The Shoup Building is a historic commercial building located at the intersection of Center and Main Streets in

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. The three-story building was constructed in 1886 for merchant George Shoup; Shoup went on to become the first

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. The building was one of the most architecturally exquisite in territorial Idaho, and state and local newspapers praised the structure upon its completion. The brick building's design features segmental arched windows and a brick

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with a red and white band of brick below it. Shoup used the first floor of the building for his store; the second floor held the Lemhi County courts, and the third floor served as the local

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hall. The building was added to the

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on March 31, 1978.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho Commercial buildings completed in 1886 National Register of Historic Places in Lemhi County, Idaho Salmon, Idaho {{Idaho-NRHP-stub