Challis High School

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Challis High School
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The only section of the original building that remains.
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LocationMain Ave.
Challis, Idaho
Coordinates 44°30′17″N114°13′52″W / 44.50472°N 114.23111°W / 44.50472; -114.23111
Arealess than one acre
Built1922
Architectural style Art Deco
MPS Challis MRA
NRHP reference No. 80001305 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 3, 1980

Challis Jr. Sr. High School is a school in Challis, Idaho. [2] The former Challis High School, a building at 701 Main Ave. in Challis, Idaho, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was destroyed by the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake.

It was a stone building, built of local tuff stone, which demonstrated "the persistence of the false-front idea in Challis architecture. Here, the false front masks a simpler gabled schoolhouse and projects an image more in keeping with urban schools of the period." [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Challis Jr Sr High School / Overview". www.d181.k12.id.us. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09.
  3. "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory for Group Nomination of Historic Resources of Challis: Challis High School". National Park Service. 1980. Retrieved December 25, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1980