The City Hall of Moscow, Idaho, formerly known as the Moscow Post Office and Courthouse and Moscow Federal Building, was built 113 years ago in 1911.[2] Its red brick with ivory terracotta trim reflects Late Victorian and Eclectic architecture.[3][4]
Moscow Post Office and Courthouse | |
 East side in 2017 | |
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 Interactive map showing the location for Moscow City Hall | |
| Location | 206 E. Third Street Moscow, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 46°43′58″N 116°59′59″W / 46.7327°N 116.9997°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architect | U.S. Treasury Dept. |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Eclectic |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000686[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 3, 1973 |
As a federal building, it served historically as a post office and a courthouse of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973,[1] it was vacated in 1974 when the new federal building opened two blocks south.[5][6] Two years later, it was acquired by the city from the General Services Administration for $70,000,[7][8] with half of that funded from the state historical society. At the time, the land alone was valued at $100,000.[9]
Rejected for use as a library in 1979,[10] it became a community center in the early 1980s.[11][12][13][14]
A bond issue to fund a renovation was defeated in late 1986,[15] it became the city hall of the municipality in the 1990s.[16][17]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Open U.S. building at Moscow Nov. 6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 14, 1911. p. 11.
- ^ "Moscow Post Office and Courthouse" (PDF). Idaho Historical Society. (National Register of Historic Places: Inventory - Nomination Form). 1973.
- ^ "Moscow has new federal building". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). May 11, 1912. p. 9.
- ^ "New building for Moscow". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 6, 1972. p. 7.
- ^ "Old Moscow Post Office may be going up for grabs". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 6, 1975. p. 12A.
- ^ "City to buy post office". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 4, 1976. p. 23.
- ^ Devlin, Sherry (July 10, 1984). "Use old post office, Moscow group says". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A6.
- ^ Ellingsen, Linda (October 18, 1978). "Idaho city votes funds to clean old post office". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 6.
- ^ "Old post office use as a library rejected". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). September 19, 1979. p. 5.
- ^ "Post office's role set". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 20, 1981. p. 7.
- ^ Harrell, Sylvia (December 28, 1981). "Quad Cities underwent business growth in '81". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
- ^ Devlin, Sherry (November 13, 1986). "$1.9 million sought for Moscow post office". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A6.
- ^ Devlin, Sherry (February 15, 1984). "Revival". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 3.
- ^ Devlin, Sherry (November 19, 1986). "Moscow voters reject post office conversion". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. A3.
- ^ Burton, Gregory H. (July 26, 1995). "Lead found in Moscow City Hall paint". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. A1.
- ^ Federal Judicial Center Historic Federal Courthouses page on the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Moscow, Idaho
External links
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- Preservation Moscow: Newsletter of the Moscow Historic Preservation Commission :: May 2010
- City of Moscow - City Hall / 1910 Old Post Office
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