Roosevelt School (Boise, Idaho)

Location908 E. Jefferson St., Boise, Idaho

Coordinates43°36′36″N 116°10′54″W / 43.61000°N 116.18167°W / 43.61000; -116.18167 (Roosevelt School)

Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)

Built1919 (1919)

Roosevelt School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Roosevelt School in 2019
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Location	908 E. Jefferson St., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates	43°36′36″N 116°10′54″W / 43.61000°N 116.18167°W / 43.61000; -116.18167 (Roosevelt School)
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1919 (1919)
Built by	O.W. Allen
Architect	Wayland & Fennell
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Boise Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	82000236[1]
Added to NRHP	November 8, 1982

Roosevelt School in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, brick and concrete elementary school designed by Wayland & Fennell and constructed by O.W. Allen in 1919. The building features Classical Revival design elements and a flat roof with a parapet above a horizontal course of decorative concrete.^[2]

The 1919 design included eight classrooms, office, library, auditorium, and gymnasium.^[3] The building required 450,000 bricks.^[4] In 1946 a 4-room expansion was added to the east side,^[2][5] and a 3-room expansion was added in 1951.^[6]