Fred Hottes House

Historic building in Boise, Idaho, USA

United States historic place


Fred Hottes House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Fred Hottes House in 2019
43°37′09″N 116°11′40″W / 43.61917°N 116.19444°W / 43.61917; -116.19444 (Fred Hottes House)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1908 (1908)
Architect	Tourtellotte, John E. & Co.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.	82000209^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1982

The Fred Hottes House in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story, sandstone and shingle Colonial Revival house designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and constructed in 1908. The house features a cross facade porch and a prominent, pedimented front gable. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[2]

Fred Hottes

German immigrant and Idaho pioneer Fred Hottes (b. July 13, 1840, Darmstadt)^[3]^[4] was a miner at the Franklin Camp in 1862,^[5] and by 1864 he was an early resident of Idaho City.^[6] Later that year Hottes was in partnership with John Kennaly in a hardware business in Boise City, although the partnership ended in 1865.^[7] In 1893 Hottes was working as a mail messenger for the U.S. Post Office in Mascoutah, Illinois. He and his youngest son, Henry G. Hottes, purchased property in Grand Junction, Colorado, in 1901.^[8] Hottes and other members of his family were living in Palisade by 1899.^[9] Hottes returned to Boise with his son in 1908,^[10] and in that year the Fred Hottes House was designed by Tourtellotte & Co.^[11] The 7-room house was constructed at 509 Hays Street and completed in 1909.^[12] Henry G. Hottes later occupied a house across the street at 508 Hays.^[4] By 1913 Fred and Henry Hottes had returned to Colorado.

After returning to Colorado, Henry Hottes resided at the Henry G. Hottes House, a contributing resource to the North Seventh Street Historic Residential District in Grand Junction.^[13]

The eldest son of Fred Hottes, Charles Frederick Hottes (July 8, 1870—April 15, 1966),^[14] was a professor of botany at the University of Illinois.^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fred Hottes House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 10, 2019. With accompanying pictures
^ ^a ^b The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois. University of Illinois. 1913. p. 175. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
^ ^a ^b The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois. University of Illinois. 1913. p. 192. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
^ "Florence Pioneers Talk It Over". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 1, 1910. p. 5.
^ "Dissolution of Co-Partnership". Boise News. Idaho City, Idaho. April 23, 1864. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
^ Hiram T. French (1914). History of Idaho. Vol. 2. Lewis Publishing Co. p. 848. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
^ "Deals in Real Estate". The Daily Sentinel. Grand Junction, Colorado. March 22, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
^ "Upland Obituaries: Richard Sutton". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 18, 1938. p. 8.
^ "Hotel Arrivals: Idanha". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. March 11, 1908. p. 5.
^ "Bids Received". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 15, 1908. p. 5.
^ "Residence-for Fred Hottes". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 3, 1909. p. 2.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: North Seventh Street Historic Residential District". National Park Service. Retrieved March 10, 2019. With accompanying pictures
^ "Charles F Hottes Biography & Family History". Ancient Faces. Archived from the original on March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019.