Hotel Charbonneau
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Hotel Charbonneau | |
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| Location |
207 Wisconsin Street Priest River, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 48°10′45″N 116°54′32″W / 48.179244°N 116.908928°WCoordinates: 48°10′45″N 116°54′32″W / 48.179244°N 116.908928°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1912 |
| NRHP Reference # | 91001718[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 1991 |
The Hotel Charbonneau is located at 88 Wisconsin Street (formally 207 Wisconsin Street) in Priest River, Idaho and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was originally constructed in 1912 by Charles and Dora Charbonneau (architects PJ Young and Charles Charbonneau). During the first half of the 20th century, Priest River and the Hotel Charbonneau, which is located one block away from where the train station used to be, was a popular stopping-off point for people traveling to nearby Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Sandpoint, and Priest Lake. In 1920, Dora Charbonneau added a brick addition onto the south side of the hotel to accommodate more guests. After the brick addition was built, the Hotel Charbonneau boasted 27 guest rooms with more than half of them having their own private bathrooms; an extravagant luxury at that time.
The Charbonneau operated as a hotel/boarding house until the late 1980s when it was abandoned and risked being condemned. In 1991 the Priest River Restoration and Revitalization Committee (PRRRC), a local non-profit group composed entirely of volunteers, took control of the Hotel Charbonneau and saved it from complete deterioration. Among the PRRRC's accomplishments was having the Hotel Charbonneau added to the National Register of Historic Places (11/19/91), which protects the historic structure for future generations.
The Hotel Charbonneau is currently privately owned and undergoing restoration.
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The Hotel Charbonneau
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Restored front entrance
References
- ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.