National Register of Historic Places

Rice Meetinghouse

McCall, Valley County, Idaho
Listed
April 8, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80001337

About this property

The Rice Meetinghouse, in Valley County, Idaho northeast of McCall, Idaho, was built in 1928 for the Idaho Conference of Congregational Churches. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a one-room log building located among evergreen trees on the east shore of Payette Lake. It is about 60 by 35 feet (18 m × 11 m) in plan, and was built by volunteers by hand, using hand hewn logs and hand-whittled pegs. The logs have squared ends and are interlocked by saddle notching. Finnish carpenter Gus Gustafson supervised and the building reflects Finnish log cabin architecture or Finnish folk architecture and Rustic architecture. Finnish elements are the use of a vara tool to cut each new horizontal log to fit smoothly on the log below, not requiring chinking. The building is "a local landmark, as well as one of the better crafted and preserved log buildings in the southwest Idaho." Also in the area are the much larger St. Georg Hotel and the Payette Lakes Club. (The latter was built 1914-15 and was NRHP-listed in 2017.)

Location

McCall, Valley County, Idaho
44.92928, -116.06488

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

McCall District Administrative Site
Industrial
2.5 mi
Southern Idaho Timber Protective Association (SITPA) Buildings
Industrial
2.5 mi
Elo School
Industrial
3 mi
Koski, Charles, Homestead
Industrial
3.1 mi
Payette Lakes Club
Industrial
3.1 mi

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When was Rice Meetinghouse listed on the National Register?

Rice Meetinghouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 8, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Rice Meetinghouse?

Rice Meetinghouse is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Rice Meetinghouse?

The period of significance for Rice Meetinghouse is recorded as the industrial era.

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