Roosevelt School (Boise, Idaho)
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Roosevelt School | |
![]() Roosevelt School in 2019 | |
Location | 908 E. Jefferson St., Boise, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 43°36′36″N 116°10′54″W / 43.61000°N 116.18167°WCoordinates: 43°36′36″N 116°10′54″W / 43.61000°N 116.18167°W |
Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
Built | 1919 |
Built by | O.W. Allen |
Architect | Wayland & Fennell |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Boise Public Schools TR |
NRHP reference No. | 82000236[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 8, 1982 |
Roosevelt School in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, brick and concrete elementary school designed by Wayland & Fennell and constructed by O.W. Allen in 1919. The building features Classical Revival design elements and a flat roof with a parapet above a horizontal course of decorative concrete.[2]
The 1919 design included eight classrooms, office, library, auditorium, and gymnasium.[3] The building required 450,000 bricks.[4] In 1946 a 4-room expansion was added to the east side,[2][5] and a 3-room expansion was added in 1951.[6]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Roosevelt School". National Park Service. Retrieved February 20, 2019. With accompanying pictures
- ^ "School Building Strictly Modern". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 11, 1919. p. 3.
- ^ "Silica Bricks by the Million Now Manufactured at Capital from Endless Reserve in Hills". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 9, 1919. p. 4.
- ^ The school website lists the year as 1948.
- ^ "History". Boise Public Schools. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
External links
Media related to Roosevelt School (Boise, Idaho) at Wikimedia Commons
- Roosevelt School website
Further reading
- J. Howard Moon, A Centennial History of Schools of the State of Idaho (State School Boards Association, 1990), pp 1-12
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