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Welcome to the Neighborhood!
A great place to live for over 100 years!
Good news! The Old Nampa Historic District is officially recognized! To view the
boundaries of the district,
click here.
Purpose of the Old Nampa Neighborhood Association:
The Old Nampa Neighborhood Association seeks to build a cohesive and vibrant community in the Old Nampa District. This is achieved through aggressive monitoring and championing of established zoning criteria and other land use concerns, the establishment and promotion of the Old Nampa Historic District, the utilization of urban design improvements and guidelines for future development such as public open space and design review, recommendations for alternate transportation routes and
street beautification, and improvements to the safety and livability of the neighborhood.
The Old Nampa Neighborhood Association seeks to build a cohesive and vibrant community in the Old Nampa District. This is achieved through aggressive monitoring and championing of established zoning criteria and other land use concerns, the establishment and promotion of the Old Nampa Historic District, the utilization of urban design improvements and guidelines for future development such as public open space and design review, recommendations for alternate transportation routes and
street beautification, and improvements to the safety and livability of the neighborhood.
"... the mainstream preservation movement has concerned itself mainly with 'trophy buildings' - city halls, courthouses, mansions, historic theaters, hotels, residences designed by famous architects. All of these are eminently worth preserving. But while those buildings were being fought for, thousands of more modest buildings were lost to the wrecking ball. They continue to be lost. Few people have stepped up to defend the bungalows, working-class Victorians, historic gas stations, small commercial buildings, old warehouses and other modest buildings that have been targeted, and a huge number of them have been demolished. Those buildings represent a large part of our history - the history of ordinary people who built them, worked in them, lived in them.
We are told this is the price of progress. It isn't. We can no longer afford to throw away the now irreplaceable materials and craftsmanship that went into those buildings. To do so is an affront to the labor and artistry of those who built them. These buildings are the old-growth forests we've cut down, the stone we've quarried, the metal we've mined, the bricks we've fired. The tiniest bungalow contains several hundred board feet of old-growth timber. It is an insult to the trees that gave their lives to send that wood splintered and useless to a landfill."
Jane Powell
"Confessions of a Radical Preservationist"
American Bungalow, Nov. 2007 - Feb. 2008
Wear it with Pride!
Old Nampa Neighborhood Association
t-shirts are now available for purchase at
the Flying M Garage (located at the corner
of 13th Ave. S. & 2nd St.) and at
the Canyon County Historical Society (located at 1200 Front St. in the historic
train depot).
Just $15 to look great and be proud of
where you call home!