The Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, on 1st St. in

Emmett, Idaho Emmett is a city in Gem County, Idaho, United States. The population was 6,557 at the 2010 census, up from 5,490 in 2000. It is the county seat and the only city in the county. Emmett is part of the Boise− Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistic ...

, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was designed by architects

Tourtellotte & Hummel Tourtellotte & Hummel was an American architectural firm from Boise, Idaho and Portland, Oregon. The firm was established in Boise in 1896 as the private practice of architect John E. Tourtellotte. In 1901, he made Charles F. Hummel a partner in ...

Mission Revival The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century ...

style. Its front facade has a gabled roof, a baroque-curved

bell tower A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tower ...

, a round-arched entrance, and "stucco fabric enriched with wrought-iron ornament." It was built in 1928 with a nave and a sanctuary and

sacristy A sacristy, also known as a vestry or preparation room, is a room in Christian churches for the keeping of vestments (such as the alb and chasuble) and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and parish records. The sacristy is usually located ...

offset at the rear. It was modified with additions in 1977. It is located on First Street at Hayes Avenue, directly across from the

First Baptist Church of Emmett The First Baptist Church of Emmett, at the northeast corner of 1st St. and Hayes Ave. in Emmett, Idaho, was built in 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The church faces south onto 1st St. It has "Italianesq ...

. With It is one of six churches within a two block area of Emmett, established there from 1906 to 1934, which were together studied and proposed for listing on the National Register. The six are: Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart (Emmett, Idaho), Emmett Presbyterian Church,

, Methodist Episcopal Church (Emmett, Idaho), and St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Emmett, Idaho), which were all listed in 1980, and the First Full Gospel/United Pentecostal Church, which was not listed.

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Roman Catholic churches in Idaho National Register of Historic Places in Gem County, Idaho Mission Revival architecture in Idaho Buildings and structures completed in 1928 {{Idaho-NRHP-stub