The Skattaboe Block is a historic building in

Moscow, Idaho Moscow ( ) is a city in North Central Idaho, United States. Located along the state border with Washington, it had a population of 25,435 at the 2020 census. The county seat and largest city of Latah County, Moscow is the home of the Universit ...

. It was built by Taylor & Lauder for the Moscow Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1892. With It was owned by the Inland Telephone Company from 1925 to 1952, when it was purchased by the General Telephone Company. It currently houses

New Saint Andrews College New Saint Andrews College is a private classical Christian college in Moscow, Idaho. It was founded in 1994 by Christ Church, and modeled in part on the curriculum of Harvard College of the seventeenth century. The college offers no undergradu ...

. The building was designed in the

Romanesque Revival architectural style Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

. Due to a fire in 1966 the building was renovated in 1978, but the original design of the building has been preserved. It has been listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

since May 22, 1978.

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National Register of Historic Places in Latah County, Idaho Romanesque Revival architecture in Idaho Buildings and structures completed in 1892 Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho Telecommunications buildings on the National Register of Historic Places {{Idaho-NRHP-stub