Franklin School was a two-story brick and stucco building in the
western
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, located in
Boise, Idaho. Designed by
Tourtellotte & Hummel
Tourtellotte & Hummel was an American architectural firm from Boise, Idaho and Portland, Oregon.
The firm was established in Boise in 1896 as the private practice of architect John E. Tourtellotte. In 1901, he made Charles F. Hummel a partner in ...
and constructed in 1926, the school featured a flat roof with a decorated concrete parapet. Added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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(NRHP) in 1982,
[ With ] it was demolished in 2009.
History
In 1876, William B. Morris established an irrigation canal from the
Boise River
The Boise River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. , accessed May 3, 2011 tributary of the Snake River in the Northwestern United States. It drains a rugged portion of the Sawtooth Range in sou ...
to his property, the Morris Ranch, in an area that became Boise's Central
Bench. His nephew, William H. Ridenbaugh, completed the project in 1878, and the ditch became known as the
Ridenbaugh Canal. Settlers established farms in the area of the Morris Ranch, later named the Ridenbaugh Ranch, after completion of the canal. In the 1880s, Benjamin Scott purchased the Ridenbaugh Ranch, and he donated land for construction of a one-room school at the corner of Franklin and Orchard Roads. Scott School was part of the community of Franklin, about west of
downtown
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Boise City, and it was the only school in District #45, the Scott School District. The schoolhouse was enlarged to two rooms in 1901; by 1903, the district had 132 students, and it was ready for a larger school building.
In 1905, a new school was designed for the site by
Tourtellotte & Co., a two-story, five-room building with sandstone facade, and it was known as Franklin School by 1906. District #45 was renamed the Franklin School District.
In 1926, Tourtellotte & Hummel designed an eight-room high school at the site, west of Franklin School. The 1926 building, Franklin High School, was constructed by contractor L.S. Mallory, and it was added to the NRHP in 1982.
[
A gymnasium designed by ]Wayland & Fennell
Wayland & Fennell was an architectural firm in Idaho. Many of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Charles W. Wayland (1874-1953) worked as a drafter in the office of Boise architect William S. Campbell for tw ...
was added to Franklin High School in 1936, and additional classrooms were added later.[
By a vote of 214 to 2, Franklin voters approved annexation of District #45 into the Boise Independent School District in 1947. High school students from Franklin were sent to Boise High School beginning in 1948, and the name of Franklin High School was changed briefly to Fairmont Elementary School. By 1952, the name had changed to Franklin Elementary School. It closed in 2008, and the building was demolished in 2009.][
Boise City Parks and Recreation purchased a portion of the property in 2013, and the corner parcel that was the site of Franklin School was purchased by Maverik, a gasoline and convenience market company.][
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References
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Franklin Park
Boise Parks and Recreation
Franklin Elementary
Idaho Architecture Project
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National Register of Historic Places in Boise, Idaho
Defunct schools in Idaho
School buildings completed in 1926
Tourtellotte & Hummel buildings
Buildings and structures demolished in 2009
Demolished buildings and structures in Idaho
1926 establishments in Idaho