Downtown in Boise in Ada County, Idaho — The American West (Mountains)

Boise Turnverein Building (Crescent Building)

Historic American Buildings Survey

— Boise Historic District —

Boise Turnverein Building Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 27, 2023

1. Boise Turnverein Building Marker

Inscription.

This structure has been recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey of the United States Department of the Interior for its archives at the Library of Congress

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Historic American Buildings Survey series list.

Location. 43° 36.858′ N, 116° 12.067′ W. Marker is in Boise, Idaho, in Ada County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of Main Street and South 6th Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 523 Main St, Boise ID 83702, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Idaho’s Snake River Plain.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: First Computer in Boise City (within shouting distance of this marker); The Chico Club (about

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300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Grove Street Warehouse (about 300 feet away); The Basque Center (about 300 feet away); Cyrus Jacobs/Uberuaga House (about 400 feet away); Perrault–Fritchman Building (1879) (about 400 feet away); Basque Museum and Cultural Center (about 400 feet away); Heath Building (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boise.

Regarding Boise Turnverein Building (Crescent Building). The Boise Turnverein Building, also known as the Crescent Building, is one of many contributing buildings (No. 31) and structures within the Boise Historic District and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The NRHP Nomination Form describes this building in more detail:

(31). Boise Turnverein Building (Crescent Building) (1906) 523 Main Street: This two-story brick building has a row of very large round-arched windows on the west side in what used to be a theater. Also on the west is a massive pressed brick Romanesque doorway. Other windows are rectangular, and all windows have wide borders with brick set in dentil pattern to match the simple cornice.

Boise Turnverein Building (Crescent Building) Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 27, 2023

2. Boise Turnverein Building (Crescent Building) Marker

Boise Turnverein Building (Crescent Building) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 27, 2023

3. Boise Turnverein Building (Crescent Building)

Photographed by National Park Service, 1976

4. Boise Turnverein Building (Crescent Building)

Historic American Buildings Survey, 1974

5. Boise Turnverein Building (Crescent Building)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 6, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 140 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 6, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.