Pierce Park School

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Pierce Park School
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Pierce Park School in 2019
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Location5015 Pierce Park Lane, Boise, Idaho
Coordinates 43°39′58″N116°16′06″W / 43.66611°N 116.26833°W / 43.66611; -116.26833 (Pierce Park School)
Area8.4 acres (3.4 ha)
Built1911 (1911)
MPS Boise Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No. 82000233 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1982

Pierce Park School in Boise, Idaho, is a 1+12-story, flat roof, brick and stucco building constructed in 1911 as a 4-room schoolhouse. The building has expanded with its growing community, but the additions have been considered compatible with the original structure, and the school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2]

The school was named for Pierce Park, a trolley park developed by Walter E. Pierce in 1907, four miles from Boise and along the route of the Boise & Interurban Railway. [3] The park closed in 1928. [4]

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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: Pierce Park School". National Park Service . Retrieved February 9, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "Boise & Interurban Railway Under Construction". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 30, 1906. p. 6.
  4. "A slice of history: Pierce Park". Idaho Press. Nampa, Idaho. October 28, 2018. Archived from the original on October 28, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019.