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Nampa Department Store

U.S. historic building

United States historic place


Nampa Department Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nampa Department Store in 2019
43°35′13″N 116°33′27″W / 43.58694°N 116.55750°W / 43.58694; -116.55750 (Nampa Department Store)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1910 (1910)
Built by	Rush, G. H.
Architect	Tourtellotte, John E. & Company
MPS	Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.	82000327^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1982

The Nampa Department Store in Nampa, Idaho, is a 2-story, brick and stone commercial building designed by Tourtellotte and Hummel and completed in 1910. A 3-story building for the site had been ordered by Falk Mercantile Company, but when the site was developed, Leo Falk along with investor E.H. Dewey scaled back the design and opened the Nampa Department Store, built by contractor G.H. Rush. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[2]

The store later was described as one of the most modern stores in Idaho.^[3] In 1919 the store expanded into an adjacent annex constructed by Boise contractor O.W. Allen.^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory: Nampa Department Store". National Park Service. Retrieved January 15, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1980
^ "Nampa Department Store Re-Elects Present Heads". Evening Capital News. Boise, Idaho. March 21, 1919. p. 9. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
^ "Nampa Department Store Will Build". Evening Capital News. Boise, Idaho. October 9, 1919. p. 9. Retrieved January 15, 2019.