BlockFrom the record
One of 92 National Register listings published here for Bear Lake County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Paris Photo Studio
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. W. Center St., Paris, 83261
- When was it listed? November 1982
- Category. building
- Also known as. Paris MRA
- Census division. Paris
- National Register reference number. 82000289 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Paris Photo Studio between 2003 and 2019, burning about 507 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 148 acres | Idaho Falls District | LITTLE VALLEY |
| 22 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Idaho Falls District | LITTLEVALL |
| 4 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | GRANDY HOLLOW |
| 24 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 94 acres | Idaho Falls District | DINGLE |
| 2 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 211 acres | Idaho Falls District | WORM CREEK |
| 17 August 2015 | Natural | 27 acres | Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge | REFUGE |
| 26 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge | TOUR ROUTE |
| 4 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge | CARP |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Paris Photo Studio: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Manganese, Lead, Vanadium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berrett and Ricks Prospect | Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Cerussite, Galena | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Paris Peak | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Paris-Bloomington | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium, Zinc, Thallium, Silver, Selenium, REE, Cadmium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Bear Lake Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Spence Group | Lead | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Manganese Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Manganese Occurrence | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Welker Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| McIlwee Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown |
Storms near this property
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paris, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paris | $1,200 | Power pole snapped by thunderstorm wind causing power outage. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Browning Block | under 500 feet | 1982 |
| Beck Barns and Automobile Storage | under 500 feet | 1982 | |
 | Pendrey Drug Store Building | under 500 feet | 1982 |
 | Bear Lake Market | under 500 feet | 1982 |
 | Telephone Company Bungalow | under 500 feet | 1982 |
| Shepherd Hardware | under 500 feet | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82000289 in Record Group 79. |
| Bear Lake County | All 92 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.