Galo Arambarri Boarding House

The Galo Arambarri Boarding House near Shoshone, Idaho is a stone building that was built during 1913-1914 by Basque stonemason Ignacio Berriochoa. The building served as a boarding house for Basque men who worked as sheepherders in the area.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

Galo Arambarri Boarding House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Shoshone, Idaho
Coordinates	42°56′15″N 114°24′17″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913-14
Built by	Berriochoa, Ignacio
MPS	Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR
NRHP reference No.	83002357[1]
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1983

It is a one-and-a-half-story 31 feet (9.4 m) by 60 feet (18 m) structure with a narrow bargeboard on the front gable end of its roof. The stone walls on its sides rise 3 feet (0.91 m) higher than the stone walls at the front and rear. The long roof is interrupted by three shallow dormers facing to the side, each with a shallow gable roof and a narrow bargeboard.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory: Galo Arambarri Boarding House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 11, 2017. with photo from 1983