Morris Sommer House

Weiser, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

The Morris Sommer House, a Queen Anne-style residence built in 1899 at 548 West 2nd Street in Weiser, Idaho, was designed by architect John E. Tourtellotte. L-shaped in plan, the house displays characteristic Queen Anne features including irregular massing and roofline, a wraparound porch, and ornamental surface details and moldings. The dwelling is particularly notable for its distinctive "long flared roof flowing down"—an unusual design element wherein a high truncated hipped roof extends outward over the porch in a sweeping manner. This expressive roofline became a recurring motif in Tourtellotte's later work, appearing on the Wills House in Boise and the Wyman House (1908) on Harrison Boulevard, also in Boise. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.