| Nathan Smith House | |
| Coordinates: | 43.5822°N -116.1933°W |
| Architect: | Tourtellotte, John & Company |
| Architecture: | Shingled Colonial |
| Added: | January 3, 1983 |
| Mpsub: | Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR |
| Refnum: | 83000258 |
The Nathan Smith House in Boise, Idaho, is a -story Colonial Revival farmhouse designed by John E. Tourtellotte and constructed in 1900. The house features a veneer of cobblestones from the Boise River below shingled upper gables and hooded dimple windows, but its most prominent design element is a front facing basket arch balcony above the porch. The overall design is an early example of a Bungalow, and it influenced later designs in Boise. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
Originally 8-rooms, the interior featured indoor plumbing and "the patent hard-wall plaster now being tried." The Idaho Statesman described the walls as being as hard as adamant.[2] [3] [4]
Nathan Smith was a farmer in South Boise who owned an orchard of prune trees.[5] After Smith's death in 1907,[6] the house became the property of W.M. Stockton. By 1913 the house had become known as "Fairlawns."[7]