The Mode Building
The Mode Building stands at the north corner of 8th and Idaho in downtown Boise, Idaho. Completed in 1895, the building housed the Mode, Ltd., a high-end department store until 1991 when the store closed. Predecessor firm, Hummel, Hummel & Jones was hired in 1958 to rebuild and remodel the building after a fire destroyed […]
Boise High School
Today’s #tbt post celebrating 125 years of Hummel projects is Boise High School in downtown Boise. In 1908, Boise School District hired Tourtellotte and Hummel “to add the first of many expansions, a white brick addition to the east side. In 1912, it added a white brick addition to the west side. In 1922, the district replaced […]