ICRIS record 10CN532 · Parma, Idaho

Parma High School Campus

An evolved educational landscape joining academic buildings, district offices, vocational facilities, circulation systems, and a broad range of athletic resources.

1957 + later phases1105 East McConnellCanyon County40 survey views

Parma High School principal entrance and north elevation, showing the glazed entrance, blue metal fascia, brick walls, and public approach. View south.

01 · The record

A campus recorded as a system

The resource extends beyond one high-school building. Its academic, administrative, vocational, circulation, and athletic parts explain how the district campus works and how it has changed.

Smithsonian number: 10CN532
IHSI number: 27-14541
Historic name: Parma High School
Field ID: 88-D-373
Property type: Evolved educational campus
Original use: Education · School
Construction: 1957 + later phases
Eligibility: Unevaluated
Center coordinates: 43°47.37′ N, 116°56.17′ W
Historic survey: 1988 · Jim Koehler

Survey update
Forty current-condition photographs by Jeffery Holley, March 29, 2026. The package documents the district block east of North 8th Street without assigning contributing status or making an eligibility determination.

Architectural description

10CN532 occupies the block east of North 8th Street between East McConnell Avenue and Walker Road. Academic buildings fill the southern part of the block; athletic grounds extend north. Panther Way, parking areas, drives, walks, lawns, fenced courts, and field routes connect the campus.

Parma High School is chiefly one story, with an irregular plan assembled from low classroom, commons, service, and assembly volumes. Reddish brick, textured concrete masonry, blue metal fascias, shallow roofs, grouped windows, glass block, broad canopies, and glazed entrances define its exterior.

The Bruce Mitchell Science and Technology Center uses stepped brick volumes and a taller name-bearing masonry block. Panther Library and Parma Middle School form low wings around walks, lawns, and courtyards. Julian Laca Gymnasium rises above them as a tall brick volume with a shallow curved roof.

The district office, AG/VO building, and greenhouse add administrative and vocational functions. North of the schools, the tennis courts, baseball complex, football stadium, athletic entrance, concession stand, storage trailer, fences, lighting, and fields complete the campus landscape.

Character-defining features

Integrated academic and athletic campus
South-to-north organization of buildings and fields
Multiple construction phases
Low brick and concrete-masonry academic wings
Blue metal fascias and entrance canopies
Grouped windows and glass-block panels
Covered passages, courtyards, and sheltered circulation
Julian Laca Gymnasium’s tall brick volume and curved roof
District office, AG/VO building, and greenhouse
Jessie Eddie Tennis Courts
Bob Sloan Baseball facilities
Football field, track, grandstand, and press box
Panther Athletic Entrance
Concrete-block concession stand
Network of roads, walks, lawns, fences, and fields

02 · Campus significance

Education extends beyond the classroom

The campus records a broad civic investment in education: classrooms, science, vocational training, administration, libraries, athletics, gathering spaces, and the routes that bind them together. Its value lies in the relationships among those parts as much as in any single building.

The current ICRIS record lists overall and individual eligibility as unevaluated. This documentation identifies visible evidence and present conditions; it does not make a National Register determination.

03 · Photo survey

Forty views across the campus

The sequence begins with the high school, moves through the science center, library, middle school, gymnasium, district and vocational buildings, then crosses the athletic grounds. Select any photograph to expand it.

04 · Photo key

Camera stations and campus coverage

The three-sheet key locates the documented resource area and the numbered camera stations used for the academic campus and athletic grounds.

Explore the complete field-photo mapView all 506 geotagged survey photographs in their campus locations →Open the complete three-sheet photo key as a PDF ↗

05 · Documentation

Files behind the survey summary

These files preserve the prior state record, architectural description, photographic log, field recommendations, upload order, coverage review, and final key map.

Historic ICRIS RecordSix-page state record for Parma High School · created 1988 Architectural Description and Character-Defining FeaturesCampus-wide description, visible alterations, features, and source notes ICRIS Photo Log · CSVForty filenames, components, camera directions, elevations, captions, coordinates, and upload order ICRIS Photo Log · ExcelSpreadsheet version for review and record management Final Photo Key MapOverview, academic-campus stations, and athletic-ground stations ICRIS Details and Survey MethodScope, selection method, filename convention, upload sequence, and standards Coverage and Confirmation NotesChecks on resource scope, photographic coverage, and items requiring confirmation ICRIS Field RecommendationsRecommended descriptive fields, materials, plan, style, and working feature list Reverse Upload ChecklistICRIS upload order from photograph 40 through photograph 01