Wolters Double Houses

Wolters Double Houses
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The "double houses" in 2018
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Location	712-716 N 8th St. 720-722 N 8th St.Boise, Idaho
Coordinates	43°37′14″N 116°11′50″W
Built	1908 1909
Architect	Tourtellotte & Hummel
Architectural style	Bungalow duplex
NRHP reference No.	82000256[1]
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1982

The Wolters Double Houses are two similar bungalows designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in Boise, Idaho, USA, in 1908 and 1909. Both houses were built from a single duplex design. Part of Boise's Fort Street Historic District, the two houses were listed on the National Register of Historic Places November 12, 1982.^[2]

In 1872 President Grant appointed Albert Wolters superintendent of Boise's new assay office,^[3] a position he held until 1883.^[4] Wolters then operated smelting and mining operations near Idaho City until 1905, and he returned to Boise in that year to manage his rental properties, building the bungalow at 712-716 N 8th Street in 1908. He constructed the second "double house" at 712-716 N 8th Street in 1909 and occupied one side of the building as his family residence.^[2]

Original cost of the properties was estimated at $8500 each.^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wolters Double Houses". National Park Service. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
3. Robert L. Spude. ""Men of Scope": The Assayer and the Western Mining Community, 1848-1920" (PDF). 2013 Mining History Journal. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 20, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
4. Hiram T. French (1914). "History of Idaho". S.J. Clarke Publishing. p. 634. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

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