City adds structures to historic register
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 the properties in Browne’s Addition, the lower South Hill, downtown and the West Central neighborhood.
Two adjacent homes at 1924 and 1928 W. Pacific Ave. were listed. They are owned by Mary Moltke of the E.J. Roberts Mansion, 1923 W. First Ave..
The Domke-Guse House at 1924 W. Pacific was built in 1891 in the free classic Queen Anne style with Loren Rand listed as architect. The house is a contributing property in the Browne’s Addition National Historic District, which dates to 1976.
The house was modified into five apartments in 1950 but remains mostly unchanged on the outside.
According to a nomination report by Linda Yeomans, the Domke-Guse House was built for William and Julie Domke, who owned the Domke Saloon in downtown Spokane.
A few years later, it was purchased by Fred and Mary Guse.
The 1901 Guse House at 1928 W. Pacific also is a contributing property in the Browne’s Addition National Historic District in the same free classic Queen Anne style as the Domke-Guse House and also with Rand as the architect.
Its clapboard exterior has been maintained in its original look over the years, according to Yeomans.
Guse was a pioneer grocer who first occupied the home. He operated his first store at 16 S. Monroe St., site of the present-day Fox Theater. In 1959, the house was remodeled into three apartments.
Also approved for the local historic register are the 1911 Cedar Street Apartments at 508 S. Cedar St. and 1403 W. Fifth Ave.
The 15-unit Tudor revival two-story building resembles an English manor house, Yeomans said in her nomination report. It was designed by architect Ehwald J. Baum for Hattie Jane Parsons, a longtime city resident.
In 2005, developer Patrick Mayer changed ownership to condominiums. According to Yeomans’report, nine units are owned by Mayer and six by new owners.
Downtown, the F.T. Crow & Co. building at 154 S. Madison St. won a local register listing.
The warehouse was erected in 1909 to handle freight off the Northern Pacific Railway corridor through downtown. Pacific Hide and Fur occupied the building between 1916 and 1965. From 1988 until 2004, it housed the Luminaria antique lighting shop.
The building is listed in the West Downtown Historic Transportation Corridor district and is owned by Luminaria LLC.
On the North Side, the 1903 Chamberlin House at 2627 W. Gardner Ave. is another free classic Queen Anne placed on the local register on Monday. It is owned by Henry York and Leonor Steiner.
Its exterior is documented in a promotional plan book by Chamberlin Real Estate & Improvement Co. of Spokane in 1907. Modifications over the years have been mostly on the inside.
The house was built for Gilbert and Annie Chamberlin.