The Emerson and Lucretia Sensenig House, also known as the Marjorie Vogel House, is a 2+1⁄2-story Foursquare house in Boise, Idaho, designed by Watson Vernon and constructed in 1905. The house features a hip roof with centered dormers and a half hip roof over a prominent, wraparound porch. Porch and first-floor walls are brick, and second-floor walls are covered with square shingle veneer. A second-story shadow box with four posts is inset to the left of a Palladian style window, emphasized by three curved rows of shingles. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[2]
Emerson and Lucretia Sensenig House | |
.jpg) The Emerson and Lucretia Sensenig House in 2019 | |
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| Location | 1519 W. Jefferson St., Boise, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 43°37′21″N 116°12′34″W / 43.62250°N 116.20944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | Watson Vernon |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, American foursquare |
| NRHP reference No. | 96001590[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 16, 1997 |
History
editEmerson S. and Lucretia C. Sensenig purchased property for the house in 1902 from Charles F. and Katherine O. Koelsch,[3] and they hired architect Watson Vernon to build the 8-room Sensenig House in 1905.[4] After the death of Emerson Sensenig in 1927, the house was purchased by Howard and Alida Stein.[5][6] The Steins sold the house in 1937 to Marjorie D. Vogel. In 1991 Kathleen Blackburn purchased the house, and it was restored to original condition by Blackburn and her husband.[2]
Emerson Sensenig founded the Boise Cold Storage Co. in 1903.[6] He also helped to found the Boise Brokerage Co., Ltd., in that year,[7] and in 1907 he helped to found the Boise Jobbers Association, an organization of warehouse and cold storage companies located in what is now Boise's South Eighth Street Historic District.[8]
After the death of Emerson Sensenig, Lucretia Sensenig moved to Cleveland.[9]
Architect Watson Vernon designed three other buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Moscow Carnegie Library (1905), Immanuel Lutheran Church (Seattle) (1907), and State Training School for Girls Administration Building (1914).
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Madeline Buckendorf (September 5, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Emerson and Lucretia Sensenig House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 8, 2019. With accompanying pictures
- ^ "Realty Transfers". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. March 20, 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Number of New Residences". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. March 15, 1905. p. 3.
- ^ "Legal Notices". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. March 5, 1933. p. 7.
- ^ a b "E.S. Sensenig Is Found Dead in Car". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 22, 1927. p. 7.
- ^ "Brokerage Company". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 12, 1903. p. 6.
- ^ "Jobbers of Boise Organize Corporation". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 4, 1907. p. 4.
- ^ "Engagement Announced". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. February 16, 1930. p. 23.
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