Pioneer Historic Byway
Preston-Oneida Stake Academy, ID

The Oneida Stake Academy is a unique 3-story Romanesque stone building, constructed in the early 1890s. It is topped with an octagonal bell tower making the building all the more intriguing. The building It is one of three out of 35 similar surviving buildings and was used as an academy for the days of LDS (Mormon) Church-sponsored education. It was once a well known place for higher education for the area. It is a key site, portraying the historic Mormon settlement of the area, and along the Pioneer Historic Byway. Moved to nearby Benson Park in 2003 to save it from demolition, it is being restored as a tourist information/community center.