Bishop West Barn

The Bishop West Barn, on W. 2nd St. in Paris, Idaho, was built in the 1880s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Bishop West Barn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	W. 2nd St., Paris, Idaho
Coordinates	42°13′20″N 111°24′13″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1880
Architectural style	Log
MPS	Paris MRA
NRHP reference No.	82000264[1]
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1982

It was associated with the leader (bishop) of a Mormon congregation. Specifically, it was deemed "significant for its association in folk memory with a Bishop West, who came to Paris to serve as bishop of the Paris First Ward in 1883. Appropriate to West's position in the Paris community, his barn is a large example of the Paris barn type in a variant with one side lean-to. Log construction details common to Paris appear in this barn: hewn log timbers joined with half-dovetail notching and chinked with split poles and daub."[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory for Group Nominations: Bishop West Barn". National Park Service. c. 1980. Retrieved January 5, 2020. With accompanying photo from 1979