Idaho Falls City Hall To Get First-Ever Elevator

The City of Idaho Falls, Idaho, is installing the first elevator in its City Hall’s 94-year history, Local News 8 reports. The elevator will make City Hall fully accessible. Ormond Builders is set to begin work on the elevator on the west side of the building this week. Local architectural firm Resin Architecture, which has extensive historical preservation experience, provided the design work for the elevator. The elevator’s design will keep the building’s look and feel, which has changed little since its construction in 1929 and 1930. “Creating accessibility into an historically significant building such as this is difficult. We are excited to have a solution that nods to the patterns of the structure while differentiating the new from the old,” Resin architect Greg Croft told the source. The elevator will be funded using money the City received under the American Rescue Plan Act. Construction is expected to continue through the majority of 2024.