Hummel Architects

Hummel Architects' current practice is based on the design of educational, healthcare and government projects. In July 2024 existing principals Scott Straubhar and Ed Daniels were joined by five additional principals and one associate: Mandy Boam, Zacharia Lester, Rob Beusan, Brian Coleman, Brian Riopelle and Gwen Andrews. Beusan additionally is director of design, and Boam is the firm's first woman principal. The firm's work has won design awards from the local and national bodies of the American Institute of Architects and other organizations. ==History==

In September 1890, John E. Tourtellotte (1869-1939), a native of Connecticut, moved westward and arrived in Boise and established a practice as a "contracting architect," or architect and contractor. In 1894 he eliminated contracting from his practice and was thereafter exclusively an architect. In 1901 he formed the partnership of J. E. Tourtellotte & Company with Charles F. Hummel, a German-born architect who had been working in Boise since 1895. Hummel became a named partner in 1910 when the firm was reorganized as Tourtellotte & Hummel. The firm quickly emerged as the leading architects in Boise and Idaho. Tourtellotte was particularly successful as a salesman for his firm's work, while Hummel is assumed to have been the chief designer. According to their biographers, "[a] good share of the firm's success must be credited to John Tourtellotte. He would not have been so successful had he not been a good architect, occasionally a very good architect, and had he not associated himself with an even better one. But the importance of his powers of salesmanship should never be underestimated." In 1912 they completed their exceptional work of architectural design / drawings, on the Idaho State Capitol, which was under construction for 15 years, 1905-1920. The following year of 1913 Tourtellotte moved further west to Portland, Oregon, to establish a second office in the largest city and seaport in the adjacent state with a much larger population and commercial opportunities to draw from for the firm, with Hummel remaining in Boise. In 1977, with the retirement of Frederick and the addition of architect Nelson Miller, the firm was incorporated as Hummel, Jones, Shawver & Miller PA. Frederick died in 1978. In 1980 it became Hummel Jones Miller Hunsucker PA with the addition of Wayne Hunsucker. It was renamed Hummel, LaMarche & Hunsucker Architects PA in 1985, Hummel Hunsucker Architects PA in 1995 and lastly Hummel Architects PA later the same year. In 2003 it was reincorporated as a PLLC. ==Legacy==

Idaho architects Ralph Loring and Benjamin Morgan Nisbet worked for Tourtellotte before establishing their independent practices. Van Evera Bailey. In 1982 139 works completed by Tourtellotte, J. E. Tourtellotte & Company and Tourtellotte & Hummel were listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places as part of a Thematic Resource. Historian Patricia Wright selected the nominated sites based on a complete review of the firm's work from its founding until its closure during World War II. Before and 1982, additional works have been NRHP-listed. In 1987 Wright and Lisa B. Reitzes were the authors of Tourtellotte & Hummel of Idaho: The Standard Practice of Architecture, published by the Utah State University Press, which consists of a history of the firm, details of major works and a complete catalog of projects. Members of the Hummel family, especially Charles Hummel, made a point of preserving the firm's records. In 2024 Hummel Architects donated their archive, dating back to 1896, to the Idaho State Historical Society. ==Historic partner biographies==

John E. Tourtellotte Charles F. Hummel Charles Frederick Hummel (April 12, 1857 – September 17, 1939) was born in Gernsbach in the former Grand Duchy of Baden, now part of Germany. He was educated at an unidentified technical school in Stuttgart, graduating in 1879. He then worked as a draftsman in Freiburg until 1885, when he immigrated to the United States. He initially worked as a carpenter in Chicago and Saint Paul, Minnesota, before moving on to Tacoma, Washington in 1888. There and in Seattle and Everett he worked as an architect, contractor and builder. He settled in Boise in 1895, where he continued the same work. His independent work as an architect includes the Thomas C. Galloway House (1900) in Weiser. They had one son, Charles, who followed his father into the family firm. He was involved in local veterans and fraternal organizations and was a parishioner of the cathedral parish. He died in Boise at the age of 93. He retired from full-time practice in 2002. Like his father he was involved in public service in Boise. He was particularly interested in historic preservation and worked for the preservation of important sites, including many designed by his family. He was elected a Fellow of the AIA in 1984, Hummel was married in 1951 to Calista Frances Ward. They had four children, two sons and two daughters. Also like his father he was involved in local veterans and fraternal organizations and was a parishioner of the cathedral parish. He died in Boise at the age of 91. ==Representative Works==

(this list is not comprehensive) J. E. Tourtellotte & Company, 1901–1910 • 1905 – Overland Building, 202 N 9th St, Boise, Idaho • Expanded in 1919. A contributing resource to the NRHP-listed Nampa Historic District. • 1910 – Owyhee Hotel, 1109 W Main St, Boise, Idaho • 1916 – Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Church, 608 7th St, Parma, Idaho • Demolished, formerly NRHP-listed. • 1917 – H. H. Bryant Garage, 11th and Front Sts, Boise, Idaho • Demolished circa 1990, formerly NRHP-listed. • 1917 – Idaho State Sanitarium Administration Building, 11th Ave N, Nampa, Idaho • 1917 – Main building, Gooding College, Gooding, Idaho • Demolished. Formerly a contributing resource to the NRHP-listed Gooding College Campus historic district. • 1917 – Pilot Butte Inn, 1121 Wall St, Bend, Oregon • Demolished in 1973, formerly NRHP-listed. • 1918 – Butterfield Livestock Company House, Jenkins Creek Rd, Weiser, Idaho • 1918 – Nampa Presbyterian Church, 2nd St and 15th Ave S, Nampa, Idaho • 1918 – H. R. Neitzel House, 705 N 9th St, Boise, Idaho • 1919 – E. H. Dewey Stores, 1013-1015 1st St S, Nampa, Idaho • 1919 – Farmers and Merchants Bank Building, 101 11th Ave S, Nampa, Idaho • 1919 – Nampa and Meridian Irrigation District Office, 1503 1st St S, Nampa, Idaho • 1920 – Caldwell Odd Fellow Home for the Aged, N 14th Ave, Caldwell, Idaho • 1920 – Dormitory building, Gooding College, Gooding, Idaho • A contributing resource to the NRHP-listed Gooding College Campus historic district. Now the Gooding University Inn. • 1920 – Pedro Echevarria House, 5605 W. State St., Boise, Idaho • 1920 – New Plymouth Congregational Church, 207 Southwest Ave., New Plymouth, Idaho • 1921 – Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 707 N 8th St, Boise, Idaho • 1921 – Father Lobell House, 125 N 4th St E, Mountain Home, Idaho • Demolished circa 2010, formerly NRHP-listed. • 1921 – Roswell Grade School, ID-18 and Stephan Ln, Roswell, Idaho • 1921 – St. Alphonsus' Hospital Nurses' Home, 341 W Washington St, Boise, Idaho • 1922 – Hotel North Bend, 768 Virginia St, North Bend, Oregon • 1922 – J. S. McGinnis Building, 79 N Commercial St, Glenns Ferry, Idaho • 1922 – Nampa First Methodist Episcopal Church, 404 12th Ave, Nampa, Idaho • 1923 – William Dunbar House, 1500 W Hays St, Boise, Idaho • 1923 – Marshfield City Hall (former), 375 Central Ave, Coos Bay, Oregon • 1923 – St. Paul's Rectory and Sisters' House, 810 15th Ave S, Nampa, Idaho • Demolished, formerly NRHP-listed. • 1924 – John Jacob Astor Hotel, 342 14th St, Astoria, Oregon • 1924 – H. C. Burnett House, 124 W Bannock St, Boise, Idaho • 1924 – Coos Bay National Bank Building, 201 Central Ave, Coos Bay, Oregon • 1924 – Idaho State Industrial School Women's Dormitory, 2266 E 600 N, St. Anthony, Idaho • 1925 – Ashland Springs Hotel, 212 E Main St, Ashland, Oregon • 1925 – St. Joseph's Catholic School, 825 W Fort St, Boise, Idaho • A contributing to the NRHP-listed St. John's Cathedral Block historic district. • 1925 – St. Mary's Catholic Church, 616 Dearborn St, Caldwell, Idaho • 1926 – Franklin School, 5007 Franklin Rd, Boise, Idaho • Demolished, formerly NRHP-listed. • 1926 – Redwoods Hotel, 310 NW 6th St, Grants Pass, Oregon • 1927 – Egyptian Theater, 700 W Main St, Boise, Idaho • 1927 – Samuel Hays House remodeling, 612 W Franklin St, Boise, Idaho • 1927 - Store Building for Ida M. Wiley, 9138 SE Woodstock, Portland, Oregon • 1928 – J. C. Palumbo Fruit Company Packing and Warehouse Building, 633 2nd Ave S, Payette, Idaho • 1928 – Church of the Sacred Heart, 211 E 1st St, Emmett, Idaho • 1928 – St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 1st Ave and Cedar St, Bovill, Idaho • 1928 – John Tourtellotte Building, 210-222 N 10th St, Boise, Idaho • 1929 – Baker City Tower, 1701 Main St, Baker City, Oregon • 1929 – Bald Mountain Hot Springs, 180 N. Main St, Ketchum, Idaho • Demolished, formerly NRHP-listed. • 1929 – Billings Memorial Gymnasium, Intermountain Institute, Weiser, Idaho • A contributing resource to the NRHP-listed Intermountain Institute historic district. • 1929 – Garfield School, 1914 Broadway Ave, Boise, Idaho • 1929 – Wellman Apartments, 500 W Franklin St, Boise, Idaho • 1930 – St. Mary's Catholic Church, 618 E 1st St, Moscow, Idaho • 1930 - Hotel Boise (Hoff Building), 802 W. Bannock Street, Boise, Idaho • 1931 – Nampa American Legion Chateau, 1508 2nd St S, Nampa, Idaho • 1932 – Orville Jackson House, 127 S Eagle Rd, Eagle, Idaho • 1932 – Pine Creek Baptist Church, 210 Main St, Pinehurst, Idaho • 1933 – United States Post Office, 106 W Main St, Weiser, Idaho • 1934 – Main School (former), 800 Cushman St, Fairbanks, Alaska • 1936 – Owyhee County Courthouse, 20381 State Hwy 78, Murphy, Idaho • 1937 – Boise Junior High School, 1105 N 13th St, Boise, Idaho • 1937 – Cole School gymnasium, 7145 Fairview Ave, Boise, Idaho • Demolished, formerly NRHP-listed. • 1937 – Guernsey Dairy Milk Depot, 2419 W State St, Boise, Idaho • 1937 – Morris Hill Cemetery Mausoleum, Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho • 1937 – St. Mary's Catholic Church, 2604 W State St, Boise, Idaho • 1937 – Whitney School additions, 1609 S Owyhee St, Boise, Idaho • Demolished, formerly NRHP-listed. • 1938 – Gem County Courthouse, Main St and McKinley Ave, Emmett, Idaho • 1939 – Ada County Courthouse (former), 514 W Jefferson St, Boise, Idaho • Designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and Wayland & Fennell, associated architects, but principally designed by Wayland & Fennell. A contributing resource to the NRHP-listed Boise Capitol Area District. • 1939 – John Regan American Legion Hall, 401 W Idaho St, Boise, Idaho • 1939 – Thompson Mortuary Chapel, 737 Main St, Gooding, Idaho • 1939 – Washington County Courthouse, 256 E Court St, Weiser, Idaho • 1940 – Administration Building, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho • Designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and Wayland & Fennell, associated architects, but principally designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel. NRHP-listed. • 1941 – West Point Grade School, E 3300 S, Wendell, Idaho Hummel, Hummel & Jones, 1945–1962 • 1948 – Holy Rosary Church, 288 E 9th St, Idaho Falls, Idaho • NRHP-listed. • 1952 – Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building, 218 N Capitol Blvd, Boise, Idaho • 1957 – Idaho Department of Labor administration building, 317 W Main St, Boise, Idaho • 1960 – Cathedral of the Rockies, 717 N 11th St, Boise, Idaho Hummel, Hummel, Jones & Shawver, 1962–1977 • 1964 – Albertsons Library, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho • 1964 – Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, 83638 Cross Rd, McCall, Idaho • 1967 – Liberal Arts Building, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho • 1984 - Salmon River Resort Club (Polly Bemis Ranch Cabins, club house and library) McCall, ID Hummel, LaMarche & Hunsucker Architects, 1985–1995 • 1988 – Capitol Terrace, 770 W Main St, Boise, Idaho • 1990 – Boise Centre, 850 W Front St, Boise, Idaho • 1990 – Idaho Department of Environmental Quality administration building, 1410 N Hilton St, Boise, Idaho Hummel Architects, from 1995 • 1999 - Hidden Springs Community Fire Station (Eagle Fire Station No. 5), 5871 W Hidden Springs Drive Boise, Idaho • 2003 – Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, 1122 W Linden St, Caldwell, Idaho • Replaced St. Mary's Catholic Church, designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and completed in 1925. • 2004 - Idaho State University Stephens Performing Arts Center, Pocatello Campus Pocatello, Idaho • 2009 - Canyon Ridge High School Twin Falls School District, 300 N. College Road W. Twin Falls, Idaho • 2009 - Renaissance High School, West Ada School District, 1307 E. Central Drive, Meridian, Idaho • 2012 - Boise State University, College of Business & Economics, Boise Campus Boise, Idaho (with Anderson Mason Dale) • 2016 - Boise State University, Micron Center for Materials Research, Boise Campus Boise, Idaho (with Anderson Mason Dale) • 2016 - Hillsdale Elementary School, West Ada School District,5225 S Stockenham Way Meridian, Idaho • 2017 - Twin Falls City Hall, 203 Main Avenue E, Twin Falls, Idaho • 2018 - Thunder Ridge High School (Bonneville School District 93), 4941 1st Street Idaho Falls, Idaho • 2018 - South Meridian Family YMCA, 5155 S. Hillsdale Avenue Meridian, Idaho (with BRSA) • 2019 - Boise Fire Department, Fire Station No. 9, 3101 Sycamore Drive, Boise, Idaho (with Rice Fergus Miller) • 2019 - St. Luke's Idaho Elk's Children's Pavilion, 305 E Jefferson, Boise, Idaho • 2020 - Lightcast Headquarters (formerly Emsi), 232 N. Almon Street Moscow, Idaho • 2024 - Alpine Academy Middle School, 1195 Alpine Avenue Chubbuck, Idaho • 2024 - Boise Fire Department, Fire Station No. 5, 212 S. 16th Street Boise, Idaho (with Rice Fergus Miller) • 2024 - St. Luke's Center for Orthopedic Sports Medicine, 2619 W Fairview Avenue Boise, Idaho • 2025 - Boise State University, Syringa Hall, Boise Campus Boise, Idaho ==References==