N. 4th St. between Washington and State Sts., Boise, Idaho. County/parish: Ada.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 17, 1982. NRIS 82000244.
Part of Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR (NRIS 64000170).
2 contributing buildings.
The St. Alphonsus' Hospital Nurses' Home and Heating Plant/Laundry in Boise, Idaho, are two buildings designed by architects Tourtellotte and Hummel in 1920 and completed in 1921. Included are a 4-story, brick and sandstone residence for nurses and a 1-story, brick and sandstone heating plant which supplied not only the residence but St. Alphonsus Hospital (demolished) and St. Teresa's Academy (demolished). The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The nursing staff at St. Alphonsus Hospital was affiliated with Sisters of the Holy Cross, and many nurses had taken vows of celibacy and poverty, hence a need for residential provisions.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84247888