The Commercial Historic District in

Potlatch, Idaho Potlatch is a city in the Northwestern United States, northwest United States, located in North Central Idaho, north central Idaho in Latah County, Idaho, Latah County, about east of the border with Washington (state), Washington. On the Palouse ...

was listed on the

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in 1986. In 1986, it included seven

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and a

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. It includes work by architect

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and work by A.M. Homes. It includes seven buildings of the administrative center of historic Potlatch, which was a company town of the Potlatch Lumber Company, plus some additional objects. Specifically, it includes: *Washington. Idaho and Montana Railway Depot (1906), a two-story west-facing building, the first major building completed in Potlatch, designed by

*Gymnasium building (1916), a two-story frame building designed by architect A. M. Holmes, the largest building in Potlatch. South facing, with a

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, it has an open porch on its east, south, and west sides supported by 16 Doric columns. *Implement Store, a two-story frame building with a

. Served as storage warehouse for the lumber company's Townsite Department, the maintenance department for the town. *Administrative Office (1917), a two-and-one-half-story frame building which was the main administrative office building for the lumber company, and in the 1950s became

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. *Storage Building, a two-and-one-half-story building with a metal roof on a concrete foundation *Produce Cellar (1910 or 1911), with capacity for 25 railroad carloads, a by structure built into the side of a hill, with brick walls and a metal gambrel roof. *Creamery (probably 1906), a one-story building with a hipped metal roof, sided with clapboard, west-facing, adjacent to the depot building to its south. *a large boulder monument to William Deary *Engine 1 of the Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway. with The city of Potlatch offers a free walking tour guide, "A Walking Tour of the Potlatch Commercial District" at the city hall, at 195 6th Street. The guide is provided by the Potlatch Historical Society.

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Buildings and structures in Latah County, Idaho Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho National Register of Historic Places in Latah County, Idaho History of rail transportation in the United States {{Idaho-NRHP-stub

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