Boise in Ada County, Idaho — The American West (Mountains)
Anduiza Hotel and Fronton
619 Grove Street
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, June 2, 2018
1. Anduiza Hotel and Fronton Marker
Captions: (middle left & right) Pelota Players; (bottom left & right) Original Blueprints of Fronton.
Inscription.
Anduiza Hotel and Fronton. 619 Grove Street. The play was intense and furious: men smacking a leather-covered ball with their hands, or whipping their paddles, or palas, through the air. The sport, pelota, was brought to Idaho by early Basque immigrants. Juan and Juana Anduiza constructed this building in 1914 as a boarding house for Basque sheepherders who wintered in Boise. The pelota court, or fronton, was an added community attraction, often doubling as a dance hall. Raymond J. Briggs purchased the building and preserved the court, the largest in the Northwest. Still in use, it provides a link for today's Boise Basque community to a traditional sport of the homeland.
The play was intense and furious: men smacking a leather-covered ball with their hands, or whipping their paddles, or palas, through the air. The sport, pelota, was brought to Idaho by early Basque immigrants. Juan and Juana Anduiza constructed this building in 1914 as a boarding house for Basque sheepherders who wintered in Boise. The pelota court, or fronton, was an added community attraction, often doubling as a dance hall. Raymond J. Briggs purchased the building and preserved the court, the largest in the Northwest. Still in use, it provides a link for today's Boise Basque community to a traditional sport of the homeland.
Location. 43° 36.84′ N, 116° 12.164′ W. Marker is in Boise, Idaho, in Ada County. Marker is on Grove Street near South Capitol Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 619 Grove Street, Boise ID 83702, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 19, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 23, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 237 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on June 23, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
