C. H. Waymire Building

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

United States historic place


Waymire, C. H., Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The C.H. Waymire Building in 2019
43°37′49″N 116°12′10″W / 43.63028°N 116.20278°W / 43.63028; -116.20278 (Waymire, C. H., Building)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1909 (1909)
Built by	Shaffer, Hawk, & Clark
Architect	Tourtellotte, John E. & Company
MPS	Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.	82000252^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1982

The C.H. Waymire Building in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, cement block structure designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1909. The building housed Waymire Grocery, a neighborhood market.^[2]

History

Clarence H. Waymire arrived in Boise in 1884 and operated a dairy under the name of Waymire & Brown. In 1892 Waymire purchased his partner's share of the business.^[3] In 1902 Waymire constructed a 2-story, wood-frame grocery store at the southwest corner of 13th and Eastman Streets,^[4] and in 1909 the building was moved to the rear of the lot and turned to face Eastman Street, enabling the store to function during construction of the C.H. Waymire Building at the corner. At the time, the Idaho Statesman noted that the building was the first large store in Boise to be constructed of cement blocks.^[5]

The C.H. Waymire Building included a post office and was a local polling place during elections.^[6]^[7]^[8] Waymire sold his grocery business in 1914, but he continued to make improvements to that and to other buildings, and the west side of 13th street between Alturas and Eastman Streets became known as the Waymire Block.^[9]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Waymire, C. H., Building". National Park Service. Retrieved January 25, 2019. With accompanying pictures
^ "Notice of Dissolution of Partnership". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 14, 1892. p. 5.
^ "New Store Building". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 25, 1902. p. 5.
^ "Building Business Block". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 10, 1909. p. 5.
^ "Additional City Local". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 9, 1909. p. 3.
^ "Legal Notices". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 20, 1912. p. 7.
^ "Notice of Election". The Meridian Times. Meridian, Idaho. June 6, 1913. p. 5. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
^ "Restaurant, bar planned for spot where a Hyde Park rug cleaner operated for decades". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 30, 2018.