Long Valley Finnish Church

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Long Valley Finnish Church
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LocationSoutheast of Lake Fork,
Valley County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°49′05″N116°02′46″W / 44.81806°N 116.04611°W / 44.81806; -116.04611 Coordinates: 44°49′05″N116°02′46″W / 44.81806°N 116.04611°W / 44.81806; -116.04611
Area208 acres (84 ha)
Built1917
Built byRuuska, John; Heikkila, John
NRHP reference # 80001336 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 27, 1980

Long Valley Finnish Church is a church constructed to meet the needs of Finnish immigrants to the United States, located in Valley County, Idaho. The church was added to the National Register or Historic Places on May 27, 1980. [2]

Valley County, Idaho County in the United States

Valley County is a rural county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,862. The county seat is Cascade, and the largest city is McCall.

Idaho State of the United States of America

Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States. It borders the state of Montana to the east and northeast, Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canadian border with the province of British Columbia. With a population of approximately 1.7 million and an area of 83,569 square miles (216,440 km2), Idaho is the 14th largest, the 12th least populous and the 7th least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. The state's capital and largest city is Boise.

The church was maintained by the Finnish Ladies' Aid Society. It was "the best-preserved building of the Long Valley Finnish community". [3]

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References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  3. Alice Koskella (February 2, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Long Valley Finnish Church / "Finn" Church". National Park Service . Retrieved August 21, 2017. With photo from 1979.