Zurcher Apartments

Last updated
Zurcher Apartments
Zurcher Apartments (3).jpg
The Zurcher Apartments in 2019
USA Idaho location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location102 S. 17th St., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates 43°37′16″N116°12′48″W / 43.62111°N 116.21333°W / 43.62111; -116.21333 (Zurcher Apartments) Coordinates: 43°37′16″N116°12′48″W / 43.62111°N 116.21333°W / 43.62111; -116.21333 (Zurcher Apartments)
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
ArchitectTourtellotte & Hummel
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Late Victorian
MPS Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No. 82000257 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

The Zurcher Apartments in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, Neoclassical building designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and completed in 1912. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2]

When it opened, the building featured four apartments, each with three rooms, a bathroom, and a Murphy bed. [3]

Oscar Zurcher was a partner in a marble and granite company located near the Zurcher Apartments, and with his brother Otto Zurcher owned the Zurcher Brothers Grocery. [4] [2]

Related Research Articles

Hoff Building

The Hoff Building in Boise, Idaho, USA, was designed by Boise architects Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in 1930 in the style of Art Deco. The building originally was known as the Hotel Boise, and it is a contributing resource in the Boise Capitol Area District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places May 12, 1976. At 11 floors in 1930, the building is considered Boise's first skyscraper, and it is listed as the 11th tallest building in the city.

Eichelberger Apartments Historic NRHP building

The Eichelberger Apartments in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, Colonial Revival building designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in 1910. The U-shape, brick and stucco design features corner quoins and keystoned windows with a roofline parapet covered between crested pilasters. It was included as a contributing property in the Fort Street Historic District on November 12, 1982. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1982.

Lower Main Street Commercial Historic District 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).

Friedline Apartments Historic NRHP building in Boise Idaho

The Friedline Apartments in Boise, Idaho, is a Queen Anne style apartment building designed by Ross Cartee and constructed in 1902. The sandstone and brick building features a ​34-round turret at the corner of W State and 14th Streets. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Idaho State Foresters Building U.S. historic building

The Idaho State Forester's Building, also known as The Cabin, in Boise, Idaho, is a ​1 12-story log cabin designed by Boise Payette Lumber Company architect Hans C. Hulbe and constructed in 1940 by round-log artists John Heillila and Gust Lapinoja. Logs for the cabin are peeled Engelmann spruce with full dovetail notch and oakum chinking. Inside paneling on office walls includes yellow pine, white pine, and western red cedar, and all of the wood came from Idaho forests and was donated by lumber companies with business interests in Idaho. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

T. J. Jones Apartments U.S. historic building

The T.J. Jones Apartments in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, brick and stone building originally designed in 1904 by Tourtellotte & Co. and expanded in 1911 by Tourtellotte and Hummel. The structure features a prominent Queen Anne corner turret, but Renaissance Revival characteristics also were discovered in preparation for adding the building to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

John Tourtellotte Building U.S. historic building

The John Tourtellotte Building in Boise, Idaho, is a 1-story, reinforced concrete commercial space designed by Tourtellotte and Hummel and constructed in 1928. Plans for the building were drawn at the firm's Portland office with some participation from local Tourtellotte & Hummel architects. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and its nomination form describes the structure as representing "the classicizing impulse of the 1920s in interaction with new structural systems and the functional aesthetic which accompanied them." The Tourtellotte Building is veneered with cast panels placed to resemble stone blocks, and the upper facade includes a "continuous frieze of swags and discs."

Wellman Apartments Historic building in Boise, Idaho

The Wellman Apartments in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, Georgian Revival building designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed by local contractor J.O. Jordan in 1929. The building included 16 "efficiency" apartments that featured a Murphy bed, kitchenette, dressing room, and bathroom. Soon after the building opened, it was remodeled, although the exterior remains nearly unaltered. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Belgravia Building Historic building in Boise, Idaho

The Belgravia Building in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, sandstone and brick structure designed and built by John S. Jellison as a set of apartments in the Romanesque Revival style in 1904. Originally known as DuBois Flats and later as Belgravia Terraces, the building was a subject of litigation shortly before its scheduled opening in September 1904, and legal disputes over payment of construction costs delayed the opening until June 1906.

J. N. Wallace House Historic building in Boise, Idaho, USA

The J.N. Wallace House in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, shingled Colonial Revival house designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1903. The first floor features a veneer of random course sandstone, and shingles of various shapes decorate the wraparound porch and the second floor. Deep, pedimented gables with dormer and dimple windows characterize the roof. Outer walls on the porch and second floor are flared. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Emerson and Lucretia Sensenig House Historic house in Boise, Idaho, USA

The Emerson and Lucretia Sensenig House, also known as the Marjorie Vogel House, is a ​2 12-story Foursquare house in Boise, Idaho, designed by Watson Vernon and constructed in 1905. The house features a hip roof with centered dormers and a half hip roof over a prominent, wraparound porch. Porch and first-floor walls are brick, and second-floor walls are covered with square shingle veneer. A second-story shadow box with four posts is inset to the left of a Palladian style window, emphasized by three curved rows of shingles. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Artesian Water Co. Pumphouse and Wells United States historic place

The Artesian Water Co. Pumphouse and Wells in Boise, Idaho, include a rectangular building, 27 feet by 50 feet, with battered walls that conform to the inward slope of two drill derricks which supported the original structure. The building houses two pumps that circulate geothermally heated water from wells installed in 1890. Natural hot water from the pumphouse was piped to residential and commercial customers beginning in the 1890s.

H. A. Schmelzel House United States historic place

The H.A. Schmelzel House in Boise, Idaho, is a ​1 12-story bungalow designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1906. It features Colonial Revival details, including flared eaves and an offset porch. First floor walls are veneered with random course sandstone, and front and side gables are covered with square shingles. Square shingles also cover the outer porch walls. The house is considered the first example of a bungalow in the architectural thematic group of John E. Tourtellotte. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

William Dunbar House United States historic place

The William Dunbar House in Boise, Idaho, is a 1-story Colonial Revival cottage designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed by contractor J.O. Jordan in 1923. The house features clapboard siding and lunettes centered within lateral gables, decorated by classicizing eave returns. A small, gabled front portico with barrel vault supported by fluted Doric columns and pilasters decorates the main entry on Hays Street. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Joseph Kinney Mausoleum United States historic place

The Joseph Kinney Mausoleum at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho, is a Classical Revival entombment designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1905. The structure is made of granite and features a Doric portico with bronze doors below a recessed pediment with a simple stone carving. Corner pilasters frame two side windows. The mausoleum was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

John Green Mausoleum United States historic place

The John Green Mausoleum at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho, is an eclectic entombment designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1909. The mausoleum is made of stone and shows a Romanesque influence with geometric forms. Bronze doors opposite a single window are the only fenestrations, and corner pilasters frame the structure. A parapet stairway extends beyond an outset gable above the entrance. The mausoleum was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

H. H. Bryant Garage United States historic place

The H.H. Bryant Garage in Boise, Idaho, was a 2-story brick building designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed by contractor J.O. Jordan in 1917. The garage, also known as the Ford Building, originally was a showroom and service center for Ford cars and trucks. The building featured nine window bays on Front Street and seven bays on 11th Street, and the bays were separated by ornamented, stone capped pilasters that terminated at the second floor roof and well below the flat parapet. Parapet crests over the corner bays featured outset coping and notched shoulders. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982. The building was demolished in 1990.

Franklin School (Boise, Idaho) Historic building in Boise, Idaho

Franklin School in Boise, Idaho, was a 2-story, brick and stucco building designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in 1926. The school featured a flat roof with a decorated concrete parapet. The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982. In 2009 the building was demolished.

Ustick School Historic building in Boise, Idaho

Ustick School in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, 4-room Colonial Revival schoolhouse constructed in 1909 in the former town of Ustick. The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982.

E. F. Hunt House Historic building in Meridian, Idaho

The E.F. Hunt House in Meridian, Idaho, USA, is a 1½-story Craftsman bungalow designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in 1913. The house has an unusual roof design, with a lateral ridgebeam extending beyond left and right gables, hip roofs on either side of a prominent, front facing gable, and a lower hip roof above a cross facade porch. Double notch rafters project from lateral eaves and from cantilevered window bays with shed roofs below the side facing gables. Narrow clapboard siding covers exterior walls. The front porch is supported by square posts with geometric, dropped caps. Tourtellotte & Hummel had used the square post decorations in other Bungalow houses, and a more elaborate example is found on the porch of the William Sidenfaden House (1912) in Boise. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Zurcher Apartments". National Park Service . Retrieved January 28, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "New Apartment House". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 21, 1911. p. 3.
  4. "New Marble and Granite Company". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 19, 1902. p. 6.

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Zurcher Apartments at Wikimedia Commons