Nathan Smith House | |
![]() The Nathan Smith House in 2019 | |
Location | Broadway and Targhee, Boise, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 43°34′56″N 116°11′36″W / 43.58222°N 116.19333°W |
Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Built | 1900 |
Architect | Tourtellotte, John & Company |
Architectural style | Shingled Colonial |
MPS | Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR |
NRHP reference No. | 83000258 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 3, 1983 |
The Nathan Smith House in Boise, Idaho, is a 1+1⁄2-story Colonial Revival farmhouse designed by John E. Tourtellotte and constructed in 1900. The house features a veneer of cobblestones from the Boise River below shingled upper gables and hooded dimple windows, but its most prominent design element is a front facing basket arch balcony above the porch. The overall design is an early example of a Bungalow, and it influenced later designs in Boise. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [2]
Originally 8-rooms, the interior featured indoor plumbing and "the patent hard-wall plaster now being tried." The Idaho Statesman described the walls as being as hard as adamant. [3] [4] [5]
Nathan Smith was a farmer in South Boise who owned an orchard of prune trees. [6] After Smith's death in 1907, [7] the house became the property of W.M. Stockton. By 1913 the house had become known as "Fairlawns." [8]
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