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Historic Sites Inventories

 

An important mission of the Council is to determine what sites and structures exist within Ada County that may be important to preserve for future generations.  Toward this end, the Council has embarked on several inventories, which together comprise our official inventory of historic sites:

Special Historic Sites


The following sites have been honored locally and/or nationally for their unique contributions to Preserving Ada County's Heritage:


Old Bridge National Register Properties
Click on the above link to see our past County Treasure Award winners. Click on the above link to visit our page of National Register properties.

Survey Reports


Note: These files tend to be fairly large PDF files.  Downloading can take considerable time on a slow connection.

Diversion Dam under construction, 1912 1990 Irrigation Study to be posted soon!

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1989 Ada County Historic Resources Reconnaissance Survey   1991 Star Historic District Feasibility Study

Boise Quarries

Star Interurban Depot

Barber Sawmills

1992 Boise Area of Impact Windshield Survey of
Historic Resources
1992 Star Historic District Phase I 1993 Northeast Boise Foothills Cultural Resources Survey

Dry Creek Study

Ada County Study

Mittleider Barn

1995 Dry Creek Study

1998 Phase I
Ada County Study

1999 Phase II
Ada County Study

  Includes Star & Eagle. Includes Meridian.

County Treasure Logo    

2000 Phase III
Ada County Study

   
Includes Kuna and Orchard.    

As a future goal, the Council would like to create a single, searchable database of historic sites to facilitate locating information about specific properties.  This is likely to be a very long term project, so check back here in the future to see what progress has been made. 

 

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