Brunzell House

United States historic place
Brunzell House
The Brunzell House in 2019
43°37′16″N 116°12′00″W / 43.62111°N 116.20000°W / 43.62111; -116.20000 (Brunzell House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1908 (1908)
ArchitectTourtellotte, John E. & Company
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPSTourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.82000182[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

The Brunzell House in Boise, Idaho, is a one-and-a-half-story, brick and wood Bungalow designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1908. The house features Colonial Revival decorations, including deeply flared eaves. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2] It also is a contributing resource in the Fort Street Historic District.

History

The Brunzell House was commissioned by John M. Brunzell,[2] a Nampa resident and former postmaster and state representative from Reynolds Creek in Owyhee County.[3][4] Brunzell never occupied the house, and he may have intended it either as a rental or as a gift to his nephew, Fred Brunzell, who owned lot 3, block 84, where the house was constructed.[5][6]

Fred Brunzell purchased property for the house in 1892.[7] He and Oline Brunzell lived at the house from about 1912 until her death in 1918,[8] but they were not the original residents.

In 1908 Victoria L. Eoff rented the newly constructed house.[9] She and her late husband, Alfred Eoff, had been owners of the Eoff-Brady House, designed by John E. Tourtellotte and constructed in 1897. In 1911 Mrs. Eoff moved into the newly constructed Victoria Louise Eoff House, designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel. Both Eoff houses are contributing resources in Boise's West Warm Springs Historic District.[10][11]

In 1919 Fred Brunzell transferred the house to his children, Selma B. Getchell and Alvin O. Brunzell.[12] Getchell later sold her share of the house to her brother in 1919.[13] Fred Brunzell died in 1920 at the age of 86.[14]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brunzell House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 6, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. ^ "Personal Mention: J.M. Brunzell, the postmaster at Reynolds...". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 9, 1902. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Members of the Seventh Session of the Legislature". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 17, 1902. p. 1.
  5. ^ "New House". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 5, 1908. p. 5.
  6. ^ "Cottage". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 3, 1909. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Real Estate Transfers". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 11, 1892. p. 5.
  8. ^ "Deaths". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 1, 1918. p. 5.
  9. ^ "Personal Mention: Mrs. Alfred Eoff has rented the new Brunzell cottage...". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 8, 1908. p. 5.
  10. ^ David Staats (December 14, 2018). "Boise just created this historic district". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  11. ^ "Elegant Residence on Warm Springs". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. February 12, 1911. p. 12.
  12. ^ "News of Record". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 20, 1918. p. 14.
  13. ^ "News of Record". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 21, 1919. p. 15.
  14. ^ "Brief Nampa News". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 6, 1920. p. 7.

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Further reading

  • A Historical, Descriptive and Commercial Directory of Owyhee County, Idaho (Owyhee Avalanch, 1898), pp 102
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