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The West Warm Springs Historic District in Boise, Idaho, is a neighborhood of homes of some of Boise's prominent citizens of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Roughly bounded by W Main St, W Idaho St, N 1st St, and N 2nd St, the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and included 14 properties.
In 1892 Christopher W. Moore built the first large house on Warm Springs Avenue. Moore owned the Boise Artesian Hot and Cold Water Company, and his house was the first residence in the United States to be heated by geothermal means. Other prominent Boise residents built homes on the avenue, and many depended on Moore's water company for heat. [3]
The district is located within an area known as Old Boise, and contributing properties were constructed 1879–1920. [2] Partial list of contributing properties
Samuel L. Tipton House (1903), 211 W Jefferson St, is a 2-story Queen Anne design by Tourtellotte & Co. Samuel L. Tipton was an assistant U.S. Attorney and city attorney in Boise. [4] Richard C. Adelman House (1884), 221 W Jefferson St, relocated to Julia Davis Park. The 1-story Adelman House had been one of the oldest houses in Boise to remain ...
This is a list of mayors of Boise, Idaho. Boise mayors were originally elected to one-year terms. The terms were extended to two years in 1881 and to four years in 1965. Lauren McLean, the incumbent, was elected in 2019. The most recent Boise mayoral election occurred in November 2023. #
In 1914 architect Charles W. Wayland envisioned a grand boulevard approaching the Idaho State Capitol Building, [6] and after the Boise Depot was built in 1925, city planners redesignated 7th Street as Capitol Boulevard, and the Capitol Boulevard Memorial Bridge was constructed and dedicated as a memorial to Oregon Trail pioneers.
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The foundation proposed a combined museum and new Boise Public Library, but again the plan was rejected. [5] In 2012, city planners approved construction of a $70 million facility that included an urban park, a 57,000-square-foot (5,300 m 2 ) building, and the tractor exhibit.