| Nampa Historic District | |
| Nrhp Type: | hd |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Location: | 1200 and 1300 blocks S. 1st St., Nampa, Idaho |
| Coordinates: | 43.5781°N -116.5578°W |
| Architect: | Tourtellotte & Hummel |
| Architecture: | Renaissance |
| Added: | August 18, 1983 |
| Refnum: | 83000284 |
The Nampa Historic District is a 3acres historic district in Nampa, Idaho that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included 10 contributing buildings.
Its National Register nomination described:
The district is historically significant for its association with Nampa's commercial development during the period 1905 through 1920, a major period of growth during which Nampa's main street, First Street South, gained a full complement of two-story brick business blocks.[1]
It includes part or all of the 1200 and 1300 blocks of S. 1st St. in Nampa, and it includes work by architects Tourtellotte & Hummel. Tourtellotte & Hummel designed the one-story Nampa Department Store (1919) in the 1300 block, also the two-story Nampa Department Store at 1307 First Street South (1910).[1]
Most of the survey's ten contributing properties were constructed after July 3, 1909, when a fire destroyed the downtown commercial area bounded by First and Front Streets and Twelfth and Thirteenth Avenues. The fire burned for three hours after a customer at the Arnold Cigar Store ignited fireworks on display inside the store.[2]