Jerome Cooperative Creamery
Jerome Cooperative Creamery | |
 The building's exterior in 2012 | |
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| Nearest city | Jerome, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 42°43′21″N 114°31′18″W / 42.72250°N 114.52167°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1915, 1924, 1933 |
| Built by | Pugh,H. T. |
| MPS | Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 83002338[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
The Jerome Cooperative Creamery is a cooperative creamery and also refers to historic lava rock structures used by the creamery on Birch Street in Jerome, Idaho, United States. The structures were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. They were built in 1915, 1924, and 1933 by master stonemason H.T. Pugh who popularized the use of lava rock in the Jerome area.[1][2][3]
The Jerome Cooperative Creamery paid $668,356.70 to local farmers for butterfat in 1926. The creamery produced 1.9 million pounds of butter that year.[4] In 1939, the creamery paid $1,183,378 for butterfat.[5] Roy D. Smith was the manager of the creamery for 38 years from the early 1920s until the late 1950s.[6]
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Idaho
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Jerome County, Idaho
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Nancy Capace (2001). Encyclopedia of Idaho. North American Book Dist. LLC. p. 315. ISBN 0403096065.
- ^ "Idaho State Historical Society Nomination/Inventory: Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho: Jerome Cooperative Creamery". National Park Service. 1983. Retrieved August 28, 2016. with photo from 1980
- ^ "Creamery Ships Jerome Produce: Farmers Received $668,356.70 for Butterfat During 1926, Report Shows". The Spokesman Review. February 18, 1927.
- ^ "Co-Op Creamery Issues Report: Jerome Plant Paid Its Members $1,183,378 For Butterfat Last Year". Lewiston Morning Tribune. March 6, 1940.
- ^ "Dairy Council Honors Smith". Spokane Daily Chronicle. December 9, 1959.
Categories:
- 1915 establishments in Idaho
- Buildings and structures in Jerome County, Idaho
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
- Industrial buildings completed in 1915
- National Register of Historic Places in Jerome County, Idaho
- Lava rock buildings and structures
- Idaho building and structure stubs