Recent National Register of Historic Places Listings
The Idaho State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is pleased to announce the recent listing of five properties in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
The NRHP is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. In Idaho, the National Park Service (NPS) manages the NRHP program in partnership with the Idaho SHPO and the Idaho Historic Sites Review Board (HSRB). A property becomes “listed” in the National Register after the HSRB and the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. approve a nomination form documenting its historic significance.
To be listed in the NRHP a property must not simply be “old,” rather it must be important (historically significant) and look much like it did during its historic period (retain historic integrity).
Idaho has a total of 1,080 NRHP listings which encompass more than 7,000 individual historic resources. The state’s most recent NRHP listings encompass a variety of interesting historic properties. Notably, three of the five listings are early twentieth-century school buildings, reflecting the enduring importance of historic educational institutions to their respective communities.
Contact
(208) 488-7468
Multiple Property Documentation
Metal Mining in Idaho, 1860-1977
This Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPD) serves as a context to help streamline the process of identifying, evaluating, and designating mining-related resources throughout Idaho in the NRHP. In addition, it provides a detailed statewide historic context related to the topic.
Wallace (vicinity) | Shoshone County
Nine Mile Cemetery
Established in 1885, the Nine Mile Cemetery is the first property listed under the Metal Mining in Idaho MPD. Significant for its association with the Silver Valley’s mining and social history, the cemetery expresses the characteristics of a way of life shared by the people of this region through its distinctive landscape of interment and commemoration.
Lewiston | Nez Perce County
Clearwater River Camas Prairie Railroad Bridge
Originally completed in 1908 as part of the Camas Prairie Railroad, the bridge is listed in the NRHP for a later episode in its history – its 1975 reconstruction as part of the development of the Port of Lewiston.
Weippe | Clearwater County
Weippe Community Hall
Built in 1924, the Weippe Community Hall is significant for its long history as a local meeting place and recreational center in rural north-central Idaho and the role of its operator, the Weippe Community Club, as a community service organization.
Coeur d'Alene | Kootenai County
Garden District
The Coeur d’Alene Garden District Historic District encompasses approximately 132 acres north of downtown Coeur d’Alene and represents the city’s earliest residential neighborhood, developed between 1886 and 1974 with a distinctive grid layout, mature streetscapes, and consistent setbacks. The district includes 516 contributing buildings that collectively showcase nearly 25 architectural styles—from Queen Anne and Folk Victorian to Craftsman, Tudor Revival, and Ranch—reflecting the city’s growth from a frontier community to a modern regional center.
Weiser (vicinity) | washington County
Sunnyside School
In operation as a public school between 1923 and 1969, the Sunnyside School is significant for its association with the development of schools in southwestern Washington County during the early-mid twentieth century. Designed by the prolific Boise architectural firm Wayland & Fennell, the Sunnyside School is also significant as a notable local example of early-to-twentieth-century school design, particularly in terms of its impressive Colonial Revival architectural style. Today, a private preschool leases the property.
Boise | Ada County
J. Gordon and Barbara J. Brookover House, Boise
The Brookover House is significant for its association with J. Gordon and Barbara J. Brookover who were important figures in Boise’s retail clothing community in the second half of the twentieth century. They managed and grew Brookover’s Inc., a women’s fine clothing business originally established in 1917, from a single downtown store to multiple locations in Boise and Nampa. Designed by the Boise-based firm Grider & La Marche Architects and completed in 1961, the Brookover House also is locally significant as an outstanding example of Modern Movement architecture. Its distinctive plan, complex form, and Contemporary design with a Japanese aesthetic put it among a select subset of custom-built, architect-designed Modern Movement residences in the greater Boise area.
Hammett | elmore County
Hammett School
The Hammett School is significant for its association with the settlement of Hammett, Idaho and the local development of educational institutions and school buildings in the early twentieth century. It operated as a public school from 1911 until 1965. Designed by the Boise architectural firm Nisbet & Paradice, the Hammett School also is a notable example of early twentieth century school design in rural Idaho. It was architecturally ambitious and advanced for its time and place in comparison to contemporaries, particularly in terms of being carefully designed for future expansion and for incorporating the latest advancements in safety and classroom lighting. Today, the building serves as a private residence.