Anduiza Hotel

The Anduiza Hotel [2] is an historic hotel located in Boise, Idaho, United States.[3] The hotel was constructed in 1914 to serve as a boarding house for Basque sheep herders.[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 2003.

Anduiza Hotel
Front entrance of the building, with informational sign documenting the building's history.
Anduiza Hotel
Anduiza Hotel
Location619 Grove St., Boise, Idaho, United States
Coordinates43°36′51″N 116°12′06″W
Built1914
ArchitectBenjamin Nisbet and Frank H. Paradice
NRHP reference No.03000064[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 2003

It was built by and/or for Basque immigrant Juan "Jack" Anduiza.[5]

It contains a fronton for playing Basque pelota.[6][7]

It was designed by architects Nisbet & Paradice.[5]

Nisbet and Paradice designed the "Anduiza Hotel, built as a Basque boarding house with its own fronton (pelota court). The Anduiza is on the National Register of Historic Places and still serves as a center of Basque cultural heritage in Boise."[8]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Anduiza Fronton Building Archived January 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "National Register of Historic Places - IDAHO (ID), ADA COUNTY". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  4. "State Initiatives" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  5. e Emily Peeso Jiulanti (September 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Anduiza Hotel / Fronton Building; Anduiza Pelota Court". National Park Service. Retrieved November 14, 2019. With accompanying seven photos from 2001
  6. "Anduiza Fronton Building". The Basque Block. TheBasqueBlock.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  7. Murri, Jessica. "A Beautiful Room". Boise Weekly.
  8. Evan Filby (December 19, 2018). "Prominent Boise Area and Twin Falls County Architect Benjamin Nisbet". South Fork Companion. Retrieved November 15, 2019. Includes photo of Anduiza Hotel.
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