

HISTORY
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





