John Stickel House

The John Stickel House is a historic house built of lava rock located in Jerome, Idaho, United States.

John Stickel House
John Stickel House
Location of house in Idaho
John Stickel House
Location in the United States
Nearest cityJerome, Idaho
Coordinates42°42′42″N 114°34′39″W
Arealess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1931 (1931)
MasonEd Bennett
Architectural styleVernacular
MPSLava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR[1] (64000165)
NRHP reference No.83002305
Added to NRHP8 September 1983[2]

Description

Built of lava rock with random rubble masonry this one story historic home has a shallow gabled roof. Unpainted shipboard covers the gables above the stonework laid by Ed Bennet. It represents an unaltered work of vernacular architecture by Bennet built from rock that was from the property of the farmer John Stickel.[3] Stickel was born in South Dakota and died in 1961.[4]

History

The house was built in 1931 by mason Ed Bennet. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1983.[3][5]

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System  Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  2. "National Register Information System  John Stickel House (#83002305)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: John Stickel House". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 8 Sep 1983. Retrieved 1 Mar 2020. With 2 photos from 1983.
  4. "Memorial page for John Stickel (2 Jan 1882–19 Nov 1961)". Find A Grave. Memorial no. 79209821 in Jerome Cemetery, Jerome, Idaho; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8). Retrieved 8 Feb 2020.
  5. Posey–Ploss, Marian (8 Sep 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved 15 Feb 2020.


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