Fort Sherman Powder House 1972, view from Northwest

ID: 5564 ~ Source: Image courtesy of: National Park Service, National Register Digital Assets.

This file appears in: A Gathering Place, The Historical Fort Sherman: A place of beauty, used for centuries as a gathering place, became the foundation of the city we know today as Coeur d’Alene.

This is the Fort Sherman Powder House, located on 607 Mina Street in Coeur d'Alene. The Powder House served as the first real home to the Museum of North Idaho.

This file appears in: A Gathering Place, The Historical Fort Sherman: A place of beauty, used for centuries as a gathering place, became the foundation of the city we know today as Coeur d’Alene.

A Gathering Place, The Historical Fort Sherman: A place of beauty, used for centuries as a gathering place, became the foundation of the city we know today as Coeur d’Alene.

By Katherine Hentges

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