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| Idanha Hotel, Boise, ID, W.S. Campbell drawing on linen |
CSHQA
is 125 this year! Founded by a Scotsman
in the Idaho Territory, CSHQA has evolved and grown, persevered
and transformed from a one-man office to a national firm with regional
resources serving 50 states and two provinces.
Over the next few weeks, we will post our story in multiple parts. Part I:
1889 marked Idaho’s last year as a territory, the establishment of the University of Idaho in Moscow, and the arrival by train of William S. Campbell, Architect, of Edinburgh, Scotland in the capital city of Boise. Early commissions for W.S. Campbell, Architects were residential, commercial and school projects. In 1900 Charles W. Wayland, a Bostonian who studied architectural art and science, and gained practical experience as a draftsman in Duluth, Minnesota joined the firm. Campbell & Wayland made their partnership official and carried on the practice until 1903 when Campbell returned to his native Scotland. Wayland took over and in 1904 James Fennel, a member of the first class to graduate from California’s original school of architecture (John Hopkins Institution of Art and Architecture), became Wayland’s partner and the firm became known as Wayland and Fennel, Architects. Spurred on by the arrival of irrigation in 1902, the valley prospered and steadily grew.
Notable buildings by W.S. Campbell, C.W. Wayland, and J.A. Fennel include:
Sonna Building 3-story addition, 910 Main Street (1891)
Telephone Building, 609 Main Street (1899)
Idanha Hotel, 928 Main Street (Opened New Year’s Day 1901)
“Granite Hall” R. M. Davidson residence, 1205 Warm Springs Ave. (1901)
Federal Building (Borah Station Post Office), 8th & Idaho (1902)
Saint Alphonsus Hospital, 5th & State Streets (c. 1903)
Central Fire Station, 200 N 6th Street (1903)
Albion Normal (teaching) School (1907)
Mary McCarty Building, 9th & Idaho (1909)
Twin Falls (1908) and Baker City (1909) Carnegie Libraries
Idaho Statesman Building, 601 Main Street (1910)
Charles and Margaret Davidson residence, 945 Warms Springs Ave (1916)
Frank Parsons and Anna Moore Parsons (daughter of C.W. Moore) residence, 1127 Warm Springs Ave (1925)
Strahorn Hall, College of Idaho (1925)
El Korah Shrine Temple, 118 W Idaho St (1928)
Early buildings for St. Luke’s Hospital (early 20’s)
1889 marked Idaho’s last year as a territory, the establishment of the University of Idaho in Moscow, and the arrival by train of William S. Campbell, Architect, of Edinburgh, Scotland in the capital city of Boise. Early commissions for W.S. Campbell, Architects were residential, commercial and school projects. In 1900 Charles W. Wayland, a Bostonian who studied architectural art and science, and gained practical experience as a draftsman in Duluth, Minnesota joined the firm. Campbell & Wayland made their partnership official and carried on the practice until 1903 when Campbell returned to his native Scotland. Wayland took over and in 1904 James Fennel, a member of the first class to graduate from California’s original school of architecture (John Hopkins Institution of Art and Architecture), became Wayland’s partner and the firm became known as Wayland and Fennel, Architects. Spurred on by the arrival of irrigation in 1902, the valley prospered and steadily grew.
Notable buildings by W.S. Campbell, C.W. Wayland, and J.A. Fennel include:
Sonna Building 3-story addition, 910 Main Street (1891)
Telephone Building, 609 Main Street (1899)
Idanha Hotel, 928 Main Street (Opened New Year’s Day 1901)
“Granite Hall” R. M. Davidson residence, 1205 Warm Springs Ave. (1901)
Federal Building (Borah Station Post Office), 8th & Idaho (1902)
Saint Alphonsus Hospital, 5th & State Streets (c. 1903)
Central Fire Station, 200 N 6th Street (1903)
Albion Normal (teaching) School (1907)
Mary McCarty Building, 9th & Idaho (1909)
Twin Falls (1908) and Baker City (1909) Carnegie Libraries
Idaho Statesman Building, 601 Main Street (1910)
Charles and Margaret Davidson residence, 945 Warms Springs Ave (1916)
Frank Parsons and Anna Moore Parsons (daughter of C.W. Moore) residence, 1127 Warm Springs Ave (1925)
Strahorn Hall, College of Idaho (1925)
El Korah Shrine Temple, 118 W Idaho St (1928)
Early buildings for St. Luke’s Hospital (early 20’s)
Next: Forging the Greatest Generation
1929 – 1948
