Jack Oughton House Explained

Jack Oughton House
Nearest City:Shoshone, Idaho
Coordinates:42.9369°N -114.4022°W
Built:1920s-1931
Builder:Oughton, Jack
Reed, Sandy
Architecture:Mixed (more than 2 styles from different periods)
Added:September 8, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:83002383

The Jack Oughton House near Shoshone, Idaho was begun during the 1920s and completed in 1931 by stonemasons Jack Oughton and his partner Sandy Reed. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

It is a one-story stone house about 28feet by 48feet in plan with a hipped roof and exposed rafters. It has windows and a front door with concrete lintels. Its architecture seems to reflect Bungalow architecture as well as other influence.

It was deemed significant as an example of vernacular architecture and for association with Jack Oughton, who worked as a stonemason around Shoshone for more than three decades, and whose home it was.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=83002383}} Idaho State Historical Society Inventory for Group Nomination: Jack Oughton House ]. . 1982 . January 23, 2017 . with