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Immanuel M.E. Church - TrICA
 The work has begun!!
The Immanuel ME Church renovation is now a featured project on Preservation Idaho - click here
With the purchase of the Immanuel Methodist Episcopal Church by the Treasure Valley Institute for Children's Arts or TrICA, the chapter called the "Hyde Park Community Center" has closed and a new chapter is thankfully beginning.
One of the primary goals of the project according to Jon Swarthout, founder and director of the Children's Dance Institute and TrICA will remain, "to restore the Immanuel M.E. Church at the corner of 14th and Eastman". The "Old" Church was built just after the turn of the century.
The church was designed by the architects of the Idaho State Capitol, J. E. Tourtellotte and Hummel. The chief architect is reported to have been Mr. Hummel of the firm. It is a rare and unique building and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
 The Church operated and was a center of the Northend neighborhood community until the mid 1980s, when it was purchased as a private residence and the interior and fixtures were dismantled and sold off. It was then sold again and not well-maintained or renovated and continued to deteriorate.
TrICA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. For more information about the project and TrICA go to www.trica.org
To find out how you can support this project contact call (208) 484-0142.
Photos
Top: Gathering at Capital Campaign Kick-off 11/03/07.
Middle: Mayor Bieter and Jon Swarthout address at Kick-off.
Bottom: South-facing stained glass window detail.
The south and east facing walls are dominated by large stained glass works that are made up of 17 panels each in the largest windows.
 The areas of the window that appear black in the photo are damaged areas.
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