Alexanders (Boise, Idaho)

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Alexanders

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| image = SOUTH (SIDE) ELEVATION - Alexander's Building, 826 Main Street, Boise, Ada County, ID HABS ID,1-BOISE,1-2.tif

| caption = The Alexander building as it appeared in the 1970s

| location = 826 Main Street, Boise, Idaho

| coordinates = {{coord|43.616338|-116.204254|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Idaho#USA

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = building

| mapframe-zoom = 12

|mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Alexanders

| built = 1924

| architect = Tourtellotte & Hummel

| architecture = Second Renaissance Revival

| refnum = 78001029{{NRISref|2010a}}

| added = November 20, 1978

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Alexanders is a two-story, Second Renaissance Revival style commercial building designed by architects Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in Boise, Idaho, in 1924.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=78001029}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Alexanders|publisher=National Park Service|author=Don Hibbard |date=June 14, 1978 |accessdate=August 21, 2018}} The brick building is clad in white terracotta.{{cite web |url=https://parks.cityofboise.org/parks-and-facilities/parks/julia-davis-park/julia-davis-park-rotary-grand-plaza/alexanders-mens-store-1924/ |title=Alexanders Men's Store 1924 |accessdate=August 21, 2018}}

Alexanders was a men's clothing store chain begun in 1891 by Moses Alexander. After construction, the building at 826 Main Street contained Alexanders' flagship store, although Alexanders had operated a store prior to 1924 at the same corner.{{cite web |title=Alexander advertisement, 1912 |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88056024/1912-10-08/ed-1/seq-8.pdf |accessdate=August 21, 2018}}

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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