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Boulevard Mo-tel

Coordinates: 43°36′25″N 116°12′36″W / 43.60694°N 116.21000°W / 43.60694; -116.21000 (Boulevard Mo-tel)
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Boulevard Mo-tel
The Boulevard Mo-Tel in 2018
Boulevard Mo-tel is located in Idaho
Boulevard Mo-tel
Boulevard Mo-tel is located in the United States
Boulevard Mo-tel
Location1121 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates43°36′25″N 116°12′36″W / 43.60694°N 116.21000°W / 43.60694; -116.21000 (Boulevard Mo-tel)
Arealess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.97001609[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 7, 1998

The Boulevard Mo-Tel, also known as the Capitol Auto Courts, is a Tudor Revival style motel constructed in Boise, Idaho, in 1938.[2]

History

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Capitol Boulevard opened in 1931 with construction of Capitol Boulevard Memorial Bridge, and the route was part of the Old Oregon Trail Highway. During the 1930s, drive-ins, motels, and gasoline stations were constructed on Capitol Boulevard, and in 1938 Capitol Auto Courts opened on the Boulevard. A postcard printed later indicates that the motel featured “21 nicely furnished units with full-tile baths. Central heating. Room telephones and radios. Near city center... TV and Refrigerated Air Conditioning.”[3]

Ben H. Ellis owned the motel from 1938 until 1943, and the motel name was changed in the 1940s to Boulevard Mo-Tel. In 1994 the motel became the property of Boise Housing and Community Development,[2] although 1997 is given by the city of Boise as the year of acquisition.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Jennifer Eng (September 9, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Boulevard Mo-tel". National Park Service. Retrieved August 29, 2018. With accompanying pictures
  3. ^ "Capitol Boulevard". Boise State University. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  4. ^ "Affordable Rental Housing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.