[Vision2020] PR - 100 Year Celebration of City Hall Lecture Series

[Stephanie Kalasz]

City of Moscow
206 E Third Street
Moscow, ID 83843
Contact: Gary J. Riedner, City Supervisor
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PRESS RELEASE
A Century of Exchange - Moscow City Hall Lecture Series

May 16, 2011 (Moscow, Idaho) - The City of Moscow Arts Department and Historic Preservation Commission are pleased to announce an upcoming lecture series in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the building now serving as Moscow's City Hall on May 24, 31 and June 7 at City Hall in Council Chambers at 7 p.m.  The series will feature local professionals who will share their knowledge regarding the history and features of the building and its role in the community throughout the past 100 years.

Construction on the building currently serving as City Hall began in 1909 and was completed in 1911.  The building, which formerly served as the Moscow Post Office and Courthouse, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973.  The lecture series is intended to stimulate local and regional interest in the craftsmanship and political-will that contributed to the construction, preservation, and reinvention of the building we enjoy today.  The speakers will focus on events, trends, and struggles that have defined Moscow as a community, and continue to enrich residents' quality of life.

On May 24, Linda Pall will present "From Old Post Office to City Hall:  An exercise in civic rescue through politics and historic preservation."  Pall is a local attorney specializing in employment law, civil rights, and family law.  She is also former Moscow City Councilmember, with 18 years of tenure.

On May 31, D. Nels Reese will provide a lecture titled "Building a National Image for the American Democracy:  The history of the architecture of City Hall, its architect, James Knox Taylor, and relationship to historic Federal buildings across the nation."  Reese is an Associate Professor Emeritus at University of Idaho, having taught architecture, urban planning, and design for more than 20 years.  He is also a current and past member of several local and state boards and commissions related to planning and historic preservation.

The last lecture in the series will take place June 7, and will feature Keith Petersen's presentation "Psychiana:  The world's largest mail order religion and a small town post office."  Petersen is the Idaho State Historian and Associate Director of the Idaho State Historical Society.

Also, during Artwalk on June 17, the Third Street Gallery in City Hall will feature an interpretive exhibit of photographs and architectural renderings titled "A Century of Exchange:  Moscow's City Hall."  The exhibit will include historic images of downtown Moscow, the people and events that have contributed to the city's character to present day.
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The lecture series and interpretive gallery exhibit is being supported in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council, a State-based Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Story Contact: Michael Ray, Project Lead and Community Development Planner I
Phone: 208.883.7008
Email: mray at ci.moscow.id.us<mailto:mray at ci.moscow.id.us>


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