Tolleth House | |
![]() The Tolleth House in 2019 | |
Location | 134 E. State Ave., Meridian, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 43°36′47″N 116°23′23″W / 43.61306°N 116.38972°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1907 |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 96001506 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 20, 1996 |
The Tolleth House in Meridian, Idaho, is a 2-story Queen Anne house constructed in 1907. The house features a wrap around porch and narrow shiplap siding, and the irregular plan includes 13 exterior corners. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [2]
Harry and Della Tolleth were original residents of the house. Harry Tolleth was a partner in a mercantile and grocery company, Champlin-Tolleth, headquartered in Meridian. [3] By 1913 Tolleth owned the Tolleth Mercantile Co., later Tolleth's Grocery. [4] [5] Harry Tolleth lived at the house until his death in 1936. [6] Della Tolleth remained at the house until her death in 1975. [7]
After the Tolleths, Gwen Alger purchased the house and became its second owner. Alger opened an antique shop at the house. [7]
Researchers for the City of Meridian found evidence that the Tolleth House was a Sears Catalog Home constructed from mail order plans sold by Sears, Roebuck and Company in their 1905 catalog. [8] Sears included catalog homes beginning with its 1908 catalog, but the company offered "full color and texture wallpaper samples" in its 1905 catalog, [9] and further research is needed on the 1907 Tolleth House.