The Riggins Motel, at 615 S. State Highway 95 in Riggins in

Idaho County, Idaho Idaho County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho, and the largest by area in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,541. The county seat is Grangeville. Previous county seats of the area were Florence (1864–68), Washingto ...

, was listed on the

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in 2001. It has also been known as Rowe Motel. The listing included five contributing buildings and a contributing object. It is a U-shaped motel complex consisting of two cottages and three multi-unit sections totaling 18 rooms. Its first cottage was built in 1946, a second was built in 1946, and the remainder was built in 1947–50, in 1951–52, and in 1952. They are one-story frame buildings on poured concrete foundations, which "reflect the Minimal Traditional style popular in the 1940s and 1950s." The complex was deemed notable as "The cottages and the motel units composing the Riggins Motel exemplify the combination and transition of early roadside hostelry from the cottage-camp phase to the motor-court phase of American roadside architecture. The buildings embody the characteristics and design typical of post-WWII motel architecture." With .

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Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho Buildings and structures completed in 1946 Idaho County, Idaho 1946 establishments in Idaho {{Idaho-NRHP-stub