Intermountain Institute
The Intermountain Institute in Weiser, Idaho, also known as the Idaho Industrial Institute,[2] was a school which included facilities for students boarding there. Its complex of buildings are unusual in being constructed of continuously cast concrete during a span of about 20 years.[3]
Intermountain Institute | |
Hooker Hall | |
Location | Paddock Ave., Weiser, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 44°15′53″N 116°58′51″W |
Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
Built | 1907 |
Architect | Tourtellotte & Hummel |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 79000811[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 1, 1979 |
The complex includes nine buildings and a structure which were deemed contributing in a National Register of Historic Places listing in 1979.[1]
It includes the Billings Memorial Gymnasium (1929), which was designed by Boise architects Tourtellotte & Hummel in Classical Revival style.
Hooker Hall is, architecturally, the "most pretentious" of the buildings; plans were afoot in 1979 for it to become home of something.[3] In fact in 2019 it is the home of the Snake River Heritage Center and/or the Weiser Museum.[2]
Location: Paddock Ave.
Year of construction: 1907 Historic function: Education Historic subfunction: School; Educational Related Housing Criteria: architecture/engineering, person
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- "Weiser Museum". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- Patricia Wright; Don Hibbard (September 10, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Intermountain Institute". National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2019. With accompanying six photos from 1978
External links
- Media related to Intermountain Institute at Wikimedia Commons