Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company Building (Idaho Falls, Idaho)

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Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company Building
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Location246 W. Broadway Ave., Idaho Falls, Idaho
Coordinates 43°29′29″N112°02′20″W / 43.49139°N 112.03889°W / 43.49139; -112.03889 Coordinates: 43°29′29″N112°02′20″W / 43.49139°N 112.03889°W / 43.49139; -112.03889
Arealess than one acre
Built1910
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPS Idaho Falls Downtown MRA
NRHP reference No. 84001099 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 30, 1984

The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company Building in Idaho Falls, Idaho, at 246 W. Broadway Ave., was built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

It was a two-story commercial building, built of yellow brick with pinkish-gray stone trim, upon a stone foundation.

It was the earliest building with elements of Renaissance Revival style in downtown Idaho Falls; the later Shane Building, Underwood Hotel, Hotel Idaho, and Farmers and Merchants Bank have more of that.

It was deemed "historically significant for its association with an early Idaho Falls communications company"; it was used by the phone company into the late 1920s.

It was later used as a parish hall, named Faber Hall, for the Catholic Church. It was used from 1953 on by the local carpenters union for use as a meeting hall and offices by several unions, and was called the Labor Temple. [2]

The building is no longer standing.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory for Group Nomination of Idaho Falls downtown multiple resource area: Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company Building / Faber Hall; Labor Temple". National Park Service . Retrieved January 10, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) With accompanying photo from 1984