The John A. O'Farrell House is a combination of

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...

and Queen Anne styles designed by N. W. Bower and built in

Boise, Idaho Boise ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Idaho, most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, there were 235,685 people residing in the city. Loca ...

, in 1892. The house was constructed for

John A. O'Farrell John A. O'Farrell (February 23, 1823 – October 29, 1900) was an Irish Americans, Irish American adventurer, miner, and American pioneer, pioneer and was among the first residents of Boise, Idaho, Boise, Idaho. Early life and education John A ...

, one of Boise City's first residents. The house has four bedrooms and four bathrooms, and it was listed for sale in 2017 at $924,900. The front fence separating the house from West Franklin Street was constructed from a balustrade salvaged from the Dewey Palace Hotel (1903), demolished (1963) in Nampa, Idaho. Original cost of the house in 1892 was $8000. The house was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

September 4, 1979.

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Idaho Architecture Project: O'Farrell House
Houses in Boise, Idaho Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho Houses completed in 1892 1892 establishments in Idaho {{AdaCountyID-NRHP-stub

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