John Haines House

The John Haines House is a ​2 1⁄2-story Queen Anne style house in the Fort Street Historic District of Boise, Idaho. Designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1904, the house features a veneer of rectangular cut stone applied to the first story and shingled, flared walls at the second story. Turrets accent the front two corners of the house, and a classical porch with doric columns and a flattened pediment separates the offset main entrance from the street.[2] It was included as a contributing property in the Fort Street Historic District on November 12, 1982.[3] The house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1982.[1]

John Haines House
The John Haines House in 2018
Location919 W. Hays St.
Boise, Idaho
Coordinates43°37′19″N 116°11′58″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1904 (1904)
ArchitectJohn E. Tourtellotte & Company
Architectural styleQueen Anne
Part ofFort Street Historic District (ID82000199)
MPSTourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.82000207[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

John M. Haines was a real estate developer and Republican who served as mayor of Boise City 1907-1909 and as Governor of Idaho 1913–1915.[4]

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: John Haines House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 22, 2018. With accompanying pictures
  3. Susanne Lichtenstein. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fort Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  4. "Boise Mayor: John Haines 1907". Boise City Department of Arts and History. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.


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