Tally Ho at the Owyhee Motor Inn

The Owyhee Hotel (1109 W. Main Street, Boise) was designed by Tourtellotte and Hummel in 1909 as Boise’s second grand hotel. An ad in the Idaho Statesman claimed the Owyhee as the “most modern and complete commercial and tourist hotel between Chicago and San Francisco. But by the late 1950s, tourists traveling by automobile preferred the convenience of parking near your room and unloading your suitcases directly into your room rather than contend with bell captains, porters, elevators, and other costly hotel amenities.