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Commercial Historic District (Potlatch, Idaho)

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Built
  
1906

NRHP Reference #
  
86002201

Area
  
4,000 m²

Architect
  
C. Ferris White

MPS
  
Potlatch MRA

Opened
  
1906

Added to NRHP
  
11 September 1986

Commercial Historic District (Potlatch, Idaho)

Location
  
Roughly Pine St. between Seventh and Fifth Sts., Potlatch, Idaho

The Commercial Historic District in Potlatch, Idaho 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.

It includes the administrative center of historic Potlatch, which was a company town of the Potlatch Lumber Company. Specifically, it includes:

  • a Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway Depot (1906), a two-story frame building, the first major building in Potlatch designed by architect C. Ferris White. White designed more than 200 buildings for the Potlatch company.
  • a gymnasium
  • Administrative building
  • 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.

    References

    Commercial Historic District (Potlatch, Idaho) Wikipedia
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