Adolph Schreiber House Explained

Adolph Schreiber House
Coordinates:43.6192°N -116.1953°W
Built:1915
Architect:Tourtellotte & Hummel
Builder:O.W. Allen
Architecture:Classical Revival, Neo-classical Revival
Added:November 17, 1982
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
Refnum:82000240

The Adolph Schreiber House is a 2-story, Neoclassical Revival house in Boise, Idaho designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed by contractor O.W. Allen in 1915. The design included a 10-room dwelling and a second-story apartment accessed from a side entrance.[1] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982.[2]

Adolph Schreiber was a funeral director and embalmer in Boise from 1902 until the late 1930s.[3] He was elected Ada County Coroner in 1904 and continued in that office for several years.[4] Schreiber was in partnership with embalmer Edward Brennan, Schreiber & Brennan, from 1904 until 1906,[5] and then he formed a partnership with William Sidenfaden, Schreiber & Sidenfaden, that lasted until 1925.[6] Boise's first ambulance was purchased by Schreiber & Brennen in 1904.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: New Residence for Boise . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . August 22, 1915 . 11.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82000240}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Adolph Schreiber House ]. National Park Service. February 10, 2019. With
  3. News: The Model Undertaking Establishment (advertisement) . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . January 14, 1902 . 4.
  4. News: Vote for the Minor Offices . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . November 17, 1904 . 5.
  5. News: To Whom It May Concern . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . May 5, 1906 . 8.
  6. News: Notice of Dissolution of Partnership . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . August 12, 1925 . 8.
  7. News: Ambulance Arrives . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . December 30, 1904 . 5.