Ustick School in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, 4-room Colonial Revival schoolhouse constructed in 1909 in the former town of Ustick. The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982.[2]
Ustick School | |
.jpg) Ustick School in 2019 | |
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| Location | 2971 Mumbarto St., Boise, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 43°37′54″N 116°19′21″W / 43.63167°N 116.32250°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000250[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 29, 1982 |
History edit
In 1907 Dr. Harlan P. Ustick platted the farming community of Ustick on his property, six miles west of Boise.[3] The Ustick post office was established in 1908 and closed in 1958.[4]
Dr. Ustick helped to organize the Boise Valley Railroad, later the Boise Interurban Railway, a trolley line that included a station at Ustick, and Dr. Ustick briefly served as president of the company.[5][6]
The Ustick School District, also known as District #37, was formed in 1909 from parts of other districts,[7] and in that year the Ustick community approved construction of Ustick School by a vote of 72 to 3.[8] By 1910 the schoolhouse was considered "one of the best new school buildings in the county."[9]
A gymnasium was added to the building after 1911, and it was demolished after 1967 and before the school's listing on the NRHP in 1982.[2] The school was closed in the mid 1950s, but the gymnasium was in use as a cannery for Allen's Custom Cannery of Fruitland in the 1960s.[10] The cannery continued to operate at the school in the 1970s.[11]
By 1999 Ustick School had been converted into a house,[12] and by 2008 the building had been divided for apartments.[13]
References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Jennifer Eastman Attebery (September 20, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ustick School". National Park Service. Retrieved April 15, 2019. With accompanying pictures
- ^ "Ustick: A Community on the Brink of Place" (PDF). Boise, Idaho: Ada County Council. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ Lalia Boone (1988). Idaho Place Names. University of Idaho Press. p. 385.
- ^ Arthur Hart (May 26, 2018). "In Idaho's early 1900s, linking Boise-area cities by rail was much celebrated". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
- ^ "Dr. H.P. Ustick Suddenly Dies". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 28, 1917. p. 2.
- ^ "New School District". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 21, 1909. p. 5.
- ^ "Bond Election at Ustick". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 8, 1909. p. 7.
- ^ "Meridian Local Happenings". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 27, 1910. p. 3.
- ^ "The Canning Business (photo)". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 15, 1967. p. 15.
- ^ Sandra Watkinson (May 30, 1975). "Basics School Group Drafts 4 New Plans". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. p. 34.
- ^ Liz Wyatt (September 30, 1999). "Neighbors, students redesign Ustick site". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. p. 1B.
- ^ Anna Webb (March 29, 2008). "Nominate your favorite Ada 'treasures' - Designation documents historic structures in an ever-changing county". Idaho Statesman.
External links edit
Media related to Ustick School at Wikimedia Commons
Further reading edit
- Ustick: A Community on the Brink of Place, Ada County Council
- French, Harlan P. Ustick, An Illustrated History of Idaho (Lewis Publishing Co., 1899), pp 547
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