Alexander House (Boise, Idaho)

{{short description|Historic building}}

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

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Alexander House

| nrhp_type =

| image = Alexander House (A).jpg

| caption = The Alexander House in 2018

| location = 304 State St., Boise, Idaho

| coordinates = {{coord|43|36|57|N|116|11|37|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Alexander House|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Idaho#USA

| built = {{Start date|1897}}

| architecture = Queen Anne

| added = August 7, 1972

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 72000431{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

}}

The Alexander House is a Queen Anne style house built in Boise, Idaho, in 1897. The house was constructed for Moses Alexander the year he became mayor of Boise. Alexander later became governor of Idaho.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=72000431}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Alexander House |publisher=National Park Service|author=Arthur A. Hart |date=February 24, 1972 |accessdate=August 23, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=72000431|photos=y|title=accompanying photo from 1972}}

According to Boise Parks and Recreation, construction of the Alexander House was inspired when "the mayor’s wife, Helena, had seen a picture in the newspaper with floor plans for a two-story house with many gables. Following these guides, two carpenters managed to construct the wood-frame building."{{cite web |title=Boise Parks and Recreation: Alexander House built 1897 |url=https://parks.cityofboise.org/parks-and-facilities/parks/julia-davis-park/julia-davis-park-rotary-grand-plaza/alexander-house-built-1897/ |accessdate=August 23, 2018}} On April 10, 1897, the Coeur d'Alene Press included an illustration and a floor plan for a house similar to the Alexander House.{{cite web |title=Modern Architecture |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88056095/1897-04-10/ed-1/seq-4.pdf |accessdate=August 23, 2018}}

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and in 1977 the Alexander House became the property of the State of Idaho.{{cite web |title=Idaho Architecture Project: Alexander House |url=http://idahoarchitectureproject.org/s/17/Alexander-House |accessdate=August 23, 2018}}