| Payette Lakes Club | |
| Coordinates: | 44.9239°N -116.1278°W |
| Built: | 1914-15 |
| Architecture: | Rustic, Swiss Chalet Style |
| Added: | April 24, 2017 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 100000905 |
The Payette Lakes Club, at 1585 Warren Wagon Rd. in McCall, Idaho, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
It is a large (NaNfeet in plan) three-story building which was built during 1914-15 and was "instrumental in the early development of recreation in the McCall area, as well as central Idaho, and is an excellent representative of Rustic style architecture."
It was modelled after the Adirondack Architecture of the Great Camps in the Adirondacks of New York State. It was designed to be an inn, a Chautauqua center, and a casino. It was surrounded by small cabin lots.
It is rustic Swiss chalet style.
It was designed by Boise architects Frank H. Paradice and Benjamin Morgan Nisbet, and it was built by contractor Fenton G. Cottingham with lumber supplied by the Hoff and Brown Lumber Company. Cottingham was a skilled carpenter and did much of the interior finish work, too, including building much of the inn's furniture.
"A focal point of the promotion was the clubhouse and casino, which at an estimated cost of$20,000, was quite luxurious—almost $500,000 in today’s value. Construction began in Augustof 1914. The contract for the preliminary work, including excavation, stone foundations, andexterior work was given to contractor Fenton G. Cottingham of Nampa. The Hoff and BrownLumber Company supplied the lumber at $14 per thousand feet. Fenton was a skilled carpenter
Paradice and Nisbet
It overlooks Big Payette Lake, from its western side, in town of McCall.
"The building is situated on a small knoll above the lake, in what iscurrently a heavily wooded area. The primary façade faces the lake to the east. The PayetteLakes Club was built between 1914 and 1915 by a non-profit social club of the same nameorganized by Judge Samuel H. Hays of Boise and marketed by H. W. Arnold & Company. Thebuilding was designed in the Rustic style by noted Boise architects Nisbet and Paradice. Thebuilding is a three-story, side-gabled wood-framed building with a T-shaped plan and threeprominent front-facing gables. The foundation is poured concrete. Decorative features includethe jerkinheads at the gable ends, the large decorative wooden gable brackets, window boxes andshutters, porches and verandas with low balustrades, and the numerous gabled dormers. Apopular vacation spot, the inn was instrumental in the early development of recreation in theMcCall area, as well as central Idaho, and is an excellent representative of Rustic stylearchitecture. Although the Club suffers from some condition issues, it retains sufficient integrityto convey its significance under Criteria A and C."
"The Inn is a large, three-story wood-framed building of post and beam construction, which is seton a concrete foundation (Figure 1). Designed in the Rustic style, with elements of Swiss ChaletRevival, the main section measures 33 ft. by 100 ft. wide and is supported by a series of severallarge 18-in. hand-planed timbers. The prominent front porch is 34 ft. x 16 ft. and is recessedbeneath the large front-facing cross-gable, supported by eight hand-planed square timbers. A lowbalustrade encircles the porch. A small ell in the southwest corner where the kitchen is locatedmeasures 22 ft. by 24 ft. and would have been reached by a separate entrance. The siding isclapboard and is heavily deteriorated in sections. The north and south gable ends arejerkinheads, with six large wooden gable brackets, while the front-facing cross-gable also has sixlarge brackets. The gable ends were originally clad in board and batten siding. The steeplypitched gabled roof is currently clad in corrugated metal, although it originally had woodshingles. The widely overhanging eaves exhibit exposed rafter tails. Several gabled dormerspierce the roof; originally, there were eight on the west façade, only three of which remain.Currently, seven dormers remain on the east elevation."