--- title: "Harrison Boulevard Historic District – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Harrison Boulevard Historic District, United States: The Harrison Boulevard Historic District in Boise, Idaho, includes 427 residences, an elementary…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/harrison-boulevard-historic-district" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/harrison-boulevard-historic-district.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Harrison_Boulevard_Historic_District_%281%29.jpg/3840px-Harrison_Boulevard_Historic_District_%281%29.jpg" --- Historic building in Boise, Idaho · United States # Harrison Boulevard Historic District The Harrison Boulevard Historic District in Boise, Idaho, includes 427 residences, an elementary school, and a church. ![Harrison Boulevard Historic District](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Harrison_Boulevard_Historic_District_%281%29.jpg/3840px-Harrison_Boulevard_Historic_District_%281%29.jpg) Harrison Boulevard Historic District · Wikimedia Commons The place The Harrison Boulevard Historic District in Boise, Idaho, includes 427 residences, an elementary school, and a church. The district is centered on Harrison Boulevard, a wide, tree lined thoroughfare with a grassy median separating north and south traffic. Harrison Boulevard extends approximately one mile from its southern beginning at West Hays Street to its northern boundary at Hill Road. The east boundary extends to Washington School at 15th and Ridenbaugh Streets, and it includes three residential properties at 15th Street, but the district narrows around Harrison Boulevard as it proceeds north. The west boundary extends as far as 20th Street at the south end of the district, and it narrows to Harrison Boulevard as the district proceeds north. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Boulevard_Historic_District), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Harrison Boulevard 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. 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. 2.9 km · public research university in Boise, Idaho, USA · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boise_State_University) 2. 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. 1.5 km · Idaho state capitol building in Boise, Idaho, U.S.A. · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_State_Capitol) 3. 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. 1.9 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Boise) 4. 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. 1.8 km · multi-purpose arena in Boise, Idaho · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_Central_Arena) 5. 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. 3.1 km · indoor arena at Boise State University · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExtraMile_Arena) 6. Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, also known simply as St. 1.3 km · church in Idaho, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_St._John_the_Evangelist_(Boise,_Idaho%29) 7. 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. 3.2 km · American football stadium at Boise State University · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertsons_Stadium) 8. 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. 1.8 km · movie theater in Boise, Idaho, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Egyptian_Theatre_(Boise,_Idaho%29) 9. Ahavath Beth Israel Ahavath Beth Israel, officially Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 11 North Latah Street, in Boise, Idaho, in the United States. Its 1896 building is amongst the oldest synagogues in continuous use west of the Mississippi River. 3.3 km · reform synagogue in Idaho · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahavath_Beth_Israel_(Boise,_Idaho%29) 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. 1.6 km · building in Idaho, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_%26_Main) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Harrison Boulevard Historic District **Airports:** Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (BOI), 7 km\ - Portland → Harrison Boulevard Historic District Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/portland-to-harrison-boulevard-historic-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Portland&to=Harrison+Boulevard+Historic+District) - Spokane → Harrison Boulevard Historic District Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/spokane-to-harrison-boulevard-historic-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Spokane&to=Harrison+Boulevard+Historic+District) - Salt Lake City → Harrison Boulevard Historic District Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/salt-lake-city-to-harrison-boulevard-historic-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Salt+Lake+City&to=Harrison+Boulevard+Historic+District) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Harrison%20Boulevard%20Historic%20District) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Harrison Boulevard 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 Harrison Boulevard 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 next northeast from Boise via State Highway 21, Idaho City makes for a good day trip from Boise. From [Wikivoyage: Boise](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Boise), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/port-townsend) US 9 ways of moving, 17 sources 711 km 2. [Salt Spring Island and the Southern Gulf Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/salt-spring-island) CA 10 ways of moving, 15 sources 803 km 3. [Gibsons and the Sunshine Coast](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gibsons) CA 10 ways of moving, 21 sources 850 km 4. [Nanaimo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nanaimo) CA 11 ways of moving, 41 sources 854 km 5. [Powell River and the upper Sunshine Coast](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/powell-river) CA 12 ways of moving, 23 sources 936 km If you know how people move in Harrison Boulevard Historic District – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Charrison-boulevard-historic-district&title=Harrison+Boulevard+Historic+District&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fharrison-boulevard-historic-district), and the note gets an entry. 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