Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar

Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Jerome, Idaho
Coordinates	42°41′50″N114°31′5″W / 42.69722°N 114.51806°W / 42.69722; -114.51806
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1922 (1922)
Built by	Jay Van Hook
Architectural style	Vernacular/Potato house
MPS	Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR [1] (64000165)
NRHP reference No.	83002309
Added to NRHP	8 September 1983 [2]

The Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar is a historic potato house located in Jerome, Idaho.

Description and history

The Van Hook potato cellar was built in 1922 using local lava rock. The low, earth covered structure is about 122 feet (37 m) long with stone end walls of about 58 feet (18 m). The facade and end walls slope to about 12 feet (3.7 m) above ground level at center. Each of these wall has an 8-foot (2.4 m) double door large enough and configured to allow wagons or trucks to drive through the building. Flush jams and lintels of rough concrete surround the doors, the lintels faced with wooden planks. Small four paned ventilation windows near ground level are on either side of the doors on both ends. The main facade door has a smaller door cut into it. The interior is supported by a pole framework covered with wire, straw and dirt. The interior floor slopes downward to about 6 feet (1.8 m) below ground level at center. The wide joints of the masonry are filled to the face of the stone making the stones appear submerged in mortar. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1983, as part of a group of structures built from lava rock in south central Idaho. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• History of agriculture in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Jerome County, Idaho

References

1. "National Register Information System – Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR (#64000165)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "National Register Information System – Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar (#83002309)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Van Hook, Jay, Potato Cellar". National Register of Historic Places . Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. September 8, 1983. Retrieved February 22, 2020. With a photo by M. Posey-Ploss from 1981.
4. Posey–Ploss, Marian (September 8, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR". National Register of Historic Places . Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service . Retrieved February 15, 2020.

External links

• * "Idaho State Historical Society".