Axel Nixon House

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Axel Nixon House
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The Axel Nixon House in 2018
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Location815 N. Hays St., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates 43°37′16″N116°11′53″W / 43.62111°N 116.19806°W / 43.62111; -116.19806 (Axel Nixon House) Coordinates: 43°37′16″N116°11′53″W / 43.62111°N 116.19806°W / 43.62111; -116.19806 (Axel Nixon House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1903 (1903)
ArchitectTourtellotte, John & Company
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPS Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No. 82000230 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

The Axel Nixon House is a Queen Anne style cottage in the Fort Street Historic District in Boise, Idaho, USA. The house was designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1903. Features include a roof with flared eaves, flared dormers, and a small porch with Tuscan columns supported by low, flared walls below a decorative sunburst patterned gable. [2] The house has been altered since construction and now serves the community as home to St. John's Food Bank. [3]

Axel Nixon was chief drafter in the General Land Office at Boise. [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: Axel Nixon House". National Park Service . Retrieved September 21, 2018. With accompanying pictures
  3. "St John's Food Bank Details Page" . Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  4. "Official Register of the United States, vol. I". July 1, 1905. Retrieved September 22, 2018.