• Lewis-Clark State College Gymnasium - Lewiston ID
    "The gymnasium room is flanked on two sides by bleachers and there are additional seating spaces over the entrance lobby and locker rooms. Doors at the rear of the building open directly to the athletic field. The exterior walls are concrete with a rubbed finish and are painted with cement paint as a protection against moisture. Interior partitions are wood. Windows above the bleachers and three skylights provide ample light. The old building was remodeled for use as administrative offices for the school. The project was completed in November 1938 at a construction cost of $74,310 and a project cost...
  • Rural Electrification - Lewiston ID
    The June 1937 issue of Western Construction News notes REA work in Idaho. "The REA has alloted $75,000 to the Clearwater Valley Light and Power Association, Lewiston Idaho, for construction of a generating plant of 800 KW capacity." "The REA has alloted $400,000 to the Clearwater Valley Light & Power Association, Lewiston Idaho, for construction of 300 miles of transmission lines in Idaho and Washington." "In 1936, Kenneth Summers was manager at a farmer's co-op, the Lenore Grain and Seed Grower's Company. The machines, needed to process the grain seed, needed electricity but the nearest power line was many miles away. Despite repeated...