Henry Coffin House

Henry Coffin House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
The Henry Coffin House in 2018
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Location	1403 Franklin St., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates	43°37′26″N 116°12′20″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1905 (1905)
Architect	John E. Tourtellotte & Company
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
Part of	Fort Street Historic District (ID82000199)
MPS	Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.	82000188[1]
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1982

The Henry Coffin House was designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in Boise, Idaho, USA, in 1905. The house is an early example of Colonial Revival architectural design by Tourtellotte, who lived across the street. It was included as a contributing property in the Fort Street Historic District on November 12, 1982. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1982.^[2]

A native of Annapolis, Indiana, Henry N. Coffin became a clerk at the First National Bank in Leavenworth, Kansas, then a clerk at the First National Bank in Lawrence, Kansas. He served as assistant treasurer of the State of Kansas prior to moving to Boise in 1890. In Boise he became the cashier of the First National Bank, and he helped to organize the Boise Bank of Commerce, holding the position of cashier.^[3] Coffin was elected as State Treasurer of Idaho, 1903–1904, then reelected, 1905–1906.^[4]

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: Henry Coffin House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 23, 2018. With accompanying pictures
3. "Distinguished Successful Americans". Successful Americans, Chicago. 1912. p. 263. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
4. Robert O. Jones (1922). "Sixteenth Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Idaho". Retrieved September 12, 2018.

External links

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