Walter Abbs House

Walter Abbs House
The Walter Abbs House in 2013
Location 915 Fort St., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates 43°37′21″N 116°11′54″W / 43.62250°N 116.19833°W / 43.62250; -116.19833 (Walter Abbs House)Coordinates: 43°37′21″N 116°11′54″W / 43.62250°N 116.19833°W / 43.62250; -116.19833 (Walter Abbs House)
Area less than one acre
Built 1903 (1903)
Architect Tourtellotte,John & Company
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference # 82000175[1]
Added to NRHP November 17, 1982

The Walter Abbs House, is a Queen Anne style house designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in Boise, Idaho, USA, in 1903. The five room house is part of Boise's Fort Street Historic District, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places November 17, 1982.[2] At the time, the Fort Street Historic District also had been listed November 12, 1982.[3]

Walter J. Abbs arrived in Boise in 1901 and formed the firm of McGrew & Abbs, abstract researchers, mortgage lenders, and insurance agents. When his business was absorbed by the Boise Title and Trust Co. in 1906, Abbs became general manager and secretary of the new firm.[4] Abbs was an investor in Boise's Abbs Subdivision, and lots on Abbs Street and on Abbs Lane were sold as early as 1917.[5]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walter Abbs House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 23, 2018. With accompanying pictures
  3. ↑ Susanne Lichtenstein (September 29, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fort Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ Hiram T. French (1914). "History of Idaho". Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago. p. 1302. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Real Estate Transfers". Evening Capital News. October 3, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

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