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Idaho Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings (page 1)

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Post Office
Blackfoot, ID
This Post Office was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood and built was built in 1936. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [map]

Boise Municipal Pool
Boise, ID
The Boise Municipal Pool was designed by Wesley Bintz and built in 1953. It is an above-ground pool. The building was repainted sometime after 2011. It was previously beige and blue. These photos are from 2014. This building is also known as the South Pool. Bintz designed the identical Lowell Pool which is located here. Wesley Bintz of Lansing, MI patented these as Bintz Pools. There were more than 100 built across the country from 1919 through the 1960s and about 17 survive. [map]

Idaho Power Company
Boise, ID
This Idaho Power Company building was designed by Wayland & Fennel and built in 1932. The building was originally painted white. For more, see this website. [map]

Summers Funeral Home
Boise, ID
The Summers Funeral Home was established in 1927. This building was constructed in 1938. In 2020, it was sold to Idaho Power. [map]

Boise High School Gymnasium
Boise, ID
The Boise High School Gymnasium was designed by John E. Tourtellotte and Charles F. Hummel. It was built in 1936. [map]

North Junior High School
Boise, ID
The North Junior High School was designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and built in 1937. For more, see this website. [map]

Boise:
Ada County Courthouse

Boundary County Courthouse
Bonners Ferry, ID
The Boundary County Courthouse was designed by Whitehouse & Price and built from 1940-1941 as a WPA project. The relief panels by Fletcher Martin depict the local mining, lumber, and agricultural industries. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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