Virtual Downtown Tour
Moscow City Hall - 206 East Third Street
Constructed in 1911 originally as a post office and federal building. Because of limited space the building was eventually abandoned by the federal government. The building was reopened in 1981 as a Senior Citizen meal site. In 1994 the renovation of the third floor was completed and converted into office space for the City of Moscow. The building served as a community center and as City Hall until 2002 when the community center was moved to the 1912 Center. City Hall is also the home of the Third Street Gallery.
Moscow Hotel - 313 South Main Street
Constructed in 1891, the official opening of the Moscow Hotel was held on April 9, 1892. The Moscow Mirror proclaimed it the "finest hotel in the northwest outside of Spokane." In 1927 an addition extending the hotel to the west, almost to Jackson Street, was built. Today, apartments occupy the second and third floors, and the Garden Lounge on the ground floor.
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre - 508 Main Street
The Kenworthy Theatre was opened as a public theater by Milburn Kenworthy in 1926. The initial brick structure was enlarged in 1928 and was remodeled in 1949 with the addition of a tractable facade and an enlarged marquee. The theater was gifted to Moscow Community Theatre, Inc. in December of 1999. Click here to visit the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre official site.
McConnell-McGuire Building - 102 South Main Street
When built in 1891 the McConnell-McGuire building was the most ornately decorated structure in the City. Business partners William J. McConnell and James H. McGuire constructed this building to house their prospering merchandise store. After 1893 the second floor was briefly occupied by the U.S. District Court. Nathaniel Williamson opened a department store in 1911 and put in an elevator from the basement to the third floor. With most of the original architecture intact the building is still a noteworthy structure.
Moscow Carnegie Library - 110 South Jefferson Street
The women of the Pleiades and Historical Clubs began working with Andrew Carnegie in 1903 who promised $10,000 for the construction of the library. A year later Moscow residents approved a special tax to provide $1,000 annually for the operation of the facility. The first major improvement to the building was made in 1931. Then in 1938 the front steps were rebuilt, replacing the curved stairs of the original architecture. The library is a wonderful example of Mission/Spanish Revival architecture. Click here to visit the Latah County Library website.
Nuart Theater - 516 South Main Street
Originally the site of Zumhof and Collins Blacksmith established before 1885. Fred Zumhof and Marion M. Collins both played an important role in the development of the City's volunteer fire department. In 1935 Milburn Kenworthy built the NuArt Theatre on the site - remains of the blacksmith shop are still underneath the lobby.
Skattaboe Block - 401 South Main Street
Constructed in 1891 by Kenneth Oliver Skattaboe one of the first tenants in the building was George Creighton's Chicago Store. The telephone company purchased the building in the 1920s and occupied it until 1995. Following a fire in 1966 in the telephone exchange the building was extensively renovated in 1978. Although much was changed in during the renovation, the original look of the building is still largely intact.
