HomeMy WebLinkAboutNational Historic Registry Information 42. Jerome Cooperative Creamery v 3
659-720 Third Street West
contributing
c. 1918
This is a one-and-a-half story building constructed of brick and lava rock that has been stuccoed. A
long, shed-roof dormer is located on the west elevation. Originally, the center of the first story had
a loading dock but this has been enclosed.
The 1911 Sanborn map indicates that the Lincoln Produce and Refrigeration Company occupied this
site. The Jerome Cooperative Creamery was established in Jerome, Idaho in 1915 and functioned as
a cooperative, in which farmers could bring milk and cream and trade them for processed dairy
products such as ice cream and cheese. The cooperative became overextended when it constructed
the building to the west (site 43) for the processing of whey. As a result the property was sold to
the Challenge Corporation in the 1930s. In the 1960s the Ida-Gem company purchased it and
continued its operations until 1978. Mr. Legg now owns the building and uses it as a refrigeration-
repair shop; his wife, Diane, uses the upper floor for a furniture store.
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Key Features:
• Ridge line perpendicular to the street
• Vertical siding
• Sliding service doors
• Metal industrial sash, some wood double hung win-
dows
Photo taken 2011 for the Warehouse Historic Design Guidelines Manual
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