RPPC of Boise Idaho Showing The Owyhee Hotel w/ Huge Pennant c1911

Description

Real photo postcard showing a Main Street in Boise Idaho and the New Owyhee Hotel. A huge Pennant flies over the hotel. The Owyhee Plaza Hotel was built in 1910 by two architects, Hummel and Tourtellotte. The building’s original plan was for 125 rooms in six stories. However, today it only has 99 rooms. Back in 1910, the hotel boasted of various amenities and one of the most popular was the rooftop garden. It included a restaurant, dance floor, bar and sometimes, a live band. It became a hot spot until 1940. Other businesses are also seen. Banks, bowling Bijou Theater, and a piano store. Horse drawn wagon, street trolley and autos are all on the roadway together. AZO stamp box. (1904-18). Clean and unposted.