Built in 1904-05 by the Twin Falls Investment Co. at the southwest corner of Main and Shoshone, the Hotel Perrine was hailed as a showcase for Southern Idaho and a beacon of progress. Building materials were freighted across the desert from the railroad at Shoshone, and Joe Dietrich constructed it using a concrete brick machine. When it opened on December 22, 1905, it was more luxurious and modern than Boise's Idanha Hotel or Nampa's Dewey Palace. Its elegant design featured an atrium and a U shape so that every room had a window. William Jennings Bryan gave a speech from the balcony in 1908, and later Bing Crosby and Gary Cooper stayed there as guests. Its first owners were George Spraque and Thomas M. Robertson, and Robertson's son Richard managed it from the 1930's until it was demolished in 1968 to make way for a bank.