Welcome to Caldwell’s Steunenberg Residential Historic District

The Steunenberg Residential Historic District has been established by the City of Caldwell to protect this diverse neighborhood’s history, architecture, ecology and scenic features that is potentially threatened by Caldwell’s rapid growth and development.

The Steunenberg Residential Historic District is one of the most historically intact neighborhoods in Idaho, possessing more than 330 residential properties. An indication of this neighborhood’s historic presence is the fact that many of the homes located there are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Boundaries

The Stueneberg Historic Neighborhood is bounded by The College of Idaho (20th Avenue), Blaine Street, Fillmore Street to Sixteenth Avenue South, cutting over to Everett Street, up to Twelfth Avenue South, to Blaine Street (excluding the block of East Cleveland from Thirteenth Avenue to Twelfth Avenue.)

 

Historic Preservation Commission Review

Any changes or modifications (except paint color) to the outside of the home visible from the street or public right of way requires Certificate of Appropriateness approval.  A Certificate of Appropriateness (C of A) application is applied for utilizing the forms at the Planning and Zoning Department. Staff will determine if the C of A can be staff level approval or commission approval. If it is determined, it requires commission level approval; staff will provide the application and documents to the commission on their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The applicant or representative of the applicant will present and answer questions from the commission at the public meeting. The commission will either issue a certificate of appropriateness or not. After or in conjunction with the C of A application the building permit application to the city should be applied for with applicable fees paid if applicable. The decision of the commission can be appealed and is considered a recommendation to the building permit process.