Historic Sites from Latah County

Descriptive history from historic sites across Latah County, Idaho. These descriptions include historical narrative and photographs. Sites listed include Potlatch, Deary, Genesee, Kendrick, Juliaetta, Bovill and Freeze. The information is courtesy of the Latah County Historic Preservation Commission.

Friday, June 20, 2014

Troy Drug

In the early 1950s, the wooden building located at this location burned when the owner of a bar a few buildings down informed his bartender ...

Lane's Thrift Store

Fern Duthie Cooper built this building in 1928 and rented it to R. F. Lane, who operated Lane's Thrift Store. R.F. Lane lived in Moscow...

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Arthur Snow House

The Snow family arrived as part of a wagon train on the Palouse from Tipton, Kansas in 1877. The wagon train included the Snow, Holke, Clyd...

Freeze Church

Over a hundred years ago, settlers journeyed to northern Idaho with high hopes. As homesteaders, farmers and others migrated onto the Palou...

Rietmann Hotel

Ulrich Rietmann, a native of Switzerland, arrived in Latah County in 1890, and built the Rietmann Hotel - the first brick building in Troy ...

Monday, June 9, 2014

Sullivan Building

The early history of this building can best be told through the life of Louis Phersson Wallner. Wallner was born in Jamtland, Sweeden in 18...

Johnson's Drug

Mr. William M. Duthie built this building in 1916 which was originally occupied by the C. V. Johnson drugstore until 1942. C.V. Johnson...

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