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Fort Street Historic District

The Fort Street Historic District in Boise, Idaho, contains roughly 47 blocks located within the 1867 plat of Boise City.

Fort Street Historic District
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The place

The Fort Street Historic District in Boise, Idaho, contains roughly 47 blocks located within the 1867 plat of Boise City. The irregular shape of the district is roughly bounded on the north by West Fort Street and on the south by West State Street. The west boundary is North 16th Street, and the east boundary is roughly North 5th Street.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Fort Street Historic District

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Boise State University

    Boise State University is a public research university in Boise, Idaho, United States. Founded in 1932 by the Episcopal Church, it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has been awarding baccalaureate and master's degrees since 1965.

    2.1 km · public research university in Boise, Idaho, USA · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Idaho State Capitol

    The Idaho State Capitol in Boise is the home of the government of the U.S. state of Idaho. Although Lewiston briefly served as Idaho's capital city from the formation of the old federal Idaho Territory in 1863, the territorial legislature moved it to Boise on December 24, 1864.

    500 m · Idaho state capitol building in Boise, Idaho, U.S.A. · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Diocese of Boise

    The Diocese of Boise is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Idaho in the United States. Its bishop is Peter F. Christensen, whose seat is the Cathedral of St.

    1 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Idaho Central Arena

    Idaho Central Arena is a multi-purpose arena in the western United States, located in Boise, Idaho. Its seating capacity is 5,002 for ice hockey, 5,300 for basketball, 5,732 for end-stage concerts, 6,400 for boxing, and up to 6,800 for center-stage concerts.

    900 m · multi-purpose arena in Boise, Idaho · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Albertsons Stadium

    Albertsons Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the Western United States, located on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. It is the home of the Boise State Broncos of the Pac-12 Conference.

    2.2 km · American football stadium at Boise State University · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

    The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, also known simply as St.

    200 m · church in Idaho, United States · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    ExtraMile Arena

    ExtraMile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the western United States, on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. It is located on the east end of campus, between West Campus Lane and César Chávez Circle, immediately northwest of Albertsons Stadium.

    2.1 km · indoor arena at Boise State University · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    The Egyptian Theatre

    The Egyptian Theatre is a theatre and concert venue in the western United States, located in Boise, Idaho. It has also been known as the Ada Theater.

    800 m · movie theater in Boise, Idaho, United States · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Morris Hill Cemetery Mausoleum

    The Morris Hill Cemetery Mausoleum in Boise, Idaho, was designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in 1937. The Art Deco, reinforced concrete building includes stained glass windows at the end of each wing, and a central stained glass window is across from a single, bronze door entry.

    3 km · mausoleum in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Zions Bank Idaho Headquarters

    Eighth & Main is an 18-story high-rise building in the western United States, located in Boise, Idaho. The tallest building in the state at 323 feet, it houses the Idaho headquarters of Zions Bank, as well as Holland & Hart and other companies.

    800 m · building in Idaho, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Fort Street Historic District

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Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (BOI), 7 km
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Fort Street Historic District

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Fort Street Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextnortheast from Boise via State Highway 21, Idaho City makes for a good day trip from Boise.

From Wikivoyage: Boise, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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  3. 03
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    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

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    NanaimoCA

    11 ways of moving, 41 sources

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    Powell River and the upper Sunshine CoastCA

    12 ways of moving, 23 sources

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