Caldwell Historic District

  • Also Known As: Downtown Caldwell

  • Vicinity: Roughly bounded by Railroad and Arthur Sts, 7th and 9th Aves
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1903/00/00 Albert K Steunenberg Work Banker A K Steunenberg, founder and cashier of theCaldwell Commercial Bank, commission a building at 702, 704 Main Street and 103, 105, 107 7th Ave from Tourtellotte and Company.
1904/00/00 Tourtellotte and Hummel (Boise) Architect Caldwell Bank and Trust Building is built in the Romanesque Revival style at 702, 704 Main Street and 103, 105, 107 7th Ave for Caldwell Commercial Bank.
1906/00/00 Albert K Steunenberg Developer Possibly designed by C L Lee, the Lowell-Steunenberg Building, aka the Steunenberg and Lowell Block, is built at 113-117 7th Avenue South. Early tenants include the Caldwell Post Office, a Bell Telephone exchange office and E H Adams Stationery.
1906/00/00 Moses Alexander Work Designed by Tourtellotte and Co, the Egleston Block is built at 710 Main Street. Early tenants of the sand colored brick building are a branch of Alexander, a men's clothing store owned by Moses Alexander, and the Baker and Harris Grocery Co.
1906/08/00 Albert K Steunenberg Developer Steunenberg Block opens at 706, 708 Main Street. The 2-story, brick and sandstone building is in the Romanesque Revival style.
1907/00/00 Albert K Steunenberg Developer Designed by C L Lee, the Lowell Building is built at 701, 705 Arthur St and 121, 123 7th Avenue South. Early tenants include San Francisco, Idaho and Montana Railroad, Steunenberg Bros Shoes, F H Bowen Jewelry, A M DeFrance and Co Pool and Billiard Hall.
1909/00/00 John C Rice Owner John C Rice buys the Lowell Building and the adjacent Lowell-Steunenberg Building, known together as the Lowell-Jackson building. Rice also buys The Caldwell News.

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Particulars for Caldwell Historic District:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Art Deco
Area of Significance Commerce
Criteria Exemplar
Sight Category Historic District
Historic Use Hotel
Area of Significance Politics-government
Architectural Style Renaissance Revival
Architectural Style Romanesque Revival



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 19th July 1982

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Caldwell Historic District
Registry Address: Roughly bounded by Railroad and Arthur Sts., 7th and 9th Aves.
Registry Number: 82002509
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: Tourtellotte and Hummel
Architectural Style: Renaissance, Romanesque, Other
Attribute: CommercialArt Deco
Area in Acres: 4
Contributing Buildings: 14
Other Certification: Additional documentation, Additional documentation
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Commerce, Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Historic Function: Domestic, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Hotel
Current Function: Domestic, Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Hotel

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