Nathan Smith House

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]

Nathan Smith House
The Nathan Smith House in 2019
Nathan Smith House is located in Idaho
Nathan Smith House
Nathan Smith House is located in the United States
Nathan Smith House
LocationBroadway and Targhee, Boise, Idaho
Coordinates43°34′56″N 116°11′36″W
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1900 (1900)
ArchitectTourtellotte,John & Company
Architectural styleShingled Colonial
MPSTourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.83000258[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1983

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]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nathan Smith House". National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "More Buildings". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 8, 1900. p. 4.
  4. "Some Building Notes". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 27, 1900. p. 5.
  5. "Reported by Architect Tourtellotte". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 1, 1901. p. 9.
  6. "Big Prune Raiser". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 16, 1906. p. 5.
  7. "Smith Funeral". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 2, 1907. p. 5.
  8. "Pioneer Freighter Who Started One Town and Helped Build Others". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 26, 1913. p. 4.

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