[3] Bishop Daniel Tuttle purchased the city block bounded by Idaho, Bannock, First, and Second Streets in Boise for $375 in 1867,[4][5] but a rectory was not constructed on the site until 1889.

[2] Reverend D.C. Patee was the first rector to occupy the house, and it was described by the Idaho Statesman in 1891 as "the finest rectory building in the Northwest.

[10][11] In 1900 the house was remodeled by architect John Tourtellotte, and the corner turret and a large, wraparound porch were added.

Tourtellotte applied a veneer of Boise sandstone to the outer walls of the main floor and included a gazebo at one end of the new porch.

Norman L. Foote became the last bishop to occupy the house when it was converted to a meeting facility.