Minidoka County is named for the Native American Lakota word for “a fountain or spring of water” or for the Shoshone word for “broad expanse”.
Created: January 28, 1913
County Seat:
Rupert 1913 – present
County Courthouse – Rupert
Location: 715 G Street / 7th Street
Built: 1916 – 1917
Style: Neo-Classical Revival
Architect: L M Gates
Contractor: Krueger & Brown of Twin Falls
Description: The building faces east and is a two story buff colored brick structure. The east front has a central entrance has two red stone columns and a red stone pediment. The cornice below the roof line is red stone. The roof line is flat
County Judicial Building – Rupert
Location: 715 G Street / 7th Street
Built: 1974 – 1975
Style: Modern
Architect: Dropping Kelley Hosford and LaMarche of Boise
Contractor: Neilsen & Company
Description: The building faces south and is a one story buff colored brick structure. The building is the Sherman J. Bellwood Judicial Building. The building is on the north side of the courthouse and has an open portico at the entrance. Vertical dividers run along the central section. The roof line is flat.
See: The architect Dropping Kelley Hosford and LaMarche of Boise designed the the courthouse in Latah County and the Idaho Supreme Court building.
Courthouses:
N – Blaine County
E – Blaine County
S – Cassia County
W – Jerome County and Lincoln County
Photos taken 2011