Commercial Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Commercial Historic District

Potlatch, Latah County, Idaho
Listed
September 10, 1986
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
86002201

About this property

The Commercial Historic District in Potlatch, Idaho, United States, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. In 1986, it included seven contributing buildings and a contributing object. It includes work by architect C. Ferris White and work by A.M. Homes. Washington. Idaho and Montana Railway Depot (1906), a two-story west-facing building, the first major building completed in Potlatch, designed by C. Ferris White Gymnasium building (1916), a two-story frame building designed by architect A. M. Holmes, the largest building in Potlatch. South facing, with a gambrel roof, it has an open porch on its east, south, and west sides supported by 16 Doric columns. Implement Store, a two-story frame building with a gambrel roof. Served as storage warehouse for the lumber company's Townsite Department, the maintenance department for the town. Administrative Office (1917), a two-and-one-half-story frame building which was the main administrative office building for the lumber company, and in the 1950s became city hall. Storage Building, a two-and-one-half-story building with a metal roof on a concrete foundation Produce Cellar (1910 or 1911), with capacity for 25 railroad carloads, a 40 feet (12 m) by 60 feet (18 m) structure built into the side of a hill, with brick walls and a metal gambrel roof. Creamery (probably 1906), a one-story building with a hipped metal roof, sided with clapboard, west-facing, adjacent to the depot building to its south. Engine 1 of the Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway. The city of Potlatch offers a free walking tour guide, "A Walking Tour of the Potlatch Commercial District" at the city hall, at 195 6th Street. The guide is provided by the Potlatch Historical Society.

Location

Potlatch, Latah County, Idaho
46.92160, -116.90118

Categories

INDUSTRYCOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Commercial Historic District listed on the National Register?

Commercial Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1986.

What type of historic resource is Commercial Historic District?

Commercial Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Commercial Historic District?

The period of significance for Commercial Historic District is recorded as the listed era.

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