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Collister School

Collister School in the Collister neighborhood of Boise, Idaho, was designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in 1912. The 2-story, 4-room, stucco over brick building features large window bays and a flat parapet roofline with minimal ornamentation. The building was expanded in 1948 with a 2-story addition to the left of the original structure. Another expansion in 1953 added a 1-story row of classrooms to the right. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]

A 1-room Collister School in the suburban town of Collister, Idaho, had existed prior to 1912. But by 1911, conditions at the school were overcrowded and unsanitary.[3] The school was part of Ada County School District #46, and voters approved a bond measure for construction of a new school in 1912.[4][5] In 1922 the school was annexed into the Boise Independent School District.[6]

Dr. George Collister

Dr. George Collister (October 16, 1856—October 18, 1935) began his medical practice in Boise in 1881, and he owned farmland at the site of Collister Station, a stop on the Boise Interurban Railway. In 1912 George and Mary Collister donated land for the construction of Collister School.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Collister School". National Park Service. Retrieved April 7, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. ^ "After a general discussion...". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 1, 1911. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Legal Notice of School Bond Election". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 27, 1912. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Collister School Opened". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 1, 1912. p. 2.
  6. ^ "History of Collister Elementary". Boise Public Schools. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "Death Claims Dr. Collister, Boise Pioneer". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 19, 1935. p. 1.
  8. ^ Barbara Perry Bauer; Elizabeth Jacox (2015). Legendary Locals of Boise. Arcadia Publishing. p. 50.

Further reading

French, * History of Idaho (Lewis Publishing Co., 1914), vol 2, pp 827