Moscow City Hall (Idaho)

United States historic place

Moscow Post Office and Courthouse

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 206 E. Third Street
Moscow, Idaho
Coordinates| 46°43′58″N 116°59′59″W﻿ / ﻿46.7327°N 116.9997°W﻿ / 46.7327; -116.9997
Area| less than one acre
Built| 1911; 113 years ago (1911)
Architect| U.S. Treasury Dept.
Architectural style| Late Victorian, Eclectic
NRHP reference No.| 73000686[1]
Added to NRHP| July 3, 1973
Moscow City Hall, 1917

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]

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

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Latah County, Idaho
* List of United States post offices

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ "Open U.S. building at Moscow Nov. 6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 14, 1911. p. 11.
3. ^ "Moscow Post Office and Courthouse" (PDF). Idaho Historical Society. (National Register of Historic Places: Inventory - Nomination Form). 1973.
4. ^ "Moscow has new federal building". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). May 11, 1912. p. 9.
5. ^ "New building for Moscow". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 6, 1972. p. 7.
6. ^ "Old Moscow Post Office may be going up for grabs". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 6, 1975. p. 12A.
7. ^ "City to buy post office". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 4, 1976. p. 23.
8. ^ Devlin, Sherry (July 10, 1984). "Use old post office, Moscow group says". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A6.
9. ^ Ellingsen, Linda (October 18, 1978). "Idaho city votes funds to clean old post office". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 6.
10. ^ "Old post office use as a library rejected". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). September 19, 1979. p. 5.
11. ^ "Post office's role set". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 20, 1981. p. 7.
12. ^ Harrell, Sylvia (December 28, 1981). "Quad Cities underwent business growth in '81". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
13. ^ Devlin, Sherry (November 13, 1986). "$1.9 million sought for Moscow post office". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A6.
14. ^ Devlin, Sherry (February 15, 1984). "Revival". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 3.
15. ^ Devlin, Sherry (November 19, 1986). "Moscow voters reject post office conversion". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. A3.
16. ^ Burton, Gregory H. (July 26, 1995). "Lead found in Moscow City Hall paint". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. A1.
17. ^ Federal Judicial Center Historic Federal Courthouses page on the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Moscow, Idaho

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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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