North Ninth Street is a two-story brick apartment house designed in 1910 by the architectural firm of Tourtellotte and Hummel for A.V. Eichelberger.
The Eichelberger Apartments are a two-story, lll-by-45-foot brick and stucco structure which suggests the colonial revival in its porticos which also serve as balconies, keystones, corner quoins, and strict symmetry.
These apartments are particularly interesting in comparison with other examples in that it is a true apartment building, rather than a terrace or rowhouses; its sixteen units are single-story segments of the building, rather than side-by-side units approximating as nearly as possible the two-story detached dwelling format.
An alternative to the boarding house or hotel was being provided, within a stone’s throw of Boise’s fast-growing downtown.
- The building is included in the thematic group Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture in Idaho.
- The Apartments received an Orchid Award in 1987
- Anton Eichelberger was listed in the 1912 city directory as a City Park Commissioner, most notable for having developed Tom Davis’ gift of land down by the Boise River.
- He was also a local politician, city clerk and council member and remembered for often being the lone “anti-saloon” vote
- He also had a residence address at the apartment house he had commissioned from Tourtellotte and Hummel.
- The projected cost of the building in 1910 was $16,000 on the building permit and $25,000 listed in the newspaper.