National Register of Historic Places

Shoshone Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho
Listed
September 17, 1998
Type
Building
Period
Pre Contact
Ref No.
98001173

About this property

The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( shoh-SHOH-nee or shə-SHOH-nee), also known by the endonym Newe, are an Indigenous people of the United States with four large cultural/linguistic divisions: Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming Northern Shoshone: Southern Idaho Western Shoshone: California, Nevada, and Northern Utah Goshute: western Utah, eastern Nevada They traditionally speak the Shoshoni language, part of the Numic languages branch of the large Uto-Aztecan language family. The Shoshone were sometimes called…

Location

115 N. Greenwood St.
Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho
42.93690, -114.40614

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 98001173. It was listed on September 17, 1998.

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Sources

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

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Historic Sites

J.C. Penney Company Building
Industrial
0.1 mi

Questions about this property

When was Shoshone Historic District (Boundary Increase) listed on the National Register?

Shoshone Historic District (Boundary Increase) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1998.

What type of historic resource is Shoshone Historic District (Boundary Increase)?

Shoshone Historic District (Boundary Increase) is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Shoshone Historic District (Boundary Increase)?

The period of significance for Shoshone Historic District (Boundary Increase) is recorded as the pre_contact era.

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