Keller House and Derrick

The Keller House and Derick, on E. 1st, North in Paris, Idaho, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Keller House and Derick
The house in June 2020
LocationE. 1st, North, Paris, Idaho
Coordinates42°13′43″N 111°23′38″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1880
Architectural styleSouthern Mountain
MPSParis MRA
NRHP reference No.82001889[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1982

The 14 by 14 feet (4.3 m × 4.3 m) cabin is a square Southern Mountain-style cabin, likely built of logs, covered with shiplap siding. It has a tall gable roof with two gabled dormer windows, and it has a 10 by 10 feet (3.0 m × 3.0 m) ell at the rear.[2] It is one of 18 small square cabins known in Paris, which are otherwise rare in Idaho.[2]

Nearby in a field east of the house is "a fine example" of what is called a Mormon derrick which is:

a device of folk technology used until recently throughout the Great Basin to stack loose hay into tall round-topped stacks. The Keller derrick is the Mormon derrick type, distinguished by its quatrepodal base supporting an upright mast, at the top of which pivots a boom. The base is built of three six-by-six timbers, cut on a circular saw, laid over two similar sills and notched with straight-sided saddle notches at the intersections of sill and crosspiece. These joints are fixed with heavy nuts and bolts. Smaller four-by-four timbers form a quatrepod upon this base, securing the heavy central log mast. Balanced at the top of the mast is a log boom, fastened with a pin that allows horizontal and vertical movement. Pulleys, used to control the hoisting and dumping of hay, are attached to the middle and upper end of the boom. A cable stretched along the top of the derrick and over metal and wooden braces probably acts as a brace for the entire boom.[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 Nomination of Historic Resources of Paris: Keller House and Derick". National Park Service. c. 1980. Retrieved January 8, 2020. With accompanying two photos from 1979


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