Charles Paynton House

The Charles Paynton House in Boise, Idaho, is a ​1 1⁄2-story, Colonial Revival or Shingled Colonial house designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1900. The house features a lateral ridge beam with side facing gables with a smaller, front facing gabled dormer window above an L-shaped porch.[2] Contractor William Houtz built the modest 6-room cottage,[3] and in 1901 it was considered a model of good cottages.[4]

Charles Paynton House
The Charles Paynton House in 2019
Location1213 N. 8th St., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates43°37′32″N 116°11′49″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1900 (1900)
Built byWilliam Houtz
ArchitectTourtellotte,John E & Company
Architectural styleShingled Colonial
MPSTourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.82000232[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]

Charles Paynton

Charles Paynton was a Boise pioneer who arrived in Idaho Territory in 1876. He apprenticed at The Idaho Statesman in that year and continued for eight years as a printer and an editor at the newspaper. He also served as secretary of the Boise volunteer firefighters association. Paynton later worked for the U.S. Surveyor General's office as an accountant and a clerk. He retired from the office in 1928 and moved to Seattle.[5]

St. Luke's Boise Medical Center

The Charles Paynton House, built in 1900, is not the only Paynton residence of historic interest. In 1891 Paynton built a larger, Queen Anne style house designed by E.M. Leach and constructed at the corner of First and Bannock Streets.[6][7] In 1897 Paynton rented the house to F.J. Mills,[8] and in 1902 the house was purchased by Bishop Funsten and converted into St. Luke's 6-bed hospital. The house later was demolished as St. Luke's Boise Medical Center evolved into its current state.[9][10]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Charles Paynton House". National Park Service. Retrieved February 22, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "Local Brevities". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 8, 1900. p. 4.
  4. "Reported by Architect Tourtellotte". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 1, 1901. p. 9.
  5. "Death Claims Boise Pioneer". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 9, 1938. p. 1.
  6. "Local Brevities". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 6, 1891. p. 8.
  7. "Charles Paynton Residence". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 17, 1891. p. 2.
  8. "Local Brevities". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 6, 1897. p. 6.
  9. "The new St. Luke's Hospital...". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 21, 1928. p. 8.
  10. "Do You Remember the Charles Paynton Home (photo)". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 22, 1923. p. 3.

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