Joseph Kinney Mausoleum

The Joseph Kinney Mausoleum at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho, is a Classical Revival entombment designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1905. The structure is made of granite and features a Doric portico with bronze doors below a recessed pediment with a simple stone carving. Corner pilasters frame two side windows. The mausoleum was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]

Kinney, Joseph, Mausoleum
The Joseph Kinney Mausoleum in 2019
Joseph Kinney Mausoleum is located in Idaho
Joseph Kinney Mausoleum
Joseph Kinney Mausoleum is located in the United States
Joseph Kinney Mausoleum
LocationMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho
Coordinates43.609509°N 116.228729°W / 43.609509; -116.228729 (Kinney, Joseph, Mausoleum)
Arealess than one acre
Built1905 (1905)
ArchitectTourtellotte,John E. & Company
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSTourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.82000218[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

Joseph Kinney

Joseph Kinney served in the Union Army of the American Civil War and was discharged in 1866. He traveled to Silver Bow, Montana, as a mining prospector, then later in 1866 he settled in Boise.[3] Kinney owned the Arc Light Saloon,[4][5] and he was a stockholder in the Idaho Building & Loan and in the Boise Bank of Commerce.[6][7] Kinney owned a horse ranch in Butte, and he enjoyed horse racing.[8]

Kinney may have suffered from COPD, and he and Margaret Kinney had traveled to Oakland for health reasons.[3] When Kinney died at Oakland in 1905, his remains were returned to Boise and placed in a temporary vault while the Joseph Kinney Mausoleum was constructed. At the time, the Idaho Statesman said of the mausoleum that it was "probably the finest structure of its kind in the state."[9]

Margaret Kinney remarried and later was known as Margaret Armstrong. Although a resident of Oakland, she continued to own property and to conduct business in Boise.[10]

Joseph Kinney House

The Joseph Kinney house is a contributing resource in Boise's Warm Springs Avenue Historic District. The house was designed by Tourtellotte & Co. in 1903 and completed in 1904.[11]

See also

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: Kinney, Joseph, Mausoleum". National Park Service. Retrieved March 19, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "Joseph Kinney Dies in Oakland". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. February 10, 1905. p. 5.
  4. "Hof Brau Tonight". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 25, 1891. p. 8.
  5. "For Violating Gambling Law". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 23, 1904. p. 4.
  6. "Successful Investment". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 31, 1903. p. 5.
  7. "Bank of Commerce (advertisement)". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. February 28, 1903. p. 4.
  8. "For Butte Races". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 28, 1901. p. 5.
  9. "Remains of Joseph Kinney to Be Laid in Mausoleum". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. March 28, 1906. p. 5.
  10. "Former Resident Visits". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 2, 1923. p. 9.
  11. "Stone Residence". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 10, 1903. p. 5.


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