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described the house as "one of the first of its kind in the city." The newspaper noted wide overhanging eaves to protect second floor windows from direct sunlight, natural ventilation, and air pockets behind the brick veneer to keep the house warm and dry in winter. The house included pieces of built
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and constructed by Lemon & Doolittle in 1910. The house features a sandstone foundation and a hip roof with attic dormers. Lintels and window sills are trimmed with stone. The house includes a large, cross facade porch with square posts decorated by geometric ornaments below the capitals. The
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Gakey married Martha Elizabeth Baker in Boise in 1886. By 1910, the year of construction of the J.H. Gakey House, Mrs. Gakey was being treated for stomach cancer, and she died of the disease before the Gakeys could occupy their new home. John Gakey never lived in the house, and he sold it to its
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In the early 20th century, a stop on the Boise Interurban Railway, Southern Division, was named "Gakey" in reference to its proximity to the John Gakey ranch near Nampa.
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John Gakey also may have been a silent partner in a Boise shoe store, Konrad & Gakey, with purchase of the Logan & Walker store in 1901. However, the
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listed G.H. Gakey, not J.H. Gakey, as the silent partner. The newspaper never again referred to G.H. Gakey, and further research is needed.
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Gakey was remarried in 1918 to Elizabeth Lynch in Boise, and the Gakeys later sold their Nampa ranch and moved to
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John H. Gakey (December 17, 1864—May 8, 1953) arrived in Boise City in 1882, having moved from
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Gakey sold the business in 1904 to John and Frank Rader of Kansas, but the
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property in Idaho on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Boise, Idaho
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J. H. Gakey House is located in Idaho
J. H. Gakey House is located in the United States
Boise, Idaho
43°37′27″N 116°12′19″W / 43.62417°N 116.20528°W / 43.62417; -116.20528 (J. H. Gakey House)
MPS
Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
82000203
Boise
Idaho
Bungalow
Tourtellotte & Hummel
National Register of Historic Places
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Nampa
Napa
American Foursquare architecture
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: J. H. Gakey House"
National Park Service
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