Reclamation Service Boise Project Office

The Reclamation Service Boise Project Office in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, L-shape Bungalow with entry at a porch on the inside corner. Finished in 1912, the building is constructed of brick with corbels separating basement, first, and second floors, and it includes segmented arch window openings. The low pitched roof includes four dormers.[2]

Reclamation Service Boise Project Office
The Reclamation Service Boise Project Office in 2019
Location214 Broadway Ave, Boise, Idaho
Coordinates43.609183°N 116.192960°W / 43.609183; -116.192960
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
Built byWhiteway-Lee Construction Co.
ArchitectWeymouth, F.E.
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.10000546[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 12, 2010

The building was constructed by the Whiteway-Lee Co., and it features American Craftsman details uncommon to public buildings at the time.[3][2] C. Herbert Lee had been an architect in the office of Tourtellotte & Co., and he had supervised construction of the 1907 administration building at the University of Idaho.[4] But the Reclamation Office design is attributed to F.E. Weymouth, supervising engineer for the U.S. Reclamation Service. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[2]

Reclamation Service

After passage of the Newlands Reclamation Act in 1902, the Reclamation Service was the administrative center of irrigation projects in Idaho and other western states. Various projects were completed and managed, including Minidoka Dam, Arrowrock Dam, Boise River Diversion Dam, Lake Lowell, and the New York Canal, formerly the Main Canal. The Reclamation Service also adjudicated water rights disputes.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. As of February 2019 the nomination form had not been digitized. A copy of the form is on file at the Merle Wells Research Center & Reading Room at the Idaho State Archives. Frederic L. Quivik; Mark A. Hufstetler (November 5, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Reclamation Service Boise Project Office". National Park Service. Retrieved February 27, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "Reclamation Service Office". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 3, 1911. p. 6.
  4. "Personal Mention". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 31, 1907. p. 5.

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