Idaho Falls City Water Tower Water Tower, 1951, Notice that the label on the tower promotes the city electric division. Located off Capital and Eagle Rock Streets About 140 Capital Avenue
In 1939 the City of Idaho Falls needed to upgrade their power system to handle the needs of the growing community. A relay station was built near the City Central Power plant located on the Snake River near Capital and Broadway where the City Electrical building now stands.April 13 1939
In 1939 the City of Idaho Falls purchased the Lower Dam and Power Plant fro Utah Power. They rebuilt the aging dam built in 1911. The damis located about 8 miles ourth of the City Central Power plant. Address was 8635 South 35 West. Now knonwn as the Gem State Power plant and dam. Gem Lake Recreational Area was created building of this dam.
Early Idaho Falls Police Force 1930's Man on the back on the left is Ernest Harker, first row second from the left is Barzilla Clark He was mayor of Idaho falls from 1926 to 1936 and also Idaho governor 1937–1939.
City of Idaho Falls Policeman Ernest Harker in the early 1930s
Idaho Falls Police Officers staff December 23, 1966 Taken on the steps of City Hall on Constitution Avenue
War Bonnet Parade August 10 1949 corner of Shoup and D Street Idaho Falls Fire Department Float. This was the cities's newest engine and considered state of the art for the time.
City of Idaho Falls Garage 805 North Yellowstone Highway 1950s
Snow Removal in Idaho Falls This is a 1954 Farmall Super "H" tractor
Emergency warning sound system These date from the late 1940's through the 1950s Made by Western Electic they were used to warn citizens of air raids and natural disasters. The two people are in lab coats indicating they may have been testing the equipment.
Idaho State Police early highway patrol officers 1940–1943
General Services Administration Federal Building, 591 Park Avenue, Idaho Falls, June 11, 1970. The Federal Building was built . Between 1914-1916 The main purpose was to serve as the Federal Post Office.
General Services Administration Federal Building, 591 Park Avenue, June 11, 1970. In addition to the post office, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Department of Agriculture News, the Civil Service Investigator, and the Defense Investigative Service occupied the building in its early years.
General Services Federal building back In 1986, the Post Office was closed and the Federal Building was sold to private investors.The pictures show the back and side views of this impressive building
Groundbreaking for the Federal building 1914
This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Bonneville County Fire District #1, Carl Poulter chief, July 15, 1970.
BPOE (Elks) Lodge 429 Shoup It was on Shoup Ave between A and B Streets. July 1957 A new building was built on East Elva in 1959, later this building on Shoup burned
BPOE Lodge color Postcard This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
The Idaho Falls lodge of I.O.O.F. was built in 1909.387 Park Avenue. It is the sole remaining example of Romanesque Revival motifs that once dominated commercial buildings on early Broadway and Park Avenue. When it was built, two arched entrances served the first floor, which housed a grocery store, the Star movie theater, and an undertaker.
Japanese American League members gathering October 1947. The Idaho Falls Chapter of the JACL advocates for civil rights, supporting Japanese Americans in Eastern Idaho against discrimination. Rooted in t part of the national advocates for civil rights, supporting Japanese Americans in Eastern Idaho against discrimination.
Japanese American Citizens League committee members The people in the photo are: sitting from left unidentified, Martha Sakaguchi, Joe Nishioka, Sud Morishita, Charlie Hirai, Martha Inouye, Yuki "Eke" Inouye. Standing: Sam Sakaguchi and Fred Ochi
Japanese American Citizens League picking sugar beets. Many Members of the JACL were farmers who adapted to the Idaho landscape, working on ranches and in agriculture.
Japenese Presentation. This is probably a presentation by the Japenese American Citizens League, nost likely in their building at 187 1st Street. From the two people on the left it can be assummed that this was taken in the late 1930s oe the very early 1940s
JACL Building 180 1st Street This is a contemporty view of the buiilding that was the home of JACL from their organization in 1929 to the closing in 1941. Activities including Japanese language lessons and stage productions were held here. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history
Jaycee's Fall Festival, Advertizing held November 15, 1946 The Idaho Falls Jaycees are part of a national service organization founded in 1920 by Henry Giessenbier to provide leadership training for young people. The Jaycees focus on developing leadership skills in young people aged 18–40 through service-oriented projects.
Jaycee's Fall Festival Street Scene November 16 1946
Jaycee's Fall Festival Bingo November 16 1946
Jaycee's Fall Festival November 16, 1946 serving hot dogs to festival attendees
American Legion display window honoring Veteran's Day November 11, 1970,
Alpine 4-H camp lodge, just across the Idaho/Wyoming border, August 1969. Local 4-H groups and other organizations used this building for summer camps during thr 1970s
Broadway Early View looking East taken between 1910 and 1915. The Carnagie Library was built at the end of the street in 1916
Broadway Early View looking east. Same picture as above but enhanced by Google Gemini AI
Broadway 1954 with the New Grand Hotel and Bar in the lower left.This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Broadway 300 Block This is the 300 Block of Broadway, Idaho Falls, Idaho looking south, including Scott's Book Store, General Electric and Fred's Cafe.
Broadway & Shoup. Chesbro Music was at 327 Broadway in the Bybee Building. In 1946 they occupied the second floor above Wally's Grocery. KID radio was broadcast from the Western Union building next door.
Broadway 300 Block showing the art deco fronts of Scott's Book Store and General Electric
Broadway and Park southeast corner aboput 1900 looking east This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Back of the buildings on Broadway on the South Side of Broadway between Park and Cottage Avenue (now Yellowstone Highway) about1905 This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Carnegie Library taken from the old grain elevator on Eagle Rock Street. Corner north east Corner of Elm and Eastern. Now part of the Museum of Idaho Complex.
In the 1960s a Safeway stood on the spot of the garage building on the right. Later Dextors janitorial supply house. In the early 1960s the little white building to the left was used as a Baptist Church. The tower in the middle by the Railroad Tracks was a traffic control system. It stopped cars from crossing the tracts when a train was coming.
Park Avenue Idaho Falls Idaho About 1950 looking north from Broadway.
Yellowstone and C Street before the Mountain Bell building was torn down. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
North end of North Gate Mile before it was North Gate Mile. Pinecrest Golf Course is in the upper left. Safeway grocery store is in the middle with the flags. The area to the front is where the Country Club Mall would be built. It is where Fred Meyer is now located. This is probably dated to the late 1940s or early 1950s.
A Street Between Park and Shoup The 1936 City Directory has the Gayety Theater at 352 A Street.
The company that owned the Gayety also had the REX on Park Av and the Rio on Bdwy . that Company closed down the Gayety shortly after widescreen features were realized in 1954 . the Gayety was a narrow auditorium that couldn't do the modification for widescreen .Northwest Passage showed at the Gayety Theatre from June 8 - 12, 1940. It showed at the Paramount in March 1940, and was partly filmed in Idaho. Pioneer Book store was next door to Snowballs . Street North side of the street. There was a restaurant in the 90's, Brewed Awakening, in the old bank location. Paper products were stored in the basement next to the cool old vault and the underground tunnel entrances. Very spooky
A Street Upper view showing apartments above the businesses Snowballs was located at 360 A Street
A Street showing the Paramount theater Before the Swan was attached over the forner Turf bar location and the letters went out to the 4 Plex on Niagara. Late 1980s
Memorial Drive 1936 taken near the intersection of Memorial and D Street looking north. The LDS Hospital can be seen in the back. The Shane Apartment building is on the right. At the far end is the home of Doctor Ray Hatch built in 1919. He was sent by LDS President Heber J Grant to build the LDS Hospital. He owned a car which he kept stored in the city garage, the white building on the left of Memorial. When he wanted the car he would call and they would bring it to him.
Memorial Drive and the Intersection of D Street looking West. The white building is about where the parking lot for the Greenbelt is today 2026
Idaho Falls Post Card showing the falls. Probably about 1946 or 1947
Idaho Falls Post Card showing the falls. Probably about 1946 or 1947
Westside of the Snake River This photo is of the west side of the river,the city dump was there also, as was Dutton Ville, which was a collection of run down shacks that was a hold over from the early days of the Great Depression of the 1930's .It is where the West Bank hotel and restaurant is located
Westside of the Snake River Looking north, taken about where the Shilo is on River Parkway. July 9, 1936. This photo is of the west side of the river,the city dump was there also, as was Dutton Ville, which was a collection of run down shacks that was a hold over from the early days of the Great Depression of the 1930's In 1957 and ’58 several thousand truckloads of soil were hauled in to cover the garbage trash
Sahara Street located one block south of East 21st Street between Santalema Drive and Artic Avenue
University Manor Housing Development. Collage This appers to be advertising photos for a new housing development named University Manor southwest of the corner of 17th and St. Clair Road. In the background in the picture in the lower right appears to be Edgemont School. This housing development was being built in the early 1950s
L.D.S. Hospital This building is the LDS Hospital at Idaho Falls, Idaho. It is located where the Idaho Falls North Stake Building is now located on Memorial Drive and Riverside. There was a tunnel to the temple. They shared laundry facilities. The Idaho Falls LDS Hospital opened in October 1923. The nursing students lived on the third floor of the hospital and patients occupied the first and fourth floors. In 1924, the second floor of the hospital opened for patients.
Dr Ray Hatch was sent by President heber J Grant of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to Idaho Falls in 1919 to oversee the construction of a new hospital. It was completed in 1923. It was a staple of health care for decades in Idaho Falls. In April 1975, the LDS Church divested its hospital holdings, transferring ownership to the newly formed non-profit Intermountain Health Care At this stage, it was briefly known simply as Idaho Falls Hospital..On January 1, 1978, Idaho Falls Hospital and Community Hospital (formerly Sacred Heart) merged to form Idaho Falls Consolidated Hospitals, Inc. Tthe former LDS Hospital was renamed Riverview Hospital, while the former Sacred Heart/Community Hospital became Parkview Hospital.In the early 1980s, plans were made to build a single, state-of-the-art facility. This resulted in the opening of the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (EIRMC) in December 1986. Following the move to EIRMC, the Riverview Hospital building was razed in 1987.
LDS Hospital Nurses at work, Picture on the left is the nurses ishelping a patient in their room, the upper picture on the right is the nurses helping in surgery and the lower picture on the right is working the in the nursey with the newborn babies. These pictures date to the late 1940s.
LDS Hospital Nursing School located on RiversideDrive.The Idaho Falls LDS School of Nursing was established alongside the LDS Hospital. The nursing school was integral to the hospital, with the third floor serving as a residence for nurses before a separate, tunnel-connected nurse's home was constructed. It served the Upper Snake River Valley before the church divested ownership in 1975
LDS Hospital Nursing school newspaper article announcing the opening of the Nursing Home building. The idaho Falls Post Register May 11, 1942
LDS Hospital Pink Ladies, Idaho Falls, Idaho, September 21, 1971
Sacred Heart Hospital was first established in 1941 when the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration, purchased a small hospital on Boulevard from Dr. H.D. Spencer . In 1949 the hospital was moved to a new building on Boulevard across from Tautphaus Park. In 1974, the Franciscan Sisters turned over operations to a local non-profit board, renaming it Community Hospital of Idaho Falls. When Eastern Idaho Medical Center was built this build was torn down. This picture was raken 15 November 1949 soon after the bulding was completed.
Drawing of the proposed Sacred Heart Hospital, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1946.
Sacred Heart Hospital Collage 2525 South Boulevard. November 19, 1949 soon after the hospital was opened in this location
In 1946 a fund raising campaign was conducted to build a new hospital across from Tautphaus Park. These are some of the photos used for the fund raising campaign in 1946.
Sacred Heart Hospital staff. The lady in white is Sister Mary Victoria Hospital Administrator. The lady in black is Siste Regula. 1946
Standard Optical opened at 446 Park Avenue, Idaho Falls, Idaho in December 1948.
Dr James S Allen Veternarian from the north 100 Yellowstone Avenue. The vetenary clinic was originally at 349 North Capital downtown Idaho Falls. In 1949 or 1950 the clinic moved to 1199 North Yellowstone. This picture is the North Yellowstone location. Taken about 1960
Dr James S Allen Idaho Falls Veternary Hospital South Side 1199 North Yellowstone about 1960 Doctor Allen and his wife lived in an apartment above the hospital
Alpha Health Spa, 1705 E. 17th, Idaho Falls, Idaho, February 3, 1972. Grand Opening
Alpha Health Spa, 1705 E. 17th, Idaho Falls, Idaho, February 3, 1972. Cutting the ribbon for the grand opening S Eddy Peterson Mayor of Idaho Falls, Fred Ochi the painter is on the far right
Alpha Heath Spa, 1705 E. 17th, February 3, 1972. Men and women were assigned alternate day to use the facility
Judd Apartments. 781 Oxford.This is Oxford Avenue looking south the apartments behind Linden Park elementary.
Wackerli Apartments. 676 Memorial Drive .They were originally the Shane Apartments, then known by other names. This undated photo is when they were the Tway & Shaw Apartments, though the sign still said Shane Apartments. Alvin Shane was an early mayor and developer of Idaho Falls. Dated when Memorial Drive had trees. These were considered the premier apartments in IdahoFalls.
Mack's Cabins, 425 North Yellowstone Apartment Style Residental Housing
Riviera Apartments, 1690 Riviera, Idaho Falls, Idaho, February 1, 1973.
Riviera Apartments, 1690 Riviera, Corner of Riviera and 17th Street February 1, 1973
Milner Apartment Building, Idaho Falls, Idaho, March 3, 1976, 695 Park Avenue.James Kechajias lived there and may have been the manager
St John's Episcopal Church in Idaho Falls, Idaho, from the late 1930s or early 1940s. 260 North Placer The building next door was the parsonage where the minister lived.
St. John"s Episcopal Church, 260 North Placer. May 22, 1968 Interior view of the Alter
St. Johns Episcopal Church,260 North Placer, Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 22, 1968
St. John's Episcopal Church Officials May 22, 1968. The upper right is Reverend jack Viggers
The original Episcopal Church downtown on the southeast corner of Park Avenue and A Street. It was demolished in 1909 when the new church built on Placer Avenue. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history. This image has been enehanced and colorized by Google Gemini.
Hope Lutheran church Original building Initially, services were held in a room at the YMCA, but in the spring of 1958, construction of the new church began on E. 17th St. Services were held in the basement of the new building as soon as a roof was in place. Due to Hope Lutheran’s growth over the years, ground breaking services for a larger church and school were held at 2071 12th St. (current location) on April 13, 1980. Services began at the new location in December 1980, and the dedication made on June 21, 1981.
Hope Lutheran Church, 1310 East 17th Street, Corner of Jeppson and 17th. December 8, 1969.
Hope Lutheran Church, 1310 17th Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho, August 22, 1969
Trinity Methodist Church, Idaho Falls, Idaho. August 17, 1956, 227 North Water. In 1978 the Cathedral Stained Glass Company repaired the windows, and after repairs, covered the windows with Lexan, a clear unbreakable polycarbonate to protect the windows from vandalism
First Congregational Church 775 Lincoln Street on 9th and Lincoln 1960s
First Baptist church construction 665 John Adams. In 1882 Rebecca Mitchell was insrumental in bulding the first church house between Ogden Utah and Butte Montana. This was the First baptist Church located on Ash and Eastern. In 1915 they built a second and larger building on Third Street and Central Street. In 1969 they built a new bulding on John Adams
First Christian Church, December 2, 1948, 600 South Boulevard at the corner of South Boulevard and Birch Street. The building became the Salvation Army Serenity Hall before being torn down.
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science Church), February 14, 1934. 234 C Street. It was across from the City Hall.
Salvation Army Youth Rally at the Salvation Army Building, 521 North Capital March 21, 1942
Salvation Army Band on the steps of the Bonneville County Courthouse in the mid 1920s
LDS Idaho Falls Temple 1949
LDS 3rd Ward Building located at 187 E 13th. Built in 1937. The sacrament prep room was front right down a narrow spiral stair case to a small room at the bottom. The gym was in the basement, it had 20 foot ceilings. Construction began then the stock market crashed and there weren’t funds to complete it, so the church had fundraisers dinners and dances . In the 1980s it was a community center for one of the school districts, before becoming a private dance school in the 2000s, and it is now The Healing Sanctuary aholistic healing center.
Shelley Church Taken in the 1930's or early 1940's. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Shelley 1st Ward on North Park, where the current church is located.
Ward family reunion, at the Coltman Ward Building, Bonneville County, Idaho, July 16, 1966
We recognize George Ward, Annie Loveland Ward, and Eldon Ward in the back center
Eagle Rock Elementary School 650 Chamberlain Street. Established in 1913 Notice the steel tube fire escape. Students were bussed to Eagle Rock elementary for 5th grade. It had 4 classrooms - 2 upstairs, 2 on the main floor. It was an experimental project to see if 5th graders could successfully change classes for different subjects.
Emerson Elementary School 335 5th Street. School established in 1920 From the back with the little building in the back. The single story one on the right was the original building and then they built the larger building where they had kindergarten classes, the building on the left is 1st , 2nd, and 3rd grade. Both buildings are still there. The district invested about a million dollars to upgrade them to use as an alternative high school.
Eastside Elementary School from the back. 324 East 14th Street. It was esbablished in 1911 and was abandoned in 1968. The empty school was being used for storage. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Eastside Elementary School about 1913
This 2-story, 8 classroom (10 after a basement renovation), sand stone building opened its doors to students. The 2 centrally located staircases had deep groves in the wood where countless young feet left their mark.There was a tube sliding down the tube fire escape. By 1967 the aging exterior sand stone was soft enough to easily carve ones initials in it with just a stick. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Eastside Elementary School 324 East 14th Street Between Higbee & Emerson, and 14th & 15th.Streets. Showing the back of the school with the playground and kids playing in the 1950s
Linden Park Elementary School 1305 9th Street This is 9th Street, looking East. School was established in 1955
Riverside Elementary School from the back
Theresa Bunker Elementary School 1385 East 16th Street September 25, 1963. This picture was taken right after the school was opened. It opened late because it wasn't finished before time for the school to start.
Theresa Bunker Elementary School Classroom 1960s Pembroke’s Idaho was the original Yost office systems. The projector was a brand new technology for teaching students from a overhead projectors to a screen instead of writing on a chalkboard. You could also right on the transparency. Teacher Yvonne Gale
Theresa Bunker Elementary School Classroom Student Participation 1960s The teacher is Mr. Jerry Sherwood in Science class. Dana Page and Sherri Nichols in front of the teacher. Dave McDonald is the boy under the poster
Theresa Bunker Elementary School Classroom Student Involvment Teacher Mrs. Wickham
Theresa Bunker Elementary School Classroom Teacher Rose French
Theresa Bunker Elementary School Principle, Dyle Ellison
Theresa Bunker, teacher, Idaho Falls, Idaho, March 23, 1965 Theresa Bunker elementary school 1385 East 16th Street is named for her
O. E. Bell Jr High School 151 North Ridge. In the fall of 1930, Idaho Falls Junior High School opened to students This building was later named O E. Bell junior high, after the principal Otis E Bell.
O E Bell Construction Junior High school addition, constructed 1935 - 1937, Idaho Falls, Idaho. The southern part of the building was constructed in 1928.
Professor Otis Emmett Bell 1886-1939 The building known as O E Bell the school building on Elm and Water is named for him
Idaho Falls Central High School where the Aquatic Center is located in 2026. Later it became Central Jr. High. It burned down during lunch April 24,1973. There was an Olympic size pool when in use. There was a running track above the gym, There was an athletic field playground for the school Home Ec. Was taught there for the kids from O.E. Bell. They had to walk there and back everyday The west one half of the main floor was the woodshop classroom. Upstairs was classrooms for Algebra and Home Economics. This picture is from an Idaho Falls High School yearbook.
This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
The Idaho Falls Central High School . As the oldest high school in Idaho Falls, IFHS was established in 1897. The first building was this three-story structure on the corner of North Water and Walnut Street, behind what later became O. E. Bell Junior High School. Following the construction of a larger building that occupied the entire block between 6th and 7th Streets and S. Boulevard and South Lee Avenue The original school building became the school district administration building and was also used for overflow classrooms as part of O.E. Bell Jr. High. It was later razed and is now part of the parking lot behind the present O.E. Bell office building.
When the current campus on South Holmes Avenue opened in 1952, the building on 7th Street this became Central Junior High School
Idaho Falls Central High School front entry. This became Central Junior High School, which burned down on 24 April 1973. The fire started at the end of the lunch hour. The fire started at the back side of the auditorium. The building was mostly old dried out wood and it went up fast. It spread through the attic area and literally burnt it to the ground except for the outside walls which were brick.
Idaho Falls High School, Class of 1954. this would be at the OE Bell auditorium, before commencement ceremonies for IFHS migrated to the Civic Auditorium in the new high school.
Idaho Falls Class of 1966, over 600 students make a great IF configuration on stage
In 66-67 the school was on split sessions while Skyline was being built. Sophomore English classes were moved three times because of the crowded conditions. First we errr in the shop area under the bleachers, then to other teachers’ classrooms during their prep periods and finally to an empty classroom across the street in the seminary building.
High School Marching Band 300 Block of Broadway, Idaho Falls, Idaho, looking at north side.
Home Economics Class probably at Idaho Falls High School likely taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Home Ec Class Idaho Falls High School The Home Ec Room was upstairs above the auto shop in a separate building from the main school classroom
Bonneville High School 1970s. The original Bonneville High School building was constructed in 1957; the current, second building was opened in 1978. The orginal building became the Rocky Mountain Middle School.
Bonneville High Sshool Drivers Education October 5, 1967 Blaine Godfrey, District Superintendent for Distruct 93-second to the left. DeLynn Hansen to the left. He was a drivers ed teacher & bulding construction teacher. The car was donated by Vista Volkswagen on D Street. The other two men could be from Vista Volkswagen.
Firth Idaho High School, December 22, 1967.
Leadore Idaho School, November 17, 1970
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