Aiken's Hotel

{{short description|Historic building in Eagle, Idaho}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Aiken's Hotel

| nrhp_type =

| image = Aiken's Hotel2 NRHP 82000177 Ada County, ID.jpg

| caption = The Aiken's Hotel in 2017

| location= 99 E. State St., Eagle, Idaho

| coordinates = {{coord|43|41|42|N|116|21|08|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Aiken's Hotel|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Idaho#USA

| built = {{Start date|1910}}

| added = October 29, 1982

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 82000177{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

}}

Aiken's Hotel in Eagle, Idaho, also known as Eagle Hotel, is a two-story concrete block building constructed in 1910. The hotel features design elements of Colonial Revival architecture,{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=82000177}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Aiken's Hotel |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= |accessdate=April 16, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=82000177|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}} but it has been considered an Italianate structure.{{cite news |title=In Eagle, style matters ... here are the design styles allowed for use in the city | author=John Sowell |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=January 18, 2018}} The hotel was designed with 16 rooms large enough to accommodate residential customers.{{cite web |title=The City of Eagle: Yesterday and Today |author=Laurie Baker |publisher=Everythingeagle |url=http://everythingeagle.net/pages/History_of_Eagle |accessdate=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412130918/http://everythingeagle.net/pages/History_of_Eagle |archive-date=April 12, 2017}} It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Thomas H. Aiken, also known as Thomas H. Aikens, arrived in Idaho Territory in 1871. His brother, Samuel D. Aiken, owner of the Green Meadow Ranch, arrived in 1862.{{cite news |title=This Pioneer Made Eagle and He Has Spread in Other Directions |author=Eva Hunt Dockery |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=November 28, 1915 |page=3}} In 1877, Thomas Aiken secured water rights to property on Eagle Island. By the 1890s, Aiken promoted and finally secured construction of a bridge across the Boise River, and he increased his land holdings on Eagle Island. Aiken platted the town of Eagle in 1904.{{cite book |title=Idaho's 200 Cities: The Southwest |author=Hal Bunderson |volume=2 |publisher=Ridenbaugh Press |location=Carlton, Oregon |date=2017 |page=63}}

The interurban trolley line opened on the island in 1907.