Walter Abbs House

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Walter Abbs House
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The Walter Abbs House in 2013
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Location915 Fort St., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates 43°37′21″N116°11′54″W / 43.62250°N 116.19833°W / 43.62250; -116.19833 (Walter Abbs House) Coordinates: 43°37′21″N116°11′54″W / 43.62250°N 116.19833°W / 43.62250; -116.19833 (Walter Abbs House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1903 (1903)
Architect John Tourtellotte & Company
Architectural style Queen Anne
Part of Fort Street Historic District (ID82000199)
MPS Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No. 82000175 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

The Walter Abbs House, is a Queen Anne style house designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in Boise, Idaho, USA, in 1903. The five room house is part of the Fort Street Historic District, and it was included as a contributing property on November 12, 1982. [2] It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1982. [3]

Walter J. Abbs arrived in Boise in 1901 and formed the firm of McGrew & Abbs, abstract researchers, mortgage lenders, and insurance agents. When his business was absorbed by the Boise Title and Trust Co. in 1906, Abbs became general manager and secretary of the new firm. [4] Abbs was an investor in Boise's Abbs Subdivision, and lots on Abbs Street and on Abbs Lane were sold as early as 1917. [5]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Susanne Lichtenstein (September 29, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fort Street Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walter Abbs House". National Park Service . Retrieved September 23, 2018. With accompanying pictures
  4. Hiram T. French (1914). "History of Idaho". Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago. p. 1302. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  5. "Real Estate Transfers". Evening Capital News. October 3, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved September 10, 2018.