaho with another architect (J. Flood Parker [2] ) during March to August 2004, then joined an established Boise firm.

He worked for J.E. Tourtellotte and Company in Boise from 1903 to 1909. [1]

After partnering with Paradice during 1909 to 1915, he moved to Twin Falls, where he designed the City Hall, the high school, the Methodist church, and the IOOF building. [2] [note 1]

Paradice

Frank H. Paradice, Jr., was born May 4, 1879, in Ontario, Canada. His family moved to Denver by 1880, and he eventually graduated from high school there. He studied architecture the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago. Back in Denver, Paradice apprenticed with a firm and at the same time worked for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, where he designed depots and other structures in Colorado and New Mexico. He opened his own architectural office in Denver, and moved to Boise in 1907. [2]

After partnering with Nisbet during 1909 to 1915, Paradice moved to Pocatello, where he designed "several Sullivanesque commercial buildings". He designed the high school, the Franklin Building, the Fargo Building, the Bannock Hotel, the Kasiska and Central Buildings and many other buildings. [2] At least two of his works there are contributing buildings in historic districts listed on the National Register. [3]

In Pocatello Paradice belonged to many social and service organizations. During 1921 to 1953 was the only Idaho member of the American Institute of Architects. "Paradice was still handling projects when he died in February of 1953." [2]

Works

Works by the firm or either partner include (with attribution):

  • T.K. Little House (1910), 915 Harrison Boulevard (Nisbet & Paradice)
  • J.W. Oakes House (1913), 1201 Harrison Boulevard, Georgian Revival (Nisbet & Paradice)

Notes

  1. ↑ Perhaps the Buhl City Hall and the Buhl IOOF Building, in Buhl rather than Twin Falls, were the buildings intended to be referenced. These two were designed by Paradice. It is not immediately verifiable that he might have designed another city hall and another IOOF building in Twin Falls.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pocatello High School</span> Public school in Pocatello, Idaho, United States

Pocatello High School is a four-year public high school in Pocatello, Idaho, United States. It is the oldest of the three traditional high schools of the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District and serves the southwest portion. The school colors are red and blue and the mascot was an "Indian"; the city's namesake, Chief Pocatello, was the leader of the Shoshone people. The mascot was changed to the Thunder in June 2021 due to insensitivity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John E. Tourtellotte</span> American architect

John Everett Tourtellotte was a prominent western American architect, best known for his projects in Idaho. His work in Boise included the Idaho State Capitol, the Boise City National Bank, the Carnegie Library, and numerous other buildings for schools, universities, churches, and government institutions. From 1922 to 1930, he worked in Portland, Oregon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buhl IOOF Building</span> United States historic place

The Buhl IOOF Building in Buhl, Idaho is an Odd Fellows building that was built in 1919–20. It served historically as a clubhouse, as a meeting hall, as a specialty store, and as a business. It was designed in the early commercial style, perhaps the Chicago style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Tourtellotte & Hummel was an American architectural firm from Boise, Idaho and Portland, Oregon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wayland & Fennell</span>

Wayland & Fennell was an architectural firm in Idaho. Many of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson was an early twentieth-century American architectural firm from St. Louis, Missouri. It succeeded Hirsch and Helfensteller which had been founded in 1903. The firm's partners included Ernest Helfensteller, William Albert Hirsch and Jesse N. Watson. The firm quickly gained prominence with its 1912 design of the Moolah Temple in St. Louis.

Frank E. Wetherell was an American architect in the U.S. state of Iowa who was active from 1892 to 1931. He founded the second oldest architectural firm in the state in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1905. He worked with Roland Harrison in partnership Wetherell & Harrison. The firm designed numerous Masonic buildings.

Henry Schick was a pioneer barn-builder of Idaho. He was a German-Russian immigrant.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lower Main Street Commercial Historic District</span> United States historic place

The Lower Main Street Commercial Historic District in Boise, Idaho, is a collection of 11 masonry buildings, originally 14 buildings, that were constructed 1897-1914 as Boise became a metropolitan community. Hannifin's Cigar Store is the oldest business in the district (1922), and it operates in the oldest building in the district (1897). The only building listed as an intrusion in the district is the Safari Motor Inn (1966), formerly the Hotel Grand (1914).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sterry Hall</span> Historic NRHP building in Caldwell, Idaho

Sterry Hall at the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho, is a French Renaissance style building designed in 1909 by Boise architects Nisbet & Paradice and completed in 1910. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">H. K. Fritchman House</span> United States historic place

The H.K. Fritchman House in Boise, Idaho, was a 1+1⁄2-story Colonial Revival cottage designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1904. The house featured an off center, pedimented porch with Doric columns, decorative window head moldings under side gables, and a prominent, pedimented front gable with dimple window centered below the lateral ridgebeam. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982. The house either was demolished or moved after its listing on the NRHP, and further research is needed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harrison Boulevard Historic District</span> Historic building in Boise, Idaho

The Harrison Boulevard Historic District in Boise, Idaho, includes 427 residences, an elementary school, and a church. The district is centered on Harrison Boulevard, a wide, tree lined thoroughfare with a grassy median separating north and south traffic. Harrison Boulevard extends approximately one mile from its southern beginning at West Hays Street to its northern boundary at Hill Road. The east boundary extends to Washington School at 15th and Ridenbaugh Streets, and it includes three residential properties at 15th Street, but the district narrows around Harrison Boulevard as it proceeds north. The west boundary extends as far as 20th Street at the south end of the district, and it narrows to Harrison Boulevard as the district proceeds north.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Payette Lakes Club</span> United States historic place

The Payette Lakes Club, at 1585 Warren Wagon Rd. in McCall, Idaho, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

Burton E. Morse, was an American architect based in Twin Falls, Idaho, United States. Several of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

The East Side Downtown Historic District in Pocatello, Idaho is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">First Baptist Church of Emmett</span> United States historic place

The First Baptist Church of Emmett, at the northeast corner of 1st St. and Hayes Ave. in Emmett, Idaho, was built in 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

James H. Nave was an American architect based in Lewiston, Idaho. He designed a number of works which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) for their architecture.

References

  1. 1 2 Elizabeth Egleston (May 10, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kimberly High School / Kimberly Junior High and District Office/01578". National Park Service . Retrieved September 13, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 1990
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 JoEllen Ross-Hauer (July 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Payette Lakes Club / Payette Lake Club / Payette Lakes Inn" (PDF). State of Idaho. Retrieved September 13, 2019. DRAFT (? not stamped "final"). PDF includes plans and historic photos but not 26 photos from 2015 stated to be included in its submission.
  3. ↑ Two works in East Side Downtown Historic District are Paradice's; more perhaps are in other districts there.
  4. ↑ Janet McCulloch (September 26, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Harrison Boulevard Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved April 7, 2019. With accompanying 93 photos from 1979 (photo on PDF page 15 is Nisbet & Paradice's 1201 Harrison Boulevard).
  5. ↑ Richard Briggs (September 18, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lower Main Street Commercial Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved December 27, 2018. With accompanying 17 photos from 1980
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.