Nampa Historic District

The Nampa Historic District is a 3-acre (1.2 ha) historic district in Nampa, Idaho that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included 10 contributing buildings.[1]

Nampa Historic District
Location1200 and 1300 blocks S. 1st St., Nampa, Idaho
Coordinates43°34′41″N 116°33′28″W
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
ArchitectTourtellotte & Hummel
Architectural styleRenaissance
NRHP reference No.83000284[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1983

Its National Register nomination described:

The district is historically significant for its association with Nampa's commercial development during the period 1905 through 1920, a major period of growth during which Nampa's main street, First Street South, gained a full complement of two-story brick business blocks.[2]:3

It includes part or all of the 1200 and 1300 blocks of S. 1st St. in Nampa, and it includes work by architects Tourtellotte & Hummel.[1] Tourtellotte & Hummel designed the one-story Nampa Department Store (1919) in the 1300 block, also the two-story Nampa Department Store at 1307 First Street South (1910).[2]

Nampa Fire of 1909

Most of the survey's ten contributing properties were constructed after July 3, 1909, when a fire destroyed the downtown commercial area bounded by First and Front Streets and Twelfth and Thirteenth Avenues. The fire burned for three hours after a customer at the Arnold Cigar Store ignited fireworks on display inside the store.[3]

References

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