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• Logan’s older homes get praise

  March 1, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 This Old House magazine has named Spokane’s Logan neighborhood one of the best old-house neighborhoods in the West. Located around Gonzaga University, with the Spokane River to the south, Ruby …

• Council votes against chance to save Jensen-Byrd building

  February 7, 2012 in City on Page A6 The Spokane City Council might have had the chance to stop demolition of the historic Jensen-Byrd building for campus housing, but instead sidestepped a resolution calling for the building to … 4

• 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.

• Mount St. Michael’s plans celebration of its history

  December 8, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S4 Mount St. Michael’s, the former Jesuit scholasticate on the bluff overlooking Hillyard, is opening its doors this weekend for a special celebration. Members of the Mount St. Michael Parish are …

• Bing Crosby’s boyhood home open as part of tour

  October 4, 2011 in City on Page A5 A big slice of Spokane history is going to be on display this weekend in a historic home tour at Gonzaga University and the adjacent neighborhood. A highlight will be … 1

• 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 …

• Volunteers needed for preservation project

  January 20, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page N4 Members of the Spokane Preservation Advocates are going to help spruce up the Woman’s Club during their January “doing it” project on Saturday. Volunteers are needed for the work party …

• Free workshop offers brick and mortar lessons Saturday

  September 23, 2010 in City on Page A5 Leaders in the Spokane Preservation Advocates organization have come up with a novel way to restore old buildings. They are going to do it one brick at a time by …

• Rogers candidate for historic registers

  September 23, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N1 When John R. Rogers High School was built in the early 1930s, the school board ordered old desks to be refinished and all of the new building materials to be … 3

• Community invited to join work party in restoring a classic

  April 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 The multiracial congregation of the Holy Temple Church of God in Christ is seeking the community’s help in maintaining its neoclassical landmark on the North Side. Church members will be …

• Homes for the holidays

  December 3, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page N6 The Phelps House, a Free Classic Queen Anne mansion in Spokane, was already restored when Joe Poire and Vicki Carter bought it a year ago. A previous owner had removed …

• Preservation group seeks votes to win contest

  October 5, 2009 in City The Spokane Preservation Advocates organization is asking for help to win a national photo contest on preservation.

• Group lends support to urban forest

    June 17, 2009 in City on Page A5 Spokane Preservation Advocates, an organization that has fought to save historic buildings over the years, is branching out this month to preserve mature street trees. Members are concerned that Spokane …

• Preservation group advocating for old trees

    June 16, 2009 in City Spokane Preservation Advocates, an organization that has fought to save historic buildings over the years, is branching out this month to preserve mature street trees. Members are concerned that Spokane …

• City seeks to skirt law to raze buildings in roadway’s path

      June 13, 2009 in City on Page A1 Historic preservation supporters are questioning the city’s circumvention of its own law aimed at protecting older buildings. Spokane engineers this week filed for a demolition permit to tear down two … 9

• Home tour captures history

    November 30, 2008 in City on Page B1 High school sweethearts Gregory and Alicia True moved away from Spokane when they were young to pursue careers and raise a family, but returned several years ago to fix up …

• Survey targets historic Cannon Hill

  March 27, 2007 in Home on Page Z7 “Someone is outside photographing our house,” my husband announced over breakfast on a crisp October morning last fall. Following his gaze out the window of our Cannon Hill home, I …