Idaho Federal Building/U.S. Post Office - Boise, ID
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N 43° 37.026 W 116° 12.087
11T E 564434 N 4829656
Boise's First permanent federal building and Post Office.
Waymark Code: WMWN0
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2006
Views: 29
In 1976, the Federal Building/U.S. Post Office was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Boise Capitol Area District. The district has state-level significance. The other resources located within the historic district include the Idaho State Capitol (1906-1920), the Ada County Courthouse (1938-1939), the Hotel Boise (1930), the Steunenberg Monument (1929) and St. Michael's Episcopal Cathedral (1899-1902). As stated previously, Boise was designated the permanent territorial capital of Idaho in December of 1864, a year-and-a-half after the community was founded. Capitol Square soon became an important feature of the townsite, although the territorial capitol was not actually completed until 1886. As the center of Idaho's governmental complex, the varied buildings represented in this district have an importance and character of great interest. They are pleasingly bound together by some of the city's finest park areas, with large old trees in great variety. Two of these, on the state capitol grounds, were planted by visiting Presidents of the United States: Benjamin Harrison and Theodore Roosevelt.
Street address:
304 North Eighth Street
Boise, Idaho USA
83702
County / Borough / Parish: Ada County
Year listed: 1976
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Part of the Boise Capitol Area District
Periods of significance: 1898 - Today
Historic function: Federal Building and Territorial Post Office
Current function: State offices and Post Office
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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