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The Boise Bomb Shelter was constructed in 1961.  It was designed as a prototype fallout shelter for the highlands neighborhood in Boise.  Shares of stock were available on a family-share basis and sold for $100 each.  It was the first fallout shelter of its type in the United States - a large underground concrete building designed to house multiple families for an extended period of time in the event of nuclear attack.  The structure is two stories, 14,000 square feet, steel reinforced concrete, located entirely underground.  Originally the facility included dormitories, kitchens and decontamination showers.

Fortunately, the cold war faded away.  On September 15, 1972 the facility was purchased by The Independent School District of Boise City, who owned it for over thirty years.  They used the building for administrative offices and storage of school records, furniture, film reels, etc.  The decontamination showers were converted into offices and the kitchen was converted into a wood shop.

In 2001, the School District consolidated several of their office locations into a new building on Victory Road and they no longer needed the Bomb Shelter.  In 2003, the Bomb Shelter facility was sold to Jon P. Farren.  The facility is now used as an engineering office and numerous music rehearsal studios.

LOCATION:  In the highlands neighborhood on the north end of Boise.  Bogus Basin Ski Resort is about 25 miles north, Highlands Elementary School is across the steet to the south, Crane Creek Country Club is on the east side and the Governor's mansion is on the west side.








                                  



                       







Prototype Bomb Shelter for Boise.pdf

Ground Breaking.pdf

Governor Breaks Ground.pdf