Aiken's Hotel
Aiken's Hotel | |
 The Aiken's Hotel in 2017 | |
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| Location | 99 E. State St., Eagle, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 43°41′42″N 116°21′08″W / 43.69500°N 116.35222°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1910 |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000177[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 29, 1982 |
Aiken's Hotel in Eagle, Idaho, also known as Eagle Hotel, is a two-story concrete block building constructed in 1910. The hotel features design elements of Colonial Revival architecture,[2] but it has been considered an Italianate structure.[3] The hotel was designed with 16 rooms large enough to accommodate residential customers.[4] It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]
Thomas H. Aiken, also known as Thomas H. Aikens, arrived in Idaho Territory in 1871. His brother, Samuel D. Aiken, owner of the Green Meadow Ranch, arrived in 1862.[5] In 1877, Thomas Aiken secured water rights to property on Eagle Island.[4] By the 1890s, Aiken promoted and finally secured construction of a bridge across the Boise River, and he increased his land holdings on Eagle Island. Aiken platted the town of Eagle in 1904.[6]
The interurban trolley line opened on the island in 1907.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Aiken's Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2019. With accompanying pictures
- ^ John Sowell (January 18, 2018). "In Eagle, style matters ... here are the design styles allowed for use in the city". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
- ^ a b c Laurie Baker. "The City of Eagle: Yesterday and Today". Everythingeagle. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ Eva Hunt Dockery (November 28, 1915). "This Pioneer Made Eagle and He Has Spread in Other Directions". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. p. 3.
- ^ Hal Bunderson (2017). Idaho's 200 Cities: The Southwest. Vol. 2. Carlton, Oregon: Ridenbaugh Press. p. 63.
External links
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Media related to Aiken's Hotel at Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
[edit]- Possible Eagle Register of Historic Sites, City of Eagle
- Eagle (Arcadia Publishing, 2012), pp 25
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