Shoup Building - Salmon, Idaho - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The 1886 Shoup Building was built for George L. Shoup who was an earlier settler and founder of Salmon, Idaho. The three-story building was designed by Allen Merritt a local engineer and surveyor. The ground floor was occupied by the Shoup Store or “Big Store” which opened in Sept. 1887. The second floor was occupied by offices and the third floor was the Masonic Lodge. For more on the store see (visit link)

George Laird Shoup was born in 1836 in Pennsylvania and died in 1904 in Boise, Idaho. In 1874, Shoup was elected to the territorial legislature and he was appointed by President Benjamin Harrison as the governor of Idaho Territory in 1889. Following the territory becoming a state in 1890 he was elected to the US Senate.

Street address: Center and Main Sts Salmon, Idaho United States 83467 County / Borough / Parish: Lemhi Year listed: 1978 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Enngineering Periods of significance: 1875 - 1924 Historic function: Government, Social Current function: Commerce/Trade Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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