Duo Looking For Area’s Historic Landmarks
Historian, researcher, detective. All describe Eva Krause’s job this summer hunting down Spokane County’s most unique cultural resource - the past.
What happened to Muzzy’s Resort? Was the Poindexter Summer Cabin moved? Where is Indian Prairie School?
Survey coordinator Krause and Teresa Brum, director of the Spokane City/County Historic Preservation Office, need some help from the community.
In 1981, the county created a map including descriptions of some 300 buildings, sites, objects and areas with historic significance in the area.
With the new county comprehensive plan under development, it’s time to update the cultural resources section, which deals with historic preservation.
“People answering the surveys we’ve done so far have been supportive of more preservation efforts,” said Brum.
The community is invited to discuss a variety of issues, including the importance of historical preservation.
What is worth protecting? What isn’t? How should they be protected? Are existing policies too strict or not strict enough?
The committee is especially interested in learning about unique cultural resources more than 50 years old that haven’t been documented.
Brum and Krause also need help finding sites that may have been lost, destroyed or moved since the last survey.
“It’s overwhelming. You can see why we need help from the community,” said Krause.
Krause has spent much of the summer driving the back roads of Spokane County searching for and documenting known historic sites.
She found Treaty Tree, still standing tall in the middle of a field on Peone Prairie.
But she couldn’t find the old Peters House in Mead. According to the map, it was at Market and Fourth streets.
Krause drove around the block several times before deciding the location was probably right, but the house has apparently been replaced by a gas station.
Was the house demolished, or was it moved?
Some buildings have been changed over the years. The Colbert School has been converted to a home.
“It’s exciting for us to update this survey,” said Brum. “There are probably far more places than anyone realizes.”
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MEMO: Two sidebars appeared with the story: 1. Meeting The Spokane County work group for historic and cultural resources is scheduled to meet Monday at 4:30 -6:30 p.m. at SIRTI, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd., Room 325. More information is available by calling the preservation office at 625-6983.
2. What events could have befallen on them? What happened to these places? Teresa Brum and Eva Krause would like to know. Dahl-Dunbar Place in Camden Enery House, Elk Muzzy’s Resort, Newman Lake Newman Ditch, Newman Peters House, Mead Ice Caves, Dartford The “Pines” Rutter Estate, Dartford Poindexter Summer Cabin, Dartford Brooke’s Log Barn, Deep Creek Indian Prairie School, Deep Creek Pratt Log Barn, Airway Heights Ingleford Irrigation Tracks, Airway Heights Plante’s Ferry and Cabin, Greenacres Opportunity Christian Church, Greenacres Freeman School, Freeman Freeman Brickyard, Freeman Moab School, Newman Lake Laughlin Log Cabin, Newman Lake Munroe House, Hayford Road Four Lakes Depot, Four Lakes
2. What events could have befallen on them? What happened to these places? Teresa Brum and Eva Krause would like to know. Dahl-Dunbar Place in Camden Enery House, Elk Muzzy’s Resort, Newman Lake Newman Ditch, Newman Peters House, Mead Ice Caves, Dartford The “Pines” Rutter Estate, Dartford Poindexter Summer Cabin, Dartford Brooke’s Log Barn, Deep Creek Indian Prairie School, Deep Creek Pratt Log Barn, Airway Heights Ingleford Irrigation Tracks, Airway Heights Plante’s Ferry and Cabin, Greenacres Opportunity Christian Church, Greenacres Freeman School, Freeman Freeman Brickyard, Freeman Moab School, Newman Lake Laughlin Log Cabin, Newman Lake Munroe House, Hayford Road Four Lakes Depot, Four Lakes