Anduiza Hotel

619 Grove St., Boise, Idaho. County/parish: Ada.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 25, 2003. NRIS 03000064.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Anduiza Pelota Court
  • Fronton Building

From Wikipedia:

Anduiza Hotel

The Anduiza Hotel is a historic hotel located in Boise, Idaho, United States. The hotel was constructed in 1914 to serve as a boarding house for Basque sheepherders. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 2003.

It was built by and/or for Basque immigrant Juan "Jack" Anduiza.

It contains a fronton for playing Basque pelota.

It was designed by architects Nisbet & Paradice.

Nisbet and Paradice designed the "Anduiza Hotel, built as a Basque boarding house with its fronton (pelota court). The Anduiza is on the National Register of Historic Places and still serves as a centre of Basque cultural heritage in Boise."

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84248858