Mrs. A. F. Rossi House
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Mrs. A. F. Rossi House | |
.jpg) The Mrs. A.F. Rossi House in 2019 | |
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| Location | 1711 Boise Ave., Boise, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 43°35′48″N 116°12′07″W / 43.59667°N 116.20194°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1906 |
| Built by | Carpenter & Thompson |
| Architect | Tourtellotte & Co. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000238[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 17, 1982 |
The Mrs. A.F. Rossi House in Boise, Idaho, is a one-story cottage in the Colonial Revival style with "proto-bungaloid" elements. The house was designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1906. Its prominent feature is an outset, left front center porch. In 1982, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Lola L. Lindsey and Alexander F. Rossi were married February 25, 1903, in Boise.[3] Alexander Rossi was associated with W.H. Ridenbaugh in logging and lumber enterprises until 1908, and they owned the A.F. Rossi Company, a South Boise lumber mill.[4] In 1905, sister and brother Adaline Bennett and Alex Rossi deeded property in South Boise to Lola Rossi, and on the lot a six-room cottage was constructed in 1906 according to plans drawn by Tourtellotte & Co.[5][6] The Rossis may have occupied the house until 1926, when they moved to Idaho City and became proprietors of the Luna House hotel, named for original owner M.G. Luney.[7] The hotel was identical in name to the Luna House in Lewiston, an early stagecoach stop in Idaho Territory.[8][a]
