Stimmel House earns spot on Register of Historic Places

A 1914 Craftsman bungalow on the South Side has been approved for the Spokane Register of Historic Places.

The Spokane City Council Monday approved a listing for the Harry and Evelyn Stimmel House at 1009 W. 24th Ave. Its current owners are Robert and Kathleen Pate, who have agreed to maintain the historic character of the property.

The house was originally built by Clayton Feltis, a designer and home builder who used a personal artistic interpretation of the Craftsman style popular in that period. The Stimmel House shows purity in its adherence to Craftsman principles, according to its nomination form.

“The property embodies distinctive characteristics of the Craftsman style, the bungalow house form, and possesses high artistic values associated with the work of Clayton E. Feltis,” wrote consultant Linda Yeomans in the nomination form for the house.

Feltis had moved to Spokane in 1906 and was active in real estate and construction for 20 years. At least 10 other homes in Spokane have been identified as Feltis designs.

Stimmel, a telephone toll engineer, purchased the house in 1914 but lived there for only two years. Even so, the house takes its historical name from the first owners.

The house is clad in clinker brick with the exception of its gable peaks. It has wide eaves, exposed rafter tails, exposed purloins on the gable ends and wide barge boards and wood brackets on the gables.