Abbs, Walter, House
915 Fort St., Boise, IDThe Abbs house, like the Allsup cottage, is architecturally significant for maintaining in a fair state of preservation an example of the modest ends of the scale of architectural commissions sought and executed by an already prestigious firm. For modesty, the house probably stands midway between the Allsup cottage and a house like that built for Walter Pierce in 1900. The plan is more elaborate than the former, and some decoration is added. But it is smaller than the latter, and the decoration is at a minimum for what may reasonably be called Queen Anne.
Walter Abbs was with McGrew and Abbs, Abstracters, Loan Brokers, and Insurance Agents. His five-room cottage was built in 1903 at a reported cost of $1,800.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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