Turner Hotel

The Turner Hotel, at 140-170 E. Jackson St. in Mountain Home, Idaho, was built in 1899. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

Turner Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	140-170 E. Jackson St., Mountain Home, Idaho
Coordinates	43°07′52″N 115°41′36″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1899-1900
Architect	W. S. Campbell
NRHP reference No.	84001124[1]
Added to NRHP	September 7, 1984

It is a three-story flat-roofed commercial block building, seven bays long along its east side and 11 bays long along its south side.^[2]

It was designed by Boise architect W. S. Campbell and built for W. J. Turner, who had opened the Turner House restaurant and hotel in Mountain Home in 1883. This second hotel building, near the original Turner House, was built during 1899–1900.^[2]

It has also been known as the Mellen Building, for Thomas Mellen, a miner and sheepraiser who bought the hotel in 1913.^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Jennifer Eastman Attebery (July 2, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Turner Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved December 27, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1983