North Side Canal Company Slaughter House

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North Side Canal Company Slaughter House
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North Side Canal Co. Slaughter House
North Side Canal Co. Slaughter House (the United States)
Nearest city Jerome, Idaho
Coordinates 42°44′46″N114°30′51″W / 42.74611°N 114.51417°W / 42.74611; -114.51417 Coordinates: 42°44′46″N114°30′51″W / 42.74611°N 114.51417°W / 42.74611; -114.51417
Arealess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1910
Architectural style Vernacular
MPS Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR [1] (64000165)
NRHP reference # 83002331
Added to NRHP8 September 1983 [2]

The North Side Canal Company Slaughter House is a historic building from 1910 in Jerome, Idaho. Built of local lava rock it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1983. [3] [4]

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Description and history

This round vernacular structure is 10 feet (3.0 m) in diameter and 10 feet (3.0 m) high. It has a cement roof and two steel beams traverse the entire structure extending beyond the walls. Built by an unknown stonemason on an experimental/demonstration farm, the building was used to hang slaughtered animals. It is one of a group of industrial lava rock structures in the region demonstrating ingenuity and resourcefulness in using locally available building material. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System  Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  2. "National Register Information System  North Side Canal Company Slaughter House (#83002331)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: North Side Canal Company Slaughter House". National Register of Historic Places . Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. With a photo by M. Posey-Ploss from 1981.
  4. Posey–Ploss, Marian (8 Sep 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 15 Feb 2020.