Discover 6 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Soda Springs (United States). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Geyser Park, Enders Hotel, and Soda Springs City Hall. Also, be sure to include Edgar Walter Largilliere Sr. House in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Soda Springs (Idaho).
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Geyser Park
Fountain, Park, Relax in park
Address: 76 S Main St, Soda Springs
Enders Hotel
Hotel in Soda Springs, Idaho. The Enders Hotel is a historic hotel at 76 S. Main St. in Soda Springs in Caribou County, Idaho. It was built in Early Commercial style in 1917. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
It has the only facade from before 1950 on the Main Street. It is a three-story building with a rectangular first floor but C-shaped upper floors which provide windows for all hotel rooms. As of Summer 2021, the hotel is closed and the number is disconnected.[1]
Address: 76 S Main St, Soda Springs
Soda Springs City Hall
Soda Springs City Hall, located at 109 S. Main St. in Soda Springs, Idaho was built in 1902. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
It has also been known as Soda Springs City Police Station. The building was deemed "historically significant as it is the only extant building associated with the early village government of one of Idaho's oldest cities, and which housed the civic offices for three quarters of a century. Architecturally, it is one of the few remaining examples of a vernacular style using lava rock, an abundant local building material. It is also one of the few remaining buildings with a boomtown false front, although this was once a prevalent feature of Soda Springs' commercial streetscape." It Currently is the local scout house for boys and girls.[2]
Edgar Walter Largilliere Sr. House
The Edgar Walter Largilliere Sr. House, located at 30 West Second South St. in Soda Springs, Idaho, was built in 1938. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The house was built in about 1899 and was extensively remodeled in 1938 for Edgar Largilliere to be a substantive house. The house was originally covered with shingles and later additions, including to serve as a bank in 1976, also were shingle-covered.
It has also been known as The Breadbasket, after its 1990-91 further renovation to serve as a restaurant and bakery.[3]
Caribou County Courthouse
The Caribou County Courthouse, at 159 S. Main in Soda Springs in Caribou County, Idaho, was built in 1919. It is in Classical Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
It is a two-story building on a raised basement. It was built for Caribou County by contractor C.K. Bocker. The county was split out of Bannock County in 1919 and, despite relatively sparse population, its citizens passed a bond resolution to pay for the courthouse in May 1919, and it was built later that year.[4]
William Hopkins House
The William Hopkins House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Its NRHP nomination stated:
The Hopkins residence is typical of vernacular stone architecture applied on an extremely modest scale to accommodate the needs of the frontier bachelor or family of two. Being of such a small scale its significance has all too frequently been ignored with the result this sort of structure is becoming a disappearing segment of the Idaho landscape. The Hopkins residence is the best example of its genre in Soda Springs and one of the more intact examples of its style in the state we have found in the course of our survey of the state to date.[5]