Jump to content

Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar

Add links
Coordinates: 42°41′50″N 114°31′5″W / 42.69722°N 114.51806°W / 42.69722; -114.51806
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar
Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar is located in Idaho
Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar
Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar
Location in Idaho
Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar is located in the United States
Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar
Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar
Location in United States
Nearest cityJerome, Idaho
Coordinates42°41′50″N 114°31′5″W / 42.69722°N 114.51806°W / 42.69722; -114.51806
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1922 (1922)
Built byJay Van Hook
Architectural styleVernacular/Potato house
MPSLava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR[1] (64000165)
NRHP reference No.83002309
Added to NRHP8 September 1983[2]

The Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar is a historic potato house located in Jerome, Idaho.

Description and history

[edit]

The Van Hook potato cellar was built in 1922 using local lava rock. The low, earth covered structure is about 122 feet (37 m) long with stone end walls of about 58 feet (18 m). The facade and end walls slope to about 12 feet (3.7 m) above ground level at center. Each of these wall has an 8-foot (2.4 m) double door large enough and configured to allow wagons or trucks to drive through the building. Flush jams and lintels of rough concrete surround the doors, the lintels faced with wooden planks. Small four paned ventilation windows near ground level are on either side of the doors on both ends. The main facade door has a smaller door cut into it. The interior is supported by a pole framework covered with wire, straw and dirt. The interior floor slopes downward to about 6 feet (1.8 m) below ground level at center. The wide joints of the masonry are filled to the face of the stone making the stones appear submerged in mortar. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1983, as part of a group of structures built from lava rock in south central Idaho.[3][4]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "National Register Information System – Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System – Jay Van Hook Potato Cellar (#83002309)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Van Hook, Jay, Potato Cellar". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. September 8, 1983. Retrieved February 22, 2020. With a photo by M. Posey-Ploss from 1981.
  4. ^ Posey–Ploss, Marian (September 8, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
[edit]


This article about a building or structure in Idaho is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a property in Idaho on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jay_Van_Hook_Potato_Cellar&oldid=1169120594"