Eighth & Main: The Hole Story
As one of the original ten blocks of Boise, the corner of Eighth and Main has a storied past. In the mid-1800s, it became the site of the Overland Hotel, and was a popular gathering place along the Oregon Trail. In 1904, the hotel was purchased, torn down, and made into a fashionable four-story office building. Over the next few decades, the owners moved, leaving the building vacant, until it burned down in 1987. Since then, Eighth and Main sat empty for 25 years, earning the nickname, "The Hole." In 2011, Ken Gardner of Gardner Company and Scott Anderson of Zions Bank decided to create the tallest building in Idaho and put it at Eighth and Main and make it the home to Zions Bank's Idaho headquarters. The building opened in February of 2014 with 18 stories, 350,000 square feet, and 1,800 tons of structural steel, representing a $76 million investment.
As one of the original ten blocks of Boise, the corner of Eighth and Main has a storied past. In the mid-1800s, it became the site of the Overland Hotel, and was a popular gathering place along the Oregon Trail. In 1904, the hotel was purchased, torn down, and made into a fashionable four-story office building. Over the next few decades, the owners moved, leaving the building vacant, until it burned down in 1987. Since then, Eighth and Main sat empty for 25 years, earning the nickname, "The Hole." In 2011, Ken Gardner of Gardner Company and Scott Anderson of Zions Bank decided to create the tallest building in Idaho and put it at Eighth and Main and make it the home to Zions Bank's Idaho headquarters. The building opened in February of 2014 with 18 stories, 350,000 square feet, and 1,800 tons of structural steel, representing a $76 million investment.