Caribou County Courthouse

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Caribou County Courthouse
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Location159 S. Main, Soda Springs, Idaho
Coordinates 42°39′21″N111°36′8″W / 42.65583°N 111.60222°W / 42.65583; -111.60222 Coordinates: 42°39′21″N111°36′8″W / 42.65583°N 111.60222°W / 42.65583; -111.60222
Arealess than one acre
Built1919
Built byBocker, C.K.
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS County Courthouses in Idaho MPS
NRHP reference No. 87001582 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1987

The Caribou County Courthouse, at 159 S. Main in Soda Springs in Caribou County, Idaho, was built in 1919. It is in Classical Revival style. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

It is a two-story building on a raised basement. It was built for Caribou County by contractor C.K. Bocker. The county was split out of Bannock County in 1919 and, despite relatively sparse population, its citizens passed a bond resolution to pay for the courthouse in May 1919, and it was built later that year. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Jennifer Eastman Attebery (June 23, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Caribou County Courthouse / 000640". National Park Service . Retrieved September 6, 2017. With two photos from 1986.