Roosevelt School (Boise, Idaho) Explained

Roosevelt School
Coordinates:43.61°N -116.1817°W
Architect:Wayland & Fennell
Builder:O.W. Allen
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:November 8, 1982
Mpsub:Boise Public Schools TR
Refnum:82000236

Roosevelt School in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, brick and concrete elementary school designed by Wayland & Fennell and constructed by O.W. Allen in 1919. The building features Classical Revival design elements and a flat roof with a parapet above a horizontal course of decorative concrete.[1]

The 1919 design included eight classrooms, office, library, auditorium, and gymnasium.[2] The building required 450,000 bricks.[3] In 1946 a 4-room expansion was added to the east side,[1] [4] and a 3-room expansion was added in 1951.[5]

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  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82000236}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Roosevelt School ]. National Park Service. February 20, 2019. With
  2. News: School Building Strictly Modern . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . July 11, 1919 . 3.
  3. News: Silica Bricks by the Million Now Manufactured at Capital from Endless Reserve in Hills . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . June 9, 1919 . 4.
  4. The school website lists the year as 1948.
  5. Web site: History . Boise Public Schools . February 20, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170411135739/https://roosevelt.boiseschools.org/our_school/history . April 11, 2017.