Collister School
Collister School | |
.jpg) Collister School in 2019, showing the 1948 expansion (left), original design (center), and the 1953 expansion (right) | |
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| Location | 4426 Catalpa Dr., Boise, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 43°39′21″N 116°14′35″W / 43.65583°N 116.24306°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1912 |
| Architect | Tourtellotte & Hummel |
| MPS | Boise Public Schools TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000190[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 8, 1982 |
Collister School in the Collister neighborhood of Boise, Idaho, was designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in 1912. The 2-story, 4-room, stucco over brick building features large window bays and a flat parapet roofline with minimal ornamentation. The building was expanded in 1948 with a 2-story addition to the left of the original structure. Another expansion in 1953 added a 1-story row of classrooms to the right. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]
A 1-room Collister School in the suburban town of Collister, Idaho, had existed prior to 1912. But by 1911, conditions at the school were overcrowded and unsanitary.[3] The school was part of Ada County School District #46, and voters approved a bond measure for construction of a new school in 1912.[4][5] In 1922 the school was annexed into the Boise Independent School District.[6]
Dr. George Collister
[edit]Dr. George Collister (October 16, 1856—October 18, 1935) began his medical practice in Boise in 1881, and he owned farmland at the site of Collister Station, a stop on the Boise Interurban Railway. In 1912 George and Mary Collister donated land for the construction of Collister School.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Collister School". National Park Service. Retrieved April 7, 2019. With accompanying pictures
- ^ "After a general discussion...". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 1, 1911. p. 7.
- ^ "Legal Notice of School Bond Election". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 27, 1912. p. 8.
- ^ "Collister School Opened". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 1, 1912. p. 2.
- ^ "History of Collister Elementary". Boise Public Schools. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ "Death Claims Dr. Collister, Boise Pioneer". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 19, 1935. p. 1.
- ^ Barbara Perry Bauer; Elizabeth Jacox (2015). Legendary Locals of Boise. Arcadia Publishing. p. 50.
External links
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Media related to Collister School at Wikimedia Commons- Collister Elementary School website
Further reading
[edit]French, * History of Idaho (Lewis Publishing Co., 1914), vol 2, pp 827
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