Intermountain Institute

The Intermountain Institute in Weiser, Idaho, also known as the Idaho Industrial Institute,[2] was a school which included facilities for students boarding there. Its complex of buildings are unusual in being constructed of continuously cast concrete during a span of about 20 years.[3]

Intermountain Institute
Hooker Hall
LocationPaddock Ave., Weiser, Idaho
Coordinates44°15′53″N 116°58′51″W
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built1907
ArchitectTourtellotte & Hummel
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.79000811[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 1979

The complex includes nine buildings and a structure which were deemed contributing in a National Register of Historic Places listing in 1979.[1]

It includes the Billings Memorial Gymnasium (1929), which was designed by Boise architects Tourtellotte & Hummel in Classical Revival style.

Hooker Hall is, architecturally, the "most pretentious" of the buildings; plans were afoot in 1979 for it to become home of something.[3] In fact in 2019 it is the home of the Snake River Heritage Center and/or the Weiser Museum.[2]

Location: Paddock Ave.

Year of construction: 1907 Historic function: Education Historic subfunction: School; Educational Related Housing Criteria: architecture/engineering, person

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References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Weiser Museum". Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  3. Patricia Wright; Don Hibbard (September 10, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Intermountain Institute". National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2019. With accompanying six photos from 1978
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