M. J. Marks House | |
![]() The M.J. Marks House in 2019 | |
Location | 1001 Hays St., Boise, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 43°37′20″N 116°12′00″W / 43.62222°N 116.20000°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1911 |
Built by | McPhee & Blair |
Architect | Tourtellotte & Hummel |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Bungalow |
MPS | Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR |
NRHP reference No. | 82000221 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 17, 1982 |
The M.J. Marks House in Boise, Idaho, is a 2+1⁄2-story Colonial Revival house with "bungaloid features" designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in 1911. The house includes random course sandstone veneer on first-story walls with flared second-story walls veneered with square shingles under a low pitch hip roof. Room sized porches are a prominent feature of the design. [2]
In 1900 Moses J. and Ella L. Marks moved to Boise from Buena Vista, Colorado, and in that year the M.J. Marks men's clothing store opened at 822 Main Street. [3] [4] In 1901 Marks purchased from Ellen A. Fairchild a portion of lots 10, 11, and 12 in block 81 of Boise City original townsite, located at the southwest corner of 10th and Hays Streets. [5] [6] Plans for the M.J. Marks House were drawn by Tourtellotte & Hummel in 1910, and the design featured Boise sandstone and rough cut, unpainted cedar shingles "left for the weather to stain in nature's own tints." [7] Moses and Ella Marks lived at the house from its completion in 1911 until the 1920 death of Moses Marks. [8] Ella Marks continued to reside in the house until her death in 1924. [3]
After his mother's death, Jacob A. Marks lived in the house until his own death in 1943. [9]