it is significant partly for reflecting a local fad: the school, the hotel paris, the les and hazel shepherd bungalow, and the lds stake office building (all also nrhp-listed in paris), reflect the prairie style, which is otherwise relatively rare in idaho. according to a 1980 study, the style's unusual popularity in paris gives the city a sense of architectural unity. the same study called the public school the best and most representative example of the prairie school in the city.