Roosevelt_School_(Boise,_Idaho)

Roosevelt School (Boise, Idaho)

Roosevelt School (Boise, Idaho)

United States historic place

Roosevelt School in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, brick and concrete elementary school designed by Wayland & Fennell and constructed by O.W. Allen in 1919. The building features Classical Revival design elements and a flat roof with a parapet above a horizontal course of decorative concrete.[2]

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The 1919 design included eight classrooms, office, library, auditorium, and gymnasium.[3] The building required 450,000 bricks.[4] In 1946 a 4-room expansion was added to the east side,[2][5] and a 3-room expansion was added in 1951.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. [2]
    "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Roosevelt School". National Park Service. Retrieved February 20, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. [3]
    "School Building Strictly Modern". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 11, 1919. p. 3.
  4. [4]
    "Silica Bricks by the Million Now Manufactured at Capital from Endless Reserve in Hills". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 9, 1919. p. 4.
  5. [5]
    The school website lists the year as 1948.
  6. [6]
    "History". Boise Public Schools. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2019.

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