Thompson Mortuary Chapel

Built in 1939 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Thompson Mortuary Chapel, now Demaray's Gooding Chapel, is a historic building in Gooding, Idaho, designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.”
Wikipedia article Thompson Mortuary Chapel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Gooding County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1939, modern architecture, by Tourtellotte & Hummel.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 737 Main St., Gooding, 83330
When was it listed? November 1982
Category. building
Also known as. Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
Census division. Gooding
When was it built? 1939
Architectural style. modern architecture
Architect. Tourtellotte & Hummel
National Register reference number. 82000348 - 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

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Thompson Mortuary Chapel between 1996 and 2020, burning about 17,324 acres in total. 5 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
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Natural	5
Debris and open burning	3
Fireworks	2
Smoking	1
Firearms and explosives 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
7 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	75 acres	Gooding County	RURAL ASSIST 3
27 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Twin Falls District	SHOESTNG
2 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	190 acres	Twin Falls District	SHOESTRING EAST
19 September 1996	Debris and open burning	186 acres	Twin Falls District	GOODING
10 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Twin Falls District	MALAD RIVER
3 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Twin Falls District	POWERLINE
3 August 1999	Natural	1.0 acres	Twin Falls District	4SGOODING
28 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	13 acres	Twin Falls District	SHOESTRING II

Every fire recorded in Gooding County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Thompson Mortuary Chapel: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cinder Deposit	Volcanic Materials	Occurrence	Cinders
Cinder Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Gooding County

Storms near this property

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gooding, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 flood. 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
April 2017	Flood	Gooding	$250,000	The combination of rain and melting of near record snowpack in the Big Wood Basin led to significant flooding along the Big Wood River. Magic Reservoir filled to capacity sending large flows over the spillway and downriver through Gooding County. Extensive flooding of agricultural land occurred and several county roads were inundated with water. Just north of Gooding, portions of County Road 1700 South, 1800 East, and 1950 East were inundated with water and damaged. A few homes and businesses near the river were surrounded by water. Lowland flooding and damage to county roads occurred in the county well downstream from Gooding.
May 2017	Flood	Gooding	$100,000	Rapid snowmelt in the high elevations of the Big Wood Basin sent high flows over the spillway of Magic Reservoir causing flooding downstream in Gooding County. Agricultural land and low lying roads were impacted by the high water around the town of Gooding.
June 1998	Hail	Gooding	$2,000	no account filed
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Gooding	-	The ITD mesonet site north of Gooding recorded a wind gust of 64 MPH with reports of wind damage around the area.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Gooding	-	A 12 foot diameter Poplar tree was uprooted in Gooding.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gooding	-	The local newspaper reported several trees and power lines down around Gooding.
August 2014	Hail	Gooding	-	A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail, water running through his shop and downed branches in his yard measuring around 2,5 inches.
August 2009	Hail	Gooding	-	A trained spotter near Gooding, Idaho reported golf ball sized hail.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Gooding	-	A trained storm spotter reported that severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a 20-foot tall by 15-foot wide granary in Gooding.
April 2006	Hail	Gooding	-	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Gooding	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Gooding	-	no account filed
May 1996	Heavy Rain	Gooding	-	no account filed
May 1996	Heavy Rain	Gooding	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Gooding	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gooding County

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

5 within 8 miles

Other 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Trinity Episcopal Church	under 500 feet	1982
Schubert Theatre	0.3 miles	2004
Citizens State Bank	0.3 miles	1980
Kelly's Hotel	0.5 miles	1985
Gooding College Campus	1.0 miles	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82000348 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Gooding County	All 13 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.