Discover 6 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Malad City (United States). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Oneida County Courthouse, Malad Second Ward Tabernacle, and United Presbyterian Church. Also, be sure to include Co-op Block and J. N. Ireland Bank in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Malad City (Idaho).
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Oneida County Courthouse
Building in Malad City, Idaho. Oneida County Courthouse in Malad, Idaho is an Art Deco building built as a Works Project Administration project in 1939. It serves Oneida County, Idaho. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
It was designed by architects Sundberg & Sundberg, who also designed the Jefferson County Courthouse in Rigby and the Jerome County Courthouse in Jerome for WPA construction in 1938.
The courthouse replaced an 1882 Italianate courthouse.[1]
Malad Second Ward Tabernacle
Building. The Malad Second Ward Tabernacle is a tabernacle and meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Malad City, Idaho. It is significant for its large scale and unorthodox adaptation of architectural styles, as well as its historical importance to Oneida County, which once was among the most populated counties in Idaho. It is, along with six other buildings in Oneida County, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
United Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian church in Malad City, Idaho. The United Presbyterian Church in Malad City, Idaho was built in 1882 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Its NRHP nomination describes it as "a small and unpretentious brick chapel".[3]
Co-op Block and J. N. Ireland Bank
Building in Malad City, Idaho. The Co-op Block and J. N. Ireland Bank is a commercial block in Malad City, Idaho. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1979.
A section facing onto Main and a section facing onto Bannock were built in 1893, as part of an L-shaped structure built around a pre-existing wood-frame building at the corner. The corner building was replaced in 1907 by the J. N. Ireland and Co. Bank building. The entire block was built of red brick which was later whitewashed.[4]
Jedd Jones House
The Jedd Jones House in Malad City, Idaho was built in 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Its NRHP nomination asserts:
The wider architectural significance of the house stems from the impression of quality evinced by its precise and well-preserved rendering and architectural detail. It is as fine an example as any in the state—its effectiveness in this regard is reduced only by the overall white paint which obscures the modestly polychromatic exterior which the red brick together with the white gables would once have displayed—of what we have called the Queen-Anne-goingWestern-Colonial-style, That is, it illustrates very aptly the movement from the asymmetrical and visually elaborate Queen-Anne style, which was popular in Idaho's upper-class residential architecture during the last decade of the 19th century, and towards the more symmetrical and severe Western Colonial, which was popular throughout the state in the first decade of the twentieth; the transitional and later styles are more prevalent in slower-developing, agrarian southeast Idaho than is the earlier one.[5]
D.L. Evans Sr. Bungalow
The D.L. Evans Sr. Bungalow, located at 203 N. Main St in Malad City, Idaho, was built in 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
It is a Bungalow/craftsman-style house built in 1915. Its NRHP nomination deems it "significant architecturally as an elaborate, expensive, unusual, and almost pristine example of the bungalow style. It is also significant in the social history of Malad and Idaho as the residence of one of its foremost families; a family which, not incidentally, had a business interest in the popularization of bungalows."[6]