Mitchell Hotel

The Mitchell Hotel in Boise, Idaho, was a 2-story, brick and stone building designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1906. The building featured segmentally arched fenestrations with "denticulated surrounds of header brick." The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982.[2]

Mitchell Hotel
The Mitchell Hotel in 1906
Location10th and Front Sts., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates43°36′56″N 116°12′23″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1906 (1906)
ArchitectTourtellotte,John E. & Company
MPSTourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.82000225[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

Considered a modern hotel in 1906, the building included steam heat and plumbing in each of 40 second-floor, "cozily furnished" rooms.[3][4] The first floor contained a restaurant and a barbershop, and later a millinery shop occupied one of the storefronts.[5] The building also served briefly as a polling place for precinct four in local elections.[6]

Edward Mitchell was the first proprietor of the hotel, and he sold the building within a year after opening.[7]

In 1974 Good Medicine Natural Foods opened in the building,[8] followed by Natural Foods Cafe. The restaurant had closed by September, 1976.[9] After its listing on the NRHP in 1982, the building was demolished and replaced by a parking lot.

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: Mitchell Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved February 8, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "New Hotel to Be Opened Sunday". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 7, 1906. p. 7.
  4. "Mitchell Hotel". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 30, 1906. p. 5.
  5. "The New Millinery Store". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 6, 1907. p. 5.
  6. "Where You May Vote Today". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 2, 1907. p. 3.
  7. "The Mitchell Hotel Management Changes". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 14, 1907. p. 8.
  8. "Special Offer". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. March 25, 1974. p. 3.
  9. "Fire Damages Vacant Cafe". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 29, 1976. p. 19.

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