| Mrs. A. F. Rossi House | |
| Coordinates: | 43.5967°N -116.2019°W |
| Architect: | Tourtellotte & Co. |
| Architecture: | Colonial Revival |
| Builder: | Carpenter & Thompson |
| Added: | November 17, 1982 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Mpsub: | Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR |
| Refnum: | 82000238 |
The Mrs. A.F. Rossi House in Boise, Idaho, is a one-story cottage in the Colonial Revival style with "proto-bungaloid" elements. The house was designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1906. Its prominent feature is an outset, left front center porch. In 1982, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Lola L. Lindsey and Alexander F. Rossi were married February 25, 1903, in Boise.[2] Alexander Rossi was associated with W.H. Ridenbaugh in logging and lumber enterprises until 1908, and they owned the A.F. Rossi Company, a South Boise lumber mill.[3] In 1905, sister and brother Adaline Bennett and Alex Rossi deeded property in South Boise to Lola Rossi, and on the lot a six-room cottage was constructed in 1906 according to plans drawn by Tourtellotte & Co.[4] [5] The Rossis may have occupied the house until 1926, when they moved to Idaho City and became proprietors of the Luna House hotel, named for original owner M.G. Luney.[6] The hotel was identical in name to the Luna House in Lewiston, an early stagecoach stop in Idaho Territory.[7]