1127 Warm Springs Avenue

 

In 1925 architects Wayland and Fennell designed this brick Tudor home for
Frank H. Parsons at 1127 Warm Springs. A large gable intersects the steep
roof above the recessed, arched door. The house plan is irregular and
window openings are of a variety of sizes and shapes. 

 

Boise Little Theater

 

The curved laminated beams in the ceiling, one of the first examples of this type of construction. 

 

More Halloween

 

Family group photo 

 

National Register of Historic Places

 

A fine two-story late Queen Anne residence built in
1897 by Judge S. B. Kingsbury. The stone and shingle home is distinguished
by a steep roof with flared eaves and a low oval tower above the right of
center entry. The porch extending across the front of the house is 

characterized by stone lattice work and paired columns which support the roof.
A beautiful stained-glass window graces the west side of the home. 

A hitching post and mounting block still remain at the curb. 

 

 

 

House on Warm Springs Ave

 

Another old house on Warm Spring Ave.   

 

Laura Moore Cunningham House

 

First house in Boise and the nation to be heated with geothermal hot water.  The house was built in 1892

by Christopher W. Moore 

 

 

O'Farrell Cabin

 

O'Farrell Cabin

 

 

 

Courthouse

 

The historic Ada County Courthouse, built 1938-1939.  

 

Noble Park

 

Laura Moore Cunninghom House

 

C. W. Moore had this built for his family in 1891.  This was the first home in America to be heated with natural hot water.

 

Post Office

 

 Borah Post Office Building, Downtown Boise.

 

In 2005 the building was sold to the state for $1. It is now overseen by the Idaho Historical Society because of its age.

Still in use by both local and federal governments.

 

Idanha

 

 The Idanha.  Apartments.

Built in 1901 as a hotel

 

Bonneville Point

In May of 1833 Captain Benjamin Bonneville and his expedition party overlooked the valley he named Les Bois, site of the city that today bears the same name Boise

The Egyptian Theater

On the corner of Main and Capitol is the Egyptian Theater.  Build in 1927 in the architectural style popularized by the 1922 discovery of King Tut's tomb. 

Boise River Diversion Dam

 7 miles southeast of Boise on the Boise River. The dam diverts water into the New York Canal which feeds Lake Lowell and the Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge.  Built in 1909

The Old Pen

The Old Idaho State Penitentiary.  

An active prison from 1872 to 1973

The Idanha

The Idanha built in 1901 as a hotel is now apartments.

Listed on the national registry of historic places

GAR

Went for a walk downtown today.

Open House

My sister and I went to an open house for a hundred plus year old house.  The picture here is a pressed tin ceiling in the kitchen.

A really cool fireplace

Star Boarding House

The Star among Boise’s first Basque boarding houses, built 1895.