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Drawing shows the first brick buildings erected in Moscow, their original names, locations and dates started or finished. Other dates were from records or pioneer newspapers. Names and dates of the first brick buildings built in Moscow were researched by Lillian (Woodworth) Otness in 1982 and [are] believed to be reasonably correct. Lillian is the granddaughter of Almon Asbury Lieuallen and daughter of Lillie (Lieuallen) Woodworth. William Neff homesteaded the northwest 160 acres of Moscow in 1871 from Main Street west and Sixth Street north. In 1875 A.A. Lieuallen purchased the Neff property and put up a small store building at the southwest corner of First and Main streets. This was the location of the first post office in Moscow when it was moved from [the] Paradise Valley [location]. Lieuallen built the large house still standing on Almon Street at the west end of First Street in 1884. Streets west of Jackson were named after the Lieuallen family, Almon, Asbury, Lilly, [Lilly is correct spelling of street name.] and Lieuallen.
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Title:
Drawing of first brick buildings in Moscow, circa 1982
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1982
Description:
Drawing shows the first brick buildings erected in Moscow, their original names, locations and dates started or finished. Other dates were from records or pioneer newspapers. Names and dates of the first brick buildings built in Moscow were researched by Lillian (Woodworth) Otness in 1982 and [are] believed to be reasonably correct. Lillian is the granddaughter of Almon Asbury Lieuallen and daughter of Lillie (Lieuallen) Woodworth. William Neff homesteaded the northwest 160 acres of Moscow in 1871 from Main Street west and Sixth Street north. In 1875 A.A. Lieuallen purchased the Neff property and put up a small store building at the southwest corner of First and Main streets. This was the location of the first post office in Moscow when it was moved from [the] Paradise Valley [location]. Lieuallen built the large house still standing on Almon Street at the west end of First Street in 1884. Streets west of Jackson were named after the Lieuallen family, Almon, Asbury, Lilly, [Lilly is correct spelling of street name.] and Lieuallen.
Subjects:
maps
Location:
Latah County;Moscow
Latitude:
46.732388
Longitude:
-117.000165
Source:
PG 90, Clifford M. Ott Collection, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Source Identifier:
90-02-003
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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