Fred Reiger Houses facts for kids
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Fred Reiger Houses
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The Fred Reiger House in 2018
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 Location in Idaho
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| Location | 214 and 216-18 E. Jefferson St., Boise, Idaho |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1910 |
| Built by | Lemon & Doolittle |
| Architect | Tourtellotte,John E. & Company |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
| MPS | Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000235 |
| Added to NRHP | November 17, 1982 |
The Fred Reiger Houses are two special homes in Boise, Idaho. They are called bungalows, which are a type of house often built with a low-pitched roof and a wide front porch. These houses were designed by a famous architecture firm called Tourtellotte & Hummel. They were built in 1910 by contractors Lemon & Doolittle.
House A has a porch that is set back into the house. It has big, square pillars holding up the roof that sticks out over the porch. The roof also goes far past the sides of the house. It has a long, flat window area called a dormer above the porch.
House B also has a porch across the front. Its pillars are wider at the bottom and get narrower at the top. This house has a triangular roof section, called a gable, facing the front. The edges of its roof stick out and are held up by special "figure four" brackets. Both houses were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This means they are important historical buildings.
Who Was Fred Reiger?
Fred J. Reiger, whose name is sometimes spelled Rieger, lived in Salt Lake City. It's possible he never actually lived in either of the Fred Reiger Houses. He ran a business with his brother, Erwin A. Rieger, in Salt Lake City.
In 1902, Erwin Rieger moved to Ontario, Oregon. There, he started a company called the Oregon Forwarding Company. Fred Rieger stayed in Salt Lake City and continued his own business. Both of their companies were owned by Friedrich J. Kiesel. He was a rich business owner and a leader in Utah. He might have been related to the Rieger family.
The Reiger Family and the Houses
Marie (Kiesel) Rieger, who was the mother of Fred and Erwin, lived in House B. This was the smaller of the two Fred Reiger Houses. When Fred Reiger passed away in 1919, his will stated that his mother, Marie, should receive both houses.
Erwin Rieger was in charge of managing Fred Reiger's property and money after he died. Fred's estate was worth a lot of money, over $208,000 at that time.
Moving the Houses
In 2018, the Fred Reiger Houses were moved from their original spot. This move happened so that the St. Luke's Boise Medical Center could expand its facilities.
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The Fred Reiger House in 2018
