Moscow City Hall (Idaho)

Moscow Post Office and Courthouse
Location 206 E. Third Street
Moscow, Idaho
Coordinates 46°43′58″N 116°59′59″W / 46.732670°N 116.999722°W / 46.732670; -116.999722Coordinates: 46°43′58″N 116°59′59″W / 46.732670°N 116.999722°W / 46.732670; -116.999722
Area less than one acre
Built 1911, 105 years ago
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, also known as Moscow Federal Building, is a building in Moscow built 105 years ago in 1911. It reflects Late Victorian and Eclectic architecture.[2]

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.[3] Two years later, it was acquired by the city from the General Services Administration for $70,000,[4][5] with half of that funded from the state historical society. At the time, the land alone was valued at $100,000.[6]

Rejected for use as a library in 1979,[7] it became a community center in the early 1980s.[8][9][10]

A bond issue to fund a renovation was defeated in late 1986,[11] it became the city hall of the municipality in the 1990s.[12][13]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Moscow has new federal building". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). May 11, 1912. p. 9.
  3. ↑ "New building for Moscow". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). June 6, 1972. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "City to buy post office". Spokane Daily Chronicle (Washington). March 4, 1976. p. 23.
  5. ↑ Devlin, Sherry (July 10, 1984). "Use old post office, Moscow group says". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). p. A6.
  6. ↑ Ellingsen, Linda (October 18, 1978). "Idaho city votes funds to clean old post office". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). p. 6.
  7. ↑ "Old post office use as a library rejected". Spokane Daily Chronicle (Spokane Daily Chronicle). September 19, 1979. p. 5.
  8. ↑ "Post office's role set". Spokane Daily Chronicle (Washington). October 20, 1981. p. 7.
  9. ↑ Devlin, Sherry (November 13, 1986). "$1.9 million sought for Moscow post office". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). p. A6.
  10. ↑ Devlin, Sherry (February 15, 1984). "Revival". Spokane Chronicle (Washington). p. 3.
  11. ↑ Devlin, Sherry (November 19, 1986). "Moscow voters reject post office conversion". Spokane Chronicle (Washington). p. A3.
  12. ↑ Burton, Gregory H. "Lead found in Moscow City Hall paint". Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Idaho-Washington). p. A1.
  13. ↑ [Federal Judicial Center Historic Federal Courthouses page on the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Moscow, Idaho].

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