William Dunbar House

The William Dunbar House in Boise, Idaho, is a 1-story Colonial Revival cottage designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed by contractor J.O. Jordan in 1923. The house features clapboard siding and lunettes centered within lateral gables, decorated by classicizing eave returns. A small, gabled front portico with barrel vault supported by fluted Doric columns and pilasters decorates the main entry on Hays Street. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]

William Dunbar House
The William Dunbar House in 2019
William Dunbar House is located in Idaho
William Dunbar House
William Dunbar House is located in the United States
William Dunbar House
Location1500 W. Hays St., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates43°37′32″N 116°12′20″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1923 (1923)
Built byJordan,J. O.
ArchitectTourtellotte & Hummel
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSTourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.82000195[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

History

The Dunbar House was constructed for William and Henrietta Dunbar at the corner of 15th and Hays Streets in 1923.[3] A year after the house was completed, Etta Dunbar took second place for her front yard in a Better Gardens contest sponsored by Boise's Columbian Club in 1924.[4]

In 1934 the attic was finished and dormers were installed.[5] In 1940 new exterior siding was installed, the heating system was upgraded, and a basement was excavated.[6][7][8] The roof was repaired in 1949.[9]

William Dunbar

William C. Dunbar (June 25, 1874—February 23, 1951) was an attorney and a municipal judge specializing in probate law. A few years after graduating with a law degree from Columbia University,[10] he arrived in Boise in 1901 and taught political science at the original Boise High School (demolished) for two years. Then he became principal at the school, a post he held for one year before beginning his law practice.[11] Dunbar was one of the early tenants of the Idaho Building, occupying office 321 until his retirement in 1950, two months before his death at the Dunbar House.[12]

Etta Dunbar continued to live at the house at least until 1965, the year the roof was replaced.[13] By 1982 Mrs. Dunbar still owned the house but no longer lived there.[2]

Another William C. Dunbar lived in Caldwell prior to the 1901 arrival in Boise of Judge Dunbar. The son of Salt Lake City pioneer William C. Dunbar, he served as Canyon County recorder in the 1890s.[14] In the 1920s J.A. Dunbar served as Canyon County recorder.[15]

Architect James Dunbar was a drafter in the architectural firm of Tourtellotte & Co. and brother of Judge Dunbar.[16] Later known as Tourtellotte & Hummel, the firm designed the William Dunbar House.[2]

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: William Dunbar House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "Building Permits". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 10, 1923. p. 7.
  4. "Mrs. Harry Bingham, 1111 Harrison Boulevard, Placed First; Mrs. W.C. Dunbar Second". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 9, 1924. p. 5.
  5. "Building Permits". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 17, 1934. p. 2.
  6. "Building Permits". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 18, 1940. p. 5.
  7. "Building Permits". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 24, 1940. p. 11.
  8. "Building Permits". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 17, 1940. p. 9.
  9. "Building Permits". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 16, 1949. p. 6.
  10. Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University from the Foundation of King's College in 1754. Columbia University Press. 1916. p. 624. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  11. "Dunbar New Member". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. March 13, 1929. p. 9.
  12. "W.C. Dunbar, Former Judge, Dies at Home". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. February 24, 1951. p. 12.
  13. "Businesses Get Permits to Remodel". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 20, 1965. p. 20.
  14. An Illustrated history of the state of Idaho. Lewis Publishing Co. 1899. p. 719. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  15. "Attend Farmers Institute". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. February 17, 1923. p. 7.
  16. "Personal Mention". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 9, 1902. p. 5.


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