Wolters Double Houses
Wolters Double Houses | |
![]() The "double houses" in 2018 | |
Location | 712-716 N 8th St. 720-722 N 8th St.Boise, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 43°37′14″N 116°11′50″W / 43.62056°N 116.19722°WCoordinates: 43°37′14″N 116°11′50″W / 43.62056°N 116.19722°W |
Built | 1908 1909 |
Architect | Tourtellotte & Hummel |
Architectural style | Bungalow duplex |
NRHP reference No. | 82000256[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 12, 1982 |
The Wolters Double Houses are two similar bungalows designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in Boise, Idaho, USA, in 1908 and 1909. Both houses were built from a single duplex design. Part of Boise's Fort Street Historic District, the two houses were listed on the National Register of Historic Places November 12, 1982.[2]
In 1872 President Grant appointed Albert Wolters superintendent of Boise's new assay office,[3] a position he held until 1883.[4] Wolters then operated smelting and mining operations near Idaho City until 1905, and he returned to Boise in that year to manage his rental properties, building the bungalow at 712-716 N 8th Street in 1908. He constructed the second "double house" at 712-716 N 8th Street in 1909 and occupied one side of the building as his family residence.[2]
Original cost of the properties was estimated at $8500 each.[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wolters Double Houses". National Park Service. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ Robert L. Spude. ""Men of Scope": The Assayer and the Western Mining Community, 1848-1920" (PDF). 2013 Mining History Journal. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 20, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ Hiram T. French (1914). "History of Idaho". S.J. Clarke Publishing. p. 634. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
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