Photograph of Bonners Ferry Main Post Office — Photograph by Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

US Post Office-Bonners Ferry Main

Built in 1938 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“The Bonners Ferry Main Post Office in Bonners Ferry, Idaho was built in 1938. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as U.S.”
Wikipedia article Bonners Ferry Main Post Office, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Boundary County · listed in 1989 · category: Building · built in 1938, Neoclassical architecture, by Louis A. Simon.

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.
Listed as. US Post Office--Bonners Ferry Main - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 215 First, Bonners Ferry, 83805
When was it listed? March 1989
Category. building
Also known as. US Post Offices in Idaho 1900-1941 MPS
Census division. Bonners Ferry
When was it built? 1938
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
Architect. Louis A. Simon
National Register reference number. 89000129 - 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Bonners Ferry Main between 1992 and 2020, burning about 205 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 10 were 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
Debris and open burning	45
Natural	39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	29
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Arson/incendiarism	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Recreation and ceremony	8
Fireworks	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Smoking	4

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
9 September 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	RIVERSIDE
9 September 1992	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	FRENCH CONNECTION
7 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	WAGON WHEEL RD
5 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge	MYRTLE CREEK
30 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	PETERSON
30 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	MOONSHADOW
3 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	CRAWFISH
25 September 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Idaho Panhandle National Forest	SNOW RIP

Every fire recorded in Boundary County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of US Post Office-Bonners Ferry Main: 6 producers, 6 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfides, 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
Arsenopyrite Vein	Arsenic, Iron, Sulfides	Occurrence
Pit No 1 Dist No 15 Cow Creek	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone	Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
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 Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Boundary County

Storms near this property

22 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonners Ferry, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flood, 2 debris flow. The reports record 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
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Bonners Ferry	1 hurt, $20,000	Thunderstorm winds swept through Boundary County. One man was injured while pinned down by a fallen tree near Bonners Ferry. Fire and utility crews cleared over 20 downed trees from numerous roads in Bonner County.
March 2016	Debris Flow	Bonners Ferry	$500,000	Emergency management reported a significant slow slide more than one quarter mile long, timbered and somewhat steep near Cemetery road in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. City engineers and road and bridge workers were out surveying the situation.
May 1998	Flash Flood	Bonners Ferry	$500,000	Mudslides from heavy rain.
April 1998	Hail	Bonners Ferry	$100,000	1 3/4 inch hail 3 miles north of Bonners Ferry. COnsiderable damage to cars in the area
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Bonners Ferry	$76,500	no account filed
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Bonners Ferry	$50,000	wind damage power lines blown down near Kootenai river
May 2023	Debris Flow	Bonners Ferry	$1,000	Debris flow from the Russell Mountain burn scar due to rain and snowmelt at the higher elevations. Mud, logs and rocks moved downslope and covered parts of Ball Creek Rd.
September 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Bonners Ferry	$500	Observer reported downed trees in Bonners Ferry. A gust of 46 MPH was recorded in Bonners Ferry.
September 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Bonners Ferry	$500	Media reported several trees down at the fairgrounds. A gust of 46 MPH was recorded in the area.
September 2016	Hail	Bonners Ferry	-	A trained weather spotter reported 0.75 inch hail one mile northwest of Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
September 2016	Hail	Bonners Ferry	-	A member of the public reported 0.88 inch hail 3 miles north northwest of Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Bonners Ferry	-	An emergency manager reported that a couple of trees fell due to thunderstorm wind gusts. One car was struck and a low voltage line knocked down by the fallen trees. The time of report was based off radar data.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Bonners Ferry	-	An emergency manager reported a tree top blew down between two homes at the Kootenai Tribal Mission. The time of the report was based off of radar data.
February 2015	Flood	Bonners Ferry	-	The Boundary County Emergency Manager reported water ponding on or flowing across numerous roads due to heavy rain and melting snow. Ruby Creek and Deep Creek went over their banks into the flood plain. Water was over Highland Flats Road.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Bonners Ferry	-	A severe thunderstorm brought high wind gusts that blew over several trees. Pea size hail and heavy rain was also observed with the thunderstorm.
April 1998	Hail	Bonners Ferry	-	1 inch hail from sheriffs office and spotters
June 1998	Heavy Rain	Bonners Ferry	-	1 inch of rain in 15 minutes
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Bonners Ferry	-	60 mph gust and 1/2 inch hail
June 2006	Flood	Bonners Ferry	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Bonners Ferry	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Bonners Ferry	-	no account filed
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Bonners Ferry	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boundary 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

4 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
Boundary County Courthouse	under 500 feet	1987
Fry's Trading Post	0.3 miles	1984
Russell and Pearl Soderling House	0.5 miles	1998
North Side School	0.5 miles	1992

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 89000129 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Boundary County	All 8 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.