Galo Arambarri Boarding House Explained

Galo Arambarri Boarding House
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Nearest City:Shoshone, Idaho
Coordinates:42.9375°N -114.4047°W
Built:1913-14
Builder:Berriochoa, Ignacio
Added:September 8, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:83002357

The Galo Arambarri Boarding House near Shoshone, Idaho is a stone building that was built during 1913-1914 by Basque stonemason Ignacio Berriochoa. The building served as a boarding house for Basque men who worked as sheepherders in the area. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

It is a one-and-a-half-story 31feet by 60feet structure with a narrow bargeboard on the front gable end of its roof. The stone walls on its sides rise 3feet higher than the stone walls at the front and rear. The long roof is interrupted by three shallow dormers facing to the side, each with a shallow gable roof and a narrow bargeboard.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=83002357}} Idaho State Historical Society Inventory: Galo Arambarri Boarding House ]. . March 11, 2017 . with