Pedro Echevarria House
The Pedro Echevarria House in Boise, Idaho, is a brick and wood frame Bungalow designed by Tourtellotte and Hummel and constructed in 1920 for Pedro and Maria Echevarria. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]
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Location | 5605 State St., Boise, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 43°39′20″N 116°15′29″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1920 |
Architect | Tourtellotte & Hummel |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
MPS | Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR |
NRHP reference No. | 82000196[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 17, 1982 |
In 2018 a developer proposed building 19 small houses on the site, preserving the Pedro Echevarria House as the community center of a cohousing neighborhood, but city planners rejected the proposal as "incompatible with the city's comprehensive plan."[3]
Pedro Echevarria
Pedro Echevarria (June 5, 1881-July 22, 1953) was an immigrant from Spain who moved to Boise in 1901 and later operated the Big Creek Sheep Co.[4]
Echevarria became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1909.[5]
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References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pedro Echevarria House". National Park Service. Retrieved January 3, 2019. With accompanying pictures
- John Sowell (May 11, 2018). "Update: Garden City Council votes against zone change for proposed cohousing development". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
- "P. Echevarria, Early Sheep Rancher, Dies". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 23, 1953. p. 9.
- "Naturalizations". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 25, 1909. p. 5.
External links
Media related to Pedro Echevarria House at Wikimedia Commons- Basque Museum, Boise
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