Originally the home of Joseph and Temperance Bown, this house still stands as a legacy of early Boise settlers. Currently it is a place for students and visitors to learn more about the valley and how the early pioneers in Boise lived.
The house is located on the property of Riverside Elementary and is open to the public for tours on the first Saturday of the month from 1-4pm. Tours are often given by 4th grade students in the valley. During the week, 4th grade students in the valley visit the Bown house to learn about the early history of the school in the valley. The upstairs bedroom in the house have been converted into a mini classrooms. The students learn the skills required to run a house, a farm and a school back in the of the late eighteen hundreds.
Facts about the house:
- Built in 1879 of sand stone from the Table Rock Mesa.
- In 1889 the Boise School house burnt down and the Bown's opened their house for the school.
- In 1893 the Bown's sold the house and moved further west.
- In 1977 the house was named a historical landmark.
- In 1988 the Boise School district purchased the land to build Riverside Elementary. Thanks to the Idaho Historical Society the building was not torn down and is now used for educational purposes.
This was one of my favorite artifacts it is an old practice paper. This is what Ralph Phillips had to write over and over again:
"If a task is once begun,
Never leave it till it's done,
Be the labor great or small,
do it well or not at all."
Look what some of the Treasure Hunters got into.
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| Stephanie, Crystal, Clarissa, Ranae |
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