Willis Mickle House

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Willis Mickle House
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The Willis Mickle House in 2019
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Location1415 N. 8th St., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates 43°37′38″N116°11′49″W / 43.62722°N 116.19694°W / 43.62722; -116.19694 (Willis Mickle House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1898 (1898)
ArchitectTourtellotte, John E. & Company
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPS Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No. 82000224 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

The Willis Mickle House in Boise, Idaho, is a 1+1⁄2-story Queen Anne cottage designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1898. The house features a prominent, left front facing gable with dormer that rises above a right front porch. The first floor outer walls are of random course Boise sandstone. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2]

Willis and Marie (Keeffe) Mickle were married in 1898 and were original owners of the house, [3] which the Idaho Statesman described as "a pleasing and substantial innovation in Boise building." [4] Willis Mickle was superintendent of Capitol Electric Light, Motor and Gas Company, [2] and he had been the electrician of the Boise volunteer fire department. [5] The Mickles were active in local politics, and Marie Mickle served as clerk of elections for Boise Precinct No. 9. [6] [7] By 1916 the couple had moved to Portland, Oregon. [8]

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: Willis Mickle House". National Park Service . Retrieved March 2, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. ↑ "Mickle-Keeffe". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 2, 1898. p. 2.
  4. ↑ "Old Year Dealt Kindly with Idaho's Capital City". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 1, 1899. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Firemen's Election". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 9, 1894. p. 6.
  6. ↑ "Legal Notices". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 4, 1909. p. 6.
  7. ↑ "Pinney Elected by Nine Hundred". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 12, 1905. p. 3.
  8. ↑ "Funeral Notice". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 7, 1916. p. 5.

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