Last updated: February 16, 2021
Place
Block 22
NPS Photo
Quick Facts
Location:
Minidoka National Historic Site
Significance:
Historic Structures
Designation:
National Historic Site
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No
Amenities
3 listed
Benches/Seating, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Scenic View/Photo Spot
The historic mess hall and residential barrack of Block 22 are two of Minidoka’s original buildings. After the camp closed, nearly all of the 600 buildings were relocated to nearby communities and farmsteads. This mess hall became a canning kitchen at the Jerome County Fairgrounds, while the barrack was repurposed for migrant worker housing on a local farm. Both buildings were returned to the site in the 2000s and can be accessed during guided tours.