Middleton Substation

The Middleton Substation is a 1-story, Italianate building in Middleton, Idaho, that was part of an interurban railway loop that connected Middleton, Boise, Nampa, and Caldwell. Constructed in 1912, the small, 16-ft by 30-ft substation provided space both for transformers and for an office. The Middleton Substation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and its nomination included an adjacent generator building constructed in 1907 and later demolished.[2]

Middleton Substation
The Middleton Substation in 2019
LocationSR 44, Middleton, Idaho
Coordinates43°42′23″N 116°36′59″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
Architectural styleStick/eastlake, Italianate
NRHP reference No.73000683[1]
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1973

The Middleton stop on the Boise & Interurban Electric Railway was completed in 1907,[3] and the line continued to operate under control of the Idaho Traction Company in 1912, when the substation was completed.[4]

The site is now home to the Lee Moberly Museum, named after a former Middleton postmaster and local historian.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Arthur A. Hart (March 12, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Middleton Substation". National Park Service. Retrieved March 3, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "Machinery by the Carload". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. March 29, 1907. p. 9.
  4. "Great Opening of Interurban System". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 14, 1912. p. 4.
  5. Adam Eschbach (November 19, 2015). "Middleton Moberly Museum". Idaho Press. Nampa, Idaho. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  6. Kristin Rodine (August 14, 2011). "Idaho's small-town history hobbyists are keeping memories alive". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  7. Kristin Rodine (April 10, 2010). "Middleton marks milestone - The fastest-growing city in Canyon County celebrates 100 years of incorporation". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.

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