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Andrew Benjamin “A.B.” Anderson

Obituary

ANDREW B. ANDERSON

Masonic rites will be held for Andrew Benjamin Anderson, 90, of 145 East Ocean Boulevard, a retired gold miner of Idaho who passed away early yesterday morning at his home. The services will take place at 1:30 P.M. Monday in Mottell’s Chapel, with entombment at Angeles Abbey Mausoleum.

The decedent was a native of Missouri and spent many years in Idaho mining for gold. He was a member of the F. & A.M., Masonic Shrine, and Knights Templar, and was affiliated with the Methodist Church. He is survived by his son, W.L. Anderson, and daughter, Mrs. W.J. Elwell.

From The Longbeach Sun – Longbeach, CA. – Sat, August 5, 1933 – Page 5

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NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR

Nominations for mayor were called for and Judge Jeffries placed A. B. Anderson in nomination, R.E. Lockwood presented the name of N.F. Kimball, and Frank Harris the name of T.C. Galloway. Mr. Kimball withdrew his name, and the ballot resulted as follows: Anderson 82 votes, Galloway 50 votes, Kimball 2 votes. Anderson was declared the nominee for mayor.

From The Weiser Signal – Thursday, March 15, 1900

Elected Mayor 1900-1901

From Lois Hill Titus

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A. B. Anderson was a very prominent Weiser capitalist, president of the Weiser Bank, and the town’s first mayor (1900-1901). His own residence next door, which is probably another Hummel design though it is not documented as such, has been remodeled and stuccoed over. Hummel’s pristine Elwell House was built by Anderson and occupied by his daughter and his son-in-law Billy Elwell. Elwell was Weiser
manager of Mountain States Telephone Company.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES:

Hibbard, Don. Weiser: A Look at Idaho Architecture. Boise: Idaho State
Preservation Office, 1978.

From Weiser Signal – March 22, 1900 – Page 3

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There is a change in the Bank of Weiser

A.B. Anderson, E. M. Barton and others have bought the business and good will of the Bank of Weiser from Messrs. Selwyn and Buller. The new bank building will be occupied, as soon as finished, by the new and substantial firm.

From The Weiser Semi-Weekly Signal – Weiser, Idaho – Thu, Sep 22, 1899 – Page 2

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MIDVALE WILL HAVE A BANK

A.B. Anderson and Others to Put in New Institution.

WEISER, July 20.—Midvale is to have a bank which is set to open for business on or about August 25. The promoters are A.B. Anderson and his son, W.L. Anderson, of Weiser. A.B. Anderson will serve as president, W.L. Anderson as cashier, and A.B. Moss as vice president.

The bank will have a capital of $15,000, and the stockholders represent a responsibility of $2,500,000. These stockholders include capitalists, property holders, and stock men from Canyon and Washington counties, as well as from Boise and Centerville, California.

A thoroughly modern bank building of reinforced concrete is currently under construction.

From The Idaho Stateman – Sat, July 21, 1906 – Page 6

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INVENTORY SHEET FOR GROUP NOMINATIONS: IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BOISE, IDAHO

NOMINATION: Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture in Idaho

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A.B. Anderson – Billy Elwell House – 547 West 1st Street

SITE NAME: Anderson-Elwell House

SITE NUMBER: 11

LOCATION:
547 West First Street, Weiser, Washington County, Idaho

OWNER’S NAME AND ADDRESS:

Fern N. Meyer
P. O. Box 384
Weiser, ID 83672

QUADRANGLE AND SCALE:
Weiser South, 7.5 minute

ACREAGE:
Less than one acre

VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION:
The nomination includes the Anderson-Elwell House and the property on which it stands, north one-half of lots 7-10, block 31, Watlington’s addition, Weiser, Idaho. Legal description on file at the Washington County Courthouse, Weiser, Idaho.

UTM(S):
11/5,02,400/48,99,140

DATE OR PERIOD:
1900

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE:
Architecture

EVALUATED LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE:
Local

CONDITION:
Excellent, unaltered, original site

DESCRIPTION:
The Anderson-Elwell House is a one-and-one-half-story brick and frame Queen Anne cottage, square-planned except for a low hipped section outset at the rear, but complex and various in appearance.

Part of the complexity has to do with the elaboration of profile. The porch is outset and offset to the right front, but the bow bay at the left front is surmounted by a left-of-center gable, a gabled dormer emerges at front center, and there are side-facing wall dormers with the roofline hipped back beside them. The texture of materials also provides variety. The body of the house is red brick, with a continuous sill of cut stone above a rough rock foundation. Cut stone is also used to trim the window sills, curved lintels on the curved bay, cornerpieces for the triple-header-coursed segmental arches on the sidewall, and stylized wooden keystones for the striking round hall light to the right of the entrance. Vertical frame surfaces above the first story are shingle-sided in horizontal bands, using several patterns. Eave returns and bed molding appear on all gables except the one over the entrance to the porch. In the large south-facing gable, there is an extra fillip: an ordinary sash window is fitted with an elongated wooden keystone, above which… (original article is cut off here)

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