The City Hall of Moscow, Idaho, formerly known as the Moscow Post Office and Courthouse and Moscow Federal Building, was built 112 years ago in 1911.[2] Its red brick with ivory terracotta trim reflects Late Victorian and Eclectic architecture.[3][4]
moscow, city, hall, idaho, city, hall, moscow, idaho, formerly, known, moscow, post, office, courthouse, moscow, federal, building, built, years, 1911, brick, with, ivory, terracotta, trim, reflects, late, victorian, eclectic, architecture, moscow, post, offic. The City Hall of Moscow Idaho formerly known as the Moscow Post Office and Courthouse and Moscow Federal Building was built 112 years ago in 1911 2 Its red brick with ivory terracotta trim reflects Late Victorian and Eclectic architecture 3 4 Moscow Post Office and CourthouseU S National Register of Historic PlacesLooking southeast from Second and WashingtonShow map of IdahoShow map of the United StatesLocation206 E Third StreetMoscow IdahoCoordinates46 43 58 N 116 59 59 W 46 7327 N 116 9997 W 46 7327 116 9997Arealess than one acreBuilt1911 112 years ago 1911 ArchitectU S Treasury Dept Architectural styleLate Victorian EclecticNRHP reference No 73000686 1 Added to NRHPJuly 3 1973East side in 2017As 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 editNational Register of Historic Places listings in Latah County Idaho List of United States post officesReferences 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 IdahoExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moscow City Hall Idaho Preservation Moscow Newsletter of the Moscow Historic Preservation Commission May 2010 City of Moscow City Hall 1910 Old Post Office nbsp This article about a property in Idaho on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Moscow City Hall Idaho amp oldid 1183360969, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
