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'{{Short description|Historic office building in Boise, Idaho}} {{Infobox building | name = Hoff Building | image = Hotel Boise (3).jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The Hoff Building in 2018 | map_type = Idaho#USA | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | map_dot_label = | map_dot_mark = | former_names = Hotel Boise | building_type = Hotel (1930-1976)<br/>Office (1976-present) | architectural_style = [[Art Deco in the United States|Art Deco]] | address = 802 W Bannock St | location_city = [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]], [[Idaho]] | location_country = USA | coordinates = {{coord|43|37|02.4|N|116|12|07.4|W|display=inline}} | namesake = Hans T. Hoff<br/>Founder, Hoff Companies | groundbreaking_date = June 17, 1930<ref>{{cite news |title=Laborers Rushing Construction on Boise's New Hotel |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=November 19, 1930 |page=5}}</ref> | completion_date = December 15, 1930<ref>{{cite news |title=Contractors Rushing to Get New Hostelry Ready for Opening Dec. 15 |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=July 23, 1930 |page=5}}</ref> | opened_date = December 21, 1930<ref>{{cite news |title=New Hotel Opens Its Doors with Formal Dinner Dance and Congratulatory Speeches |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=December 21, 1930 |page=26}}</ref> | cost = $279,600<ref>{{cite news |title=Boise Spends $977,000 for New Structures and Improvement, 13 Per Cent Less than In '29 |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=January 1, 1931 |page=2}}</ref> A later estimate was $639,000<ref name="Lumber">{{cite news |title=Lumber Firm Seeks to Buy Hotel Boise |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=November 2, 1976 |page=19}}</ref> | owner = | height = {{convert|165|ft|abbr=on}} | floor_count = 11 (1930)<br/>13 (1976) | architect = Frank K. Hummel<ref name="Icons">{{cite news |author=Anna Webb |title=150 icons to celebrate Boise's sesquicentennial: the Hoff Building |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=May 28, 2013}}</ref> | architecture_firm = [[Tourtellotte & Hummel]] | developer = [[Walter E. Pierce]] | main_contractor = [[Morrison-Knudsen]] | rooms = 400 | website = {{URL|https://www.icreboise.com/802-w-bannock}} {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = | nrhp_type = cp | nocat = yes | partof = Boise Capitol Area District | image = | alt = | caption = | built = | architect = | architecture = | added = May 12, 1976 | refnum = 76000663<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref> | mpsub = }} }} The '''Hoff Building''' is a historic building in [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]], [[Idaho]], designed by Boise architects [[Tourtellotte & Hummel]] and constructed in 1930 in the style of [[Art Deco in the United States|Art Deco]]. The building originally was known as the Hotel Boise and it is a contributing resource in the [[Boise Capitol Area District]], listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] May 12, 1976.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=76000663}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Boise Capitol Area District |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Arthur A. Hart |date=March 26, 1976 |accessdate=November 25, 2018}}</ref> At 11 floors in 1930, the building is considered Boise's first skyscraper and it is listed as the 11th-tallest building in the city.<ref>[[List of tallest buildings in Boise]]</ref> ==History== Hotel Boise was constructed in 1930 for Boise developer [[Walter E. Pierce]] on the former site of a Methodist Church.<ref>{{cite news |author=Anna Webb |title=A Boise church bell was lost, and now it's found - If all goes as planned, it will soon peal from the First Baptist steeple after more than a century |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=July 21, 2014}}</ref> The building included 400 hotel rooms and 10 apartments,<ref name=Lumber/> and commercial tenants included Leah's Corner Cupboard giftshop,<ref>{{cite news |title=Advertisement |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=December 20, 1930 |page=9}}</ref> Veda Renfro's Artistic Beauty Salon,<ref>{{cite news |title=Advertisement |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=December 17, 1930 |page=2}}</ref> Lee McClelland's Barber Shop,<ref>{{cite news |title=Advertisement |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=December 19, 1930 |page=7}}</ref> the North American Automobile Association,<ref>{{cite news |title=Advertisement |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=December 21, 1930 |page=8}}</ref> and the Hotel Boise Cab Co.<ref>{{cite news |title=Advertisement |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=December 20, 1930 |page=8}}</ref> The first hotel manager was Earl McInnis, and the hotel was an early affiliate of the [[Westin Hotels & Resorts|Western Hotels Company]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Attaches Named for New Hotel |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=November 9, 1930 |page=4}}</ref> Hotel Boise operated from 1930 until 1976, when it was sold to Hoff Companies, Inc. The new owner changed the name to Hoff Building, renovated the building for office space, added two floors, and removed Art Deco features. Two years later the building was sold to EBCO Inc., and the Art Deco details were reinstalled.<ref name=Icons/> ==See also== * [[List of tallest buildings in Boise]] * [[Downtown Boise]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{commons category-inline|Hoff Building}} * [https://idahoarchitectureproject.org/s/12/Hoff-Building Hoff Building], Idaho Architecture Project [[Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Boise, Idaho]] [[Category:Hotels in Idaho]] [[Category:Office buildings completed in 1976]] [[Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho]] [[Category:Historic district contributing properties in Idaho]] [[Category:Art Deco architecture in Idaho]] [[Category:1976 establishments in Idaho]]'