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• Rebuilding the Empire

  February 22, 2012 in City on Page A1 TEKOA, Wash. – The Empire Theatre in this small town in the northern Palouse has been described as a “mini-Fox” theater. Indeed, the 1940 movie house is a sterling example …

• New steps toward renovation

  February 21, 2012 in City on Page A5 The front steps leading to the Spokane County Courthouse were torn out a week ago in a project intended to bring new life to the historic French Renaissance building. New … 1

• Preservationists list top historic Spokane sites

    December 14, 2011 in City, Idaho The Spokane Preservation Advocates this week released a list of top historic structures in the Spokane area in an effort to call attention to their significance.

• County cuts preservation office funds

  December 8, 2011 in City on Page A6 The Spokane historic preservation office will get only $5,000 from Spokane County in the $136.6 million 2012 budget county commissioners adopted Wednesday. The county has given $20,000 a year to … 1

• Harrington’s high hopes

  October 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 HARRINGTON, Wash. – This small Lincoln County wheat town no more than an hour’s drive west of Spokane is undergoing a historic revival. Third Street in Harrington is lined on … 1

• Modern design’s hidden gems

  April 26, 2011 in City on Page A5 The stripped-down architecture of the 1940s and 1950s is now old enough to warrant historic preservation protection, and Spokane has some striking examples of that style, advocates say. Mid-century modern … 2

• Old fire dispatch center not eligible for historic list

  February 17, 2011 in City on Page A5 Spokane’s former fire dispatch center likely will meet the same fate as its next-door neighbor – the YMCA in Riverfront Park. The Spokane City-County Historic Landmarks Commission decided Wednesday that …

• Grants aim to preserve historic sites

  February 3, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V10 Two historic properties on the Spokane area have been awarded grants by the Spokane Preservation Advocates organization. Mount St. Michael, a former Jesuit scholastic on a prominent hill above North …

• Old YMCA worth saving? Landmarks panel to decide

  December 12, 2010 in City on Page B1 It could be the final chapter for the former downtown YMCA. Or it could be the start of more painstaking, political maneuvering. 5

• Preservation backer joins national board

  October 12, 2010 in City on Page A8 Paul W. Mann, a longtime advocate of historic preservation in Spokane, has been named to the board of advisers for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mann will become one …

• Wallace road to be renamed Harry Magnuson Way

  May 3, 2010 in City on Page A8 The North Idaho legacy of the late Harry F. Magnuson will be memorialized in Wallace this month with the renaming of the city’s former highway route. The mining and business …

• Bid to save warehouse fails

    January 24, 2010 in City on Page B1 A last-minute attempt to save an 85-year-old warehouse from the wrecking ball has been rejected by city and university leaders. Last month, developer Dan Spalding, who owns the Longbotham Building, … 3

• 1896 mansion is theater owner’s latest project

    November 30, 2009 in City on Page A1 Katherine Fritchie can’t help herself. Give her a historic building and she’s going to restore it. Her latest project in Spokane is a fantastic Queen Anne Victorian mansion in Browne’s …

• Historic N. Side home gets preservation nod

    September 19, 2009 in City on Page B1 Mike Schultz and Steven Sanford were looking for income-producing rental property when they stumbled across a huge brick-and-granite mansion for sale on the North Side a few years ago. They … 1

• Browne’s Addition says goodbye to ‘blight’

    April 4, 2009 People who support historic preservation aren’t typically cheering when homes are torn down. Sometimes, they protest. But preservation advocates and neighbors applauded – and participated in – the demolition of …

• Benefit raises $12,000 for gardens

  September 18, 2008 in City on Page B2 An unexpectedly large turnout for a historic restoration fundraiser last week netted more than $12,000 for the Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens in Pioneer Park on Spokane’s lower South Hill. About 850 …

• Tour benefits Heritage Gardens

  September 11, 2008 in Voices on Page N10 A volunteer group formed to support the Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens on Spokane’s lower South Hill has organized a tour of four lavish mansions on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. …

• Rockwood neighborhood celebrates 100 years

  July 31, 2008 in Voices on Page S1 The Rockwood Neighborhood Council is celebrating the historic legacy of the area on Tuesday with a celebration recognizing the 100 years since the Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Mass., designed a …

• Hidden windows discovered in old home

  June 26, 2008 in Voices on Page N4 Eileen Murphy and a group of volunteers were surprised to find two old window openings that had been sealed off when they removed metal siding from her historic West Central …

• Just like the good old days

  June 12, 2008 in Voices on Page S6 Historic preservationists call it an “unveiling.” On Saturday, a work party from Spokane Preservation Advocates is going to rip newer metal siding off a neoclassical home in the West Central …

• Historic gardens back in bloom

  May 10, 2008 in Voices on Page V7 The decadelong effort to restore Spokane’s Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens on the lower South Hill is being recognized as one of the top historic preservation projects in the state. City parks …

• Gonzaga hopes to move historic Huetter House

  January 19, 2008 in Voices on Page V8 Gonzaga University has come up with a plan to save the threatened Huetter House, a prominent historic portion of the Bishop White Seminary adjacent to the GU campus. The Catholic …

• Gonzaga hopes to move historic Huetter House

  January 17, 2008 in Voices on Page S3 Gonzaga University has come up with a plan to save the threatened Huetter House, a prominent historic portion of the Bishop White Seminary adjacent to the GU campus. The Catholic …

• City adds structures to historic register

  April 12, 2007 in Voices on Page S4 Three homes, a downtown business building and a Tudor revival apartment building all were voted onto the Spokane Register of Historic Places on Monday. The City Council approved nominations for …

• Moorman House considered as museum site in Cheney

  April 5, 2007 in Voices on Page S6 An 1883 Gothic revival house saved by a developer is being considered as a home for a portion of Cheney’s historical museum collection. Last year, the city moved the house …