Alexanders (Boise, Idaho)

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Alexanders
SOUTH (SIDE) ELEVATION - Alexander's Building, 826 Main Street, Boise, Ada County, ID HABS ID,1-BOISE,1-2.tif
The Alexander building as it appeared in the 1970s
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Location826 Main Street, Boise, Idaho
Coordinates 43°36′59″N116°12′15″W / 43.616338°N 116.204254°W / 43.616338; -116.204254
Built1924
Architect Tourtellotte & Hummel
Architectural style Second Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No. 78001029 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1978

Alexanders is a two-story, Second Renaissance Revival style commercial building designed by architects Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in Boise, Idaho, in 1924. [2] The brick building is clad in white terracotta. [3]

Alexanders was a men's clothing store chain begun in 1891 by Moses Alexander. After construction, the building at 826 Main Street contained Alexanders' flagship store, although Alexanders had operated a store prior to 1924 at the same corner. [4]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Don Hibbard (June 14, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Alexanders". National Park Service . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  3. "Alexanders Men's Store 1924" . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  4. "Alexander advertisement, 1912" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2018.