Idaho Federal Building/U.S. Post Office - Boise, ID - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

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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