The Shoup Building is a historic commercial building located at the intersection of Center and Main Streets in

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. The three-story building was constructed in 1886 for merchant

George Shoup George Laird Shoup (June 15, 1836December 21, 1904) was an American politician who served as the List of Governors of Idaho, first governor of Idaho, in addition to its last Idaho Territory, territorial governor. He served several months after st ...

; Shoup went on to become the first

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. The building was one of the most architecturally exquisite in territorial Idaho, and state and local newspapers praised the structure upon its completion. The brick building's design features segmental arched windows and a brick

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with a red and white band of brick below it. Shoup used the first floor of the building for his store; the second floor held the

Lemhi County Lemhi County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,974. The largest city and county seat is Salmon. The county was established in 1869, named after Fort Lemhi (or Limhi), a remote Mormon mis ...

courts, and the third floor served as the local

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hall. The building was added to the

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on March 31, 1978.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho Commercial buildings completed in 1886 Buildings and structures in Lemhi County, Idaho National Register of Historic Places in Lemhi County, Idaho {{Idaho-NRHP-stub