Old Vault in Basement
Interior view from 1974 depicting the Boise City National Bank’s vault. This area is where the bank would store customer deposits, printed currency, precious metals, stocks, or anything of financial value. The vault also housed any federal assets allocated at the bank, a task all national banks were obligated to perform by the national government as a condition of federal charter. It is indetermined whether the bank vault was used by later businesses or served a functional purpose.
| Source: “Old Vault in Basement.” Historic American Buildings Survey, 1980. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/id0014.photos.058922p/resource/.