1200 and 1300 blocks S. 1st St., Nampa, Idaho. County/parish: Canyon.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 18, 1983. NRIS 83000284.
10 contributing buildings.
The Nampa Historic District is a 3-acre (1.2 ha) historic district in Nampa, Idaho that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included 10 contributing buildings.
Its National Register nomination described:
The district is historically significant for its association with Nampa's commercial development during the period 1905 through 1920, a major period of growth during which Nampa's main street, First Street South, gained a full complement of two-story brick business blocks.
It includes part or all of the 1200 and 1300 blocks of S. 1st St. in Nampa, and it includes work by architects Tourtellotte & Hummel. Tourtellotte & Hummel designed the one-story Nampa Department Store (1919) in the 1300 block, also the two-story Nampa Department Store at 1307 First Street South (1910).
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84249375