James King

James King was an early architect in Idaho. He was the first formally trained architect operating in the state.

He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and studied architecture there. During the American Civil War he served in the quartermaster's department, in West Virginia. After the war he practiced architecture in West Virginia. He moved to Boise, Idaho in 1888. Benjamin Watlington House (1890), Queen Anne-style, NRHP-listed Washington County's courthouse (1890), demolished 1938. The fourth floor and parapet were designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and added later. C.W. Moore House (1892), Warm Springs Ave., Boise. Geothermally heated. NRHP-listed First Presbyterian Church (1893), Boise Old Idaho State Penitentiary's wall and administration building (1893–94), Boise