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Bishop West Barn

Coordinates: 42°13′20″N 111°24′13″W / 42.22222°N 111.40361°W / 42.22222; -111.40361
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Bishop West Barn
Bishop West Barn is located in Idaho
Bishop West Barn
Bishop West Barn is located in the United States
Bishop West Barn
LocationW. 2nd St., Paris, Idaho
Coordinates42°13′20″N 111°24′13″W / 42.22222°N 111.40361°W / 42.22222; -111.40361
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1880
Architectural styleLog
MPSParis MRA
NRHP reference No.82000264[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1982

The Bishop West Barn, on W. 2nd St. in Paris, Idaho, was built in the 1880s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

It was associated with the leader (bishop) of a Mormon congregation. Specifically, it was deemed "significant for its association in folk memory with a Bishop West, who came to Paris to serve as bishop of the Paris First Ward in 1883. Appropriate to West's position in the Paris community, his barn is a large example of the Paris barn type in a variant with one side lean-to. Log construction details common to Paris appear in this barn: hewn log timbers joined with half-dovetail notching and chinked with split poles and daub."[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory for Group Nominations: Bishop West Barn". National Park Service. c. 1980. Retrieved January 5, 2020. With accompanying photo from 1979