The Judge Charles P. McCarthy House is a two-story
Prairie school
Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in ...
duplex which was constructed in
Boise, Idaho in 1913. It was adapted from a
Frank Lloyd Wright design published in the April 1907 edition of ''
Ladies Home Journal'' Magazine, where readers could purchase plans for a flat rate, or have them customized by Wright's office for a 10% premium. It appears as a classic prairie-style design with horizontal design elements, including a low-pitch roof with deep hipped roof overhangs.
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The house was individually listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
[ It was included as a ]contributing property
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distri ...
in the Hays Street Historic District in 1982.
See also
* List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
References
External links
McCarthy house on waymarking.com7 Wonders of Boise
Houses completed in 1913
Houses in Boise, Idaho
National Register of Historic Places in Boise, Idaho
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Idaho
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
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