This 1941 photo shows the south side of the college’s incomplete Mechanical Arts Building. The outbreak of World War II stalled work on the structure until hostilities ended.
October 25, 2024
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MOVING HISTORY FORWARD: Finding the college a home and beginning to build
In early 1940, NIJC Trustees C.D. Simpson and A.S. Green resigned from the board of Trustees, having moved out of the Junior College District. Retired mining executive, Horace H. “Dusty” Rhodes of Coeur d’Alene, and Post Fall High School Principal George Oliver “G.O.” Kildow were appointed to replace them. In addition, a local lawyer, Eugene “Bill” Boughton was hired to advise the board on matters of law.