Underwood Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

One of 31 National Register listings published here for Bonneville County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 343-349 W. C Street, Idaho Falls, 83402
When was it listed? August 1984
Category. building
Also known as. Idaho Falls Downtown MRA
Census division. Idaho Falls
Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 84001102 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Underwood Hotel: 19 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Stone. 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
Burns Pit	Stone	Producer
Amcor Crushing Plant	Pumice	Producer
Rock Hollow	Pumice	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Bonneville County

Storms near this property

60 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Idaho Falls, the town this property stands in, in 82 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 43 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 8 funnel cloud, 6 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	1 killed, $15,000	Early on August 21st a thunderstorm caused trees to into a house on Pioneer Road in Idaho Falls killing an 82 year old man in his bedroom. Trees were also downed on East Lincoln Road.
July 2021	Lightning	Idaho Falls	1 hurt	A 60 year old man was struck by lightning at 1240 PM in the back parking lot of Love's Travel Stop in Idaho Falls at South 45th West. He was taken to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center for treatment.
April 2018	Hail	Idaho Falls	$29,750,000	At least 28 reports of 1 to 2 inch hail were reported in the Ammon and Idaho Falls area and extensive damage was reported to residential and business structures. Extensive automobile damage was reported as well. Emergency management and insurance company reports estimated the damage from the large hail at $29,750,000. Approximately 2,600 structures and 1,800 vehicles sustained damage from the hail storm.
May 2023	Flash Flood	Idaho Falls	$800,000	One to 3 inches of rain fell in two hours in the Idaho Falls area resulting in extreme street flooding in downtown Idaho Falls with underpasses with several feet of water and cars submerged in water. This occurred at the 17th Street underpass. Multiple homes with severe flooding and inches of water in their basements. Extreme damage to dozens of homes. Flooding in Idaho Falls City Hall and the Mountain America Events Center during a high school graduation ceremony. Several homes in the 30 to 80 thousand dollar damage amount from their home flooding.
June 2009	Lightning	Idaho Falls	$13,000	A lightning strike to a large tree in Taylorsville killed 13 dairy cows who were underneath it for shelter during a thunderstorn.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	$10,000	Thunderstorm wind combined with hail destroyed trailer.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	$9,000	no account filed
July 2019	Lightning	Idaho Falls	$5,000	On July 12th at about 9:15 pm lightning hit a chimney at the ARTitorium in downtown Idaho Falls. The Destinations Inn which shares a building with the ARTitorium was evacuated by all 24 guests until fire fighters could inspect the building. One vehicle was hit by a brick from the chimney. Damage amounts were estimated.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	$5,000	Numerous large trees reported down in Idaho Falls. Homes and vehicles damaged. One wood and sheet metal shed destroyed. Several fences were blown down. At least 9,000 electric customers were without power.
June 2004	Lightning	Idaho Falls	$5,000	Lightning blew out windows in a house and split trees causing them to collapse.
September 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	$4,000	Thunderstorm induced winds broke power poles and lines, and downed numerous trees. A downed power line caused a fire that destroyed a billboard.
July 2017	Flash Flood	Idaho Falls	$2,000	Over an inch of rain fell in the Idaho Falls area in a two hour period causing flash flooding. In Idaho Falls water was over Buckboard Lane with several inches of water on city streets on the west side. The Yellowstone Ave underpass flooded along with some basements. Grandview Drive and Saturn Avenue flooded. A road near Russ Freeman Park was flooded. A vehicle was stuck in 2 feet of water on 17th Street. Flooding was several inches deep at the intersection of North Blvd and Shelley Street. The Idaho Falls airport set a daily precipitation record on July 26th of 1.06 inches.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	$2,000	KIFI Channel 8 in Idaho Falls reported damage at an Idaho Falls home due to the wind uprooting a pine tree and damaging a newly built fence.
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	$2,000	no account filed
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	$1,300	Large tree limbs downed on power lne on South Boulevard near E 23rd St in Idaho Falls. Power outage for 1,400 customers reported by Idaho Power.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	$1,000	Multiple trees and power lines reported in Idaho Falls. 2,000 customers were without electricity .
June 2017	Hail	Idaho Falls	$1,000	Hail 1.25 inches was recorded in Idaho Falls and 3,000 Idaho Falls Power customers lost power due to a transformer failure. The outage was areas south of 17th street.
April 2016	Lightning	Idaho Falls	$1,000	Lightning struck a power pole in the northern part of Idaho Falls and left 1,700 Rocky Mountain Power customers without power for just over one hour on April 10th. A power line was arcing on the ground and caused a brief fire.
April 2018	Lightning	Idaho Falls	$100	In an odd occurrence, Idaho Fish and Game gathered 50 dead geese which were struck by lighting over the city of Idaho Falls. They believed the geese were killed by lightning based on investigation of the geese's bodies. The dead geese fell from the sky. No monetary damage occurred, it was listed to be able to enter this event into the history of events.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	About 2,600 customers in Idaho Falls without power due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	Idaho Transportation Department RWIS Idaho Falls site measured a 59 mph wind gust.
July 2021	Flood	Idaho Falls	-	Significant street and yard flooding occurred on the west side of Idaho Falls including Saddle Court, Troy Ave, and around Skyline High School. Water was over the bottoms of vehicles.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	A 70 mph gust measured at Kettle Butte site.
September 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	A 66 mph wind gust measured at Kettle Butte mesonet site on US Highway 20.
September 2020	Funnel Cloud	Idaho Falls	-	Well defined funnel cloud photographed 8 miles west of Idaho Falls by KIDK viewer.
September 2020	Hail	Idaho Falls	-	One inch hail caused damage to roof in Idaho Falls with holes the size of a quarter.
September 2020	Funnel Cloud	Idaho Falls	-	KPVI viewer shared photograph of funnel cloud north of Idaho Falls.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	About 200 people were without power in Idaho Falls in the Holmes and Cleveland street areas due to strong winds damaging power lines.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees near 5th West and Rockingham Streets on July 12th at around 9 pm MDT in Idaho Falls.
September 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	A 60 mph wind gust was measured at the Osgood ITD site 6 miles north northwest of Idaho Falls.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	A 65 mph wind gust was meaasurede at the Idaho Falls ITD site at the interstate 15 and US highway 20 intersection.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Idaho Falls	-	Vehicles reported submerged under water at the Northgate Mile Overpass. Additional reports of flooding from Lomax Street, Melody Street, Holmes Avenue and other streets.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	Several large trees reported snapped off near base near Idaho Falls airport, including on Singletree Circle. Tree also reported down at Old Butte Soccer Complex.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	Power pole downed near Utah Avenue.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	A large Wendy's sign blown out with debris in the roadway near the intersection of N Holmes Ave and N Yellowstone Highway.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	Two trees downed on University Place campus.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	A row of partially constructed storage units collapsed on East Iona Rd near North 15th East.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	Multiple large trees downed at Pinecrest Municipal Golf Course.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	Power lines downed near the intersection of 33rd St and 5th E.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	A tree was downed at Rose Hill Cemetery.
May 2018	Funnel Cloud	Idaho Falls	-	Several photographs received of a funnel cloud west and northwest of Idaho Falls around 5 pm MDT.
May 2018	Flash Flood	Idaho Falls	-	Extensive street flooding occurred from heavy rain from severe thunderstorms in Idaho Falls. Minor basement flooding also occurred.
May 2018	Hail	Idaho Falls	-	One inch hail near the Lowes in Idaho Falls.
June 2018	Flash Flood	Idaho Falls	-	Heavy rains from a thunderstorm brought neighborhood street flooding to Idaho Falls with ankle deep water. The main flooded area was the Stonebrook subdivision off of Sunnyside Road.
March 2016	Funnel Cloud	Idaho Falls	-	A cold air funnel cloud was photographed near Idaho Falls late in the morning on March 28th.
August 2015	Hail	Idaho Falls	-	Several reports and photographs received of one inch hail in and around Idaho Falls.
May 2015	Funnel Cloud	Idaho Falls	-	Funnel cloud photographed on the south side of Idaho Falls around 1 pm MDT.
August 2015	Funnel Cloud	Idaho Falls	-	Several reports of funnel cloud near Idaho Falls. Many photographs received of the cloud.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	Photographs of large tree snapped and felled.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Idaho Falls	-	Over 2 inches of rain in one hour caused flooding mainly at the Grand Teton Mall where over one foot of water accumulated in the parking lot.
August 2014	Heavy Rain	Idaho Falls	-	Bonneville County was declared a natural disaster area by the USDA due to barley crop loss in August from heavy rains. Eastern Idaho lost about 64 million dollars of barley crops due to the rains with a portion of that occurring in Bonneville County.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	A severe thunderstorm wind at around 3:45 pm MDT on the west side of Idaho Falls near the intersection of Olympia St. and Washburn Ave. caused a large tree branch to be snapped off of a tree.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	Sixty-one mph wind gust at Kettle Butte.
September 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	Kettle Butte ARL FRD mesonet site recorded 58 mph wind gusts.
September 2001	Hail	Idaho Falls	-	Baseball sized hail reported on mile post 110 on interstate 15 near Idaho Falls.
September 1998	Flood	Idaho Falls	-	TSTM caused city underpasses to flood up to 6' deep. Some cars sunk. Dozens of basements flooded.
July 1997	Flood	Idaho Falls	-	0.50 or more rain in one hour has flooded many streets, underpasses and other low spots around Idaho Falls.
June 1997	Heavy Rain	Idaho Falls	-	Heavy rain flooded and closed several street underpasses with water also in a few basements. 1.19 inches of rain recorded at Channel 3 news studio. Hail up to 1/2 inch diameter was also observed downtown.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	no account filed
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Idaho Falls	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bonneville 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

6 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
Idaho Falls City Building	under 500 feet	1984
Montgomery Ward Building	under 500 feet	1984
U.S. Post Office	under 500 feet	1979
Bonneville Hotel	under 500 feet	1984
Kress Building	under 500 feet	1984
Hotel Idaho	0.1 miles	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 84001102 in Record Group 79.
Bonneville County	All 31 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.
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.