Main and Center Sts., Paris, Idaho. County/parish: Bear Lake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 18, 1982. NRIS 82000265.
Part of Paris MRA (NRIS 64000820).
1 contributing building.
The Browning Block, a building on the southeast corner of Main and Center Sts. in Paris, Idaho, was built in 1905. The building has included specialty stores and a local bank. It is centrally located; across the intersection, on the northeast corner, is the Bear Lake County Courthouse, also NRHP-listed. The construction of the building greatly changed the surrounding streetscape; the commercial block absorbed a preexisting bank building and made Main Street narrower by 16 feet (4.9 m). In addition, the building had some of the most lavish architecture in the city, as it featured a classically inspired frieze and decorative marquees.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84248072