Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart

Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart
The mission school in 1975
LocationOff U.S. 95
De Smet, Idaho
Coordinates47°08′45″N 116°54′52″W / 47.145898°N 116.914382°W / 47.145898; -116.914382
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.75000623[1]
Added to NRHPApril 21, 1975

Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart is a historic church mission school off U.S. 95 in Desmet, Idaho.

The mission was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

The mission was destroyed by fire in 2011.[2]

The NRHP-listed building was a major schoolhouse which had been built in two phases. Its three-story front section was built after 1900. A smaller hip-roofed two-story brick structure, connected at the rear, was built after 1877.[3]

At the time of NRHP listing, the first floor of another early structure survived in a two-story building, but was not deemed eligible for NRHP listing.[3]

The original chapel of the mission was destroyed in a 1939 fire.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Mike Prager (February 3, 2011). "Historic school building burns in DeSmet". Spokesman-Review.
  3. ^ a b c Merle W. Wells (March 26, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart, Desmet". National Park Service. Retrieved August 22, 2017. With two photos from 1975.