Art Troutner (1921-2001) was an "innovative and eccentric" American

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and entrepreneur who was born and mostly worked in the U.S. state of

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. He is known, mostly in Idaho, for his innovative works in "Troutner modern" style, within what generally now termed

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. He was born Arthur Lowe Troutner on September 29, 1921. He was born in Pingree, Idaho, in eastern Idaho, and grew up on his parents' farm there. He often rode a horse to school. There being no high school there, at age 13 he went to live with his grandmother in

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. He attended Boise High School and the Boise Community College before joining the Army Air Corps and serving in

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. After the war he studied art and architecture at

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, graduating with a degree in architecture in 1949. His barrel-vaulted stadium at University of Idaho may be his most famous work. In 2008, three of his works in

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were listed on the U.S.

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(NRHP) in the Art Troutner Houses Historic District. He died on April 14, 2001, in San Diego, California. Works include: *Phillips House (1958), Boise, Idaho *Aupperle House, or the "Arrow House", NRHP-listed

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20th-century American architects Architects from Idaho 1921 births 2001 deaths People from Bingham County, Idaho United States Army personnel of World War II University of Idaho alumni {{US-architect-20C-stub