Moscow City Hall (Idaho)

Moscow Post Office and Courthouse
Looking southeast from Second and Washington
Location 206 E. Third Street
Moscow, Idaho
Coordinates 46°43′58″N 116°59′59″W / 46.7327°N 116.9997°W / 46.7327; -116.9997Coordinates: 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
Architect U.S. Treasury Dept.
Architectural style Late Victorian, Eclectic
NRHP reference # 73000686[1]
Added to NRHP July 3, 1973

The City Hall of Moscow, Idaho, formerly known as the Moscow Post Office and Courthouse and Moscow Federal Building, is a building in Moscow built 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 away.[5] Two years later, it was acquired by the city from the General Services Administration for $70,000,[6][7] with half of that funded from the state historical society. At the time, the land alone was valued at $100,000.[8]

Rejected for use as a library in 1979,[9] it became a community center in the early 1980s.[10][11][12]

A bond issue to fund a renovation was defeated in late 1986,[13] it became the city hall of the municipality in the 1990s.[14][15]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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. ↑ "City to buy post office". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. March 4, 1976. p. 23.
  7. ↑ Devlin, Sherry (July 10, 1984). "Use old post office, Moscow group says". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. A6.
  8. ↑ Ellingsen, Linda (October 18, 1978). "Idaho city votes funds to clean old post office". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 6.
  9. ↑ "Old post office use as a library rejected". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 19, 1979. p. 5.
  10. ↑ "Post office's role set". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. October 20, 1981. p. 7.
  11. ↑ Devlin, Sherry (November 13, 1986). "$1.9 million sought for Moscow post office". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. A6.
  12. ↑ Devlin, Sherry (February 15, 1984). "Revival". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. p. 3.
  13. ↑ Devlin, Sherry (November 19, 1986). "Moscow voters reject post office conversion". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. p. A3.
  14. ↑ Burton, Gregory H. "Lead found in Moscow City Hall paint". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. A1.
  15. ↑ Federal Judicial Center Historic Federal Courthouses page on the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Moscow, Idaho


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