Challis Cold Storage

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Challis Cold Storage
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LocationMain Ave., Challis, Idaho
Coordinates 44°30′19″N114°14′7″W / 44.50528°N 114.23528°W / 44.50528; -114.23528
Arealess than one acre
Built1881
MPS Challis MRA
NRHP reference No. 80001304 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 3, 1980

The Challis Cold Storage was a historic stone building located at about 300 Main Avenue in Challis, Idaho. It was built in 1881 for Idaho governor George L. Shoup.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] The building collapsed, killing two children, in the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake.

It was a one-story building with a stepped parapet facade, with part of an outset cornice on its top tier. [2]

The Buster Meat Market, located at about 250 Main Avenue, was another stone building that also was NRHP-listed in 1980, and also no longer exists.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory: Challis Cold Storage". National Park Service. 1980. Retrieved October 8, 2017. With photo from 1980.
The frame structure that replaced the historic structure that collapsed in 1983. Challis Cold Storage (site) NRHP 80001304 Custer County, ID.jpg
The frame structure that replaced the historic structure that collapsed in 1983.