Custer Slaughter House

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Custer Slaughter House
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LocationWest of Shoshone, Idaho
Coordinates 42°56′41″N114°24′41″W / 42.94472°N 114.41139°W / 42.94472; -114.41139
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Builtc.1890
MPS Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR
NRHP reference No. 83002363 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1983

The Custer Slaughter House, located west of Shoshone in Lincoln County, Idaho, was built in the late 1890s. It was built near railroad tracks and the Little Wood River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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Description

The house is a lava rock structure. It is about 18 by 26 feet (5.5 m × 7.9 m) in plan and has a hipped roof and a tall square wooden tower. [2]

It was deemed to be architecturally significant "as it is an early example of a commercial building built with lava rock." [2]

Owned by Brandon & Jaelyn Lockwood

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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 "idaho State Historical society Inventory: Custer Slaughter House". National Park Service. 1983. Retrieved October 15, 2017. With photo from 1983.

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