Bishop Daniel Tuttle purchased the city block bounded by Idaho, Bannock, First, and Second Streets in Boise for $375 in 1867, but a rectory was not constructed on the site until 1889. Prior to 1889, St. Michael's rectory was located at the corner of Idaho and 5th Sts., but the earlier house was sold in that year to butcher Tom Woodcock, and a new rectory was constructed at the corner of Idaho and 2nd Sts. by carpenter and undertaker A.G. Lachapelle.
