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.

Monday, July 21, 2014

Troy Garage

This building was constructed in 1916 when Olson and Johnson Company (Olaf Olson and August Johnson) built this garage. Just one year later...

Friday, July 18, 2014

Troy Post Office

W. M. Duthie built this building in 1913, and the Post Office occupied it from 1913 until 1942. The building was vacant during World War II...

Troy Hospital

This house was built in 1905 by Oscar Larson, a prominent businessman. When a young Dr. Charles Meyers arrived in Troy, he purchased the ho...

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...

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