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It was 1929 and a creamery was built, along with a boiler house, a warehouse, and a garage and pump building. The creamery provided jobs for men during the great depression to feed their families and pay their taxes. Other community members hauled milk to the creamery and were employed by the creamery, whose product was called challenge butter. The creamery continuously ran seven days a week for 40 years while it was owned by the Ada County Dairymen's Association. In the later years of operation the creamery was affiliated with Wyeth Laboratories to manufacture SMA baby formula. After the operations were ceased in 1970 the dairymen’s milk was shipped to Caldwell for processing. From the 1970s until early 2006, the site was used mainly as …show more content…

The City Hall hosts all of the public hearings and they also host art shows on the top floor. The building received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification, a standard currently attained by only a handful of Idaho homes and buildings. On the third floor of Meridian City Hall, directly across from the Mayor’s Office reception area, the Meridian Arts Commission maintains an elegant art display space called Initial Point Gallery. The carpeted gallery, filled with natural light, features about 120 feet of wall space for the display of two-dimensional art, as well as several wood and acrylic display cases for the exhibition of three-dimensional works of art. Art shows are continuously hosted along with art auctions. There are bright colorful flyers advertising the fun event so that after looking at the art people may be interested in participating. If people are interested in learning more about the history of the building or other historic things about Meridian the Idaho Historical Society is located inside the building. The historical society contains archived documents and photographs relating to Meridian's history and several display cases exhibiting items from Meridian's past. A part of why the City Hall is nicknamed the “One Stop Shop” is because it contains the historical society. The historical society is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday 11:00am - 4:00pm. The exterior of Meridian City Hall was designed as

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