Here stands the home built in 1892 for John A. O'Farrell. This 1892 home, designed by N. W. Bower, blends Colonial Revival and Queen Anne styles and was built for John A. O'Farrell, one of Boise City's first residents. It measures 3,238 square feet, with four bedrooms and four bathrooms, and its original cost in 1892 was $8,000.
The house later earned official recognition when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 1979. Notice the front fence facing West Franklin Street: the balustrade was salvaged from the Dewey Palace Hotel, which was built in 1903 and demolished in 1963 in Nampa, Idaho. In more recent years the house appeared on the market in 2017 with an asking price of $924,900, but its story reaches back to those late 19th-century design choices.
A related local landmark is the John A. O'Farrell Cabin, tied to the same early resident. The balustrade along West Franklin Street once graced the Dewey Palace Hotel in Nampa, built in 1903 and demolished in 1963, and now it fences an 1892 home that cost $8,000 to build.