| M. J. Marks House | |
| Coordinates: | 43.6222°N -116.2°W |
| Builder: | McPhee & Blair |
| Architecture: | Colonial Revival, Bungalow |
| Added: | November 17, 1982 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Mpsub: | Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR |
| Refnum: | 82000221 |
The M.J. Marks House in Boise, Idaho, is a -story Colonial Revival house with "bungaloid features" designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in 1911. The house includes random course sandstone veneer on first-story walls with flared second-story walls veneered with square shingles under a low pitch hip roof. Room sized porches are a prominent feature of the design.[1]
In 1900 Moses J. and Ella L. Marks moved to Boise from Buena Vista, Colorado, and in that year the M.J. Marks men's clothing store opened at 822 Main Street.[2] [3] In 1901 Marks purchased from Ellen A. Fairchild a portion of lots 10, 11, and 12 in block 81 of Boise City original townsite, located at the southwest corner of 10th and Hays Streets.[4] [5] Plans for the M.J. Marks House were drawn by Tourtellotte & Hummel in 1910, and the design featured Boise sandstone and rough cut, unpainted cedar shingles "left for the weather to stain in nature's own tints."[6] Moses and Ella Marks lived at the house from its completion in 1911 until the 1920 death of Moses Marks.[7] Ella Marks continued to reside in the house until her death in 1924.[2]
After his mother's death, Jacob A. Marks lived in the house until his own death in 1943.[8]