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UPDATED: Fri., July 30, 2021

ABOVE: This massive outdoor fireplace, built by the army on the Baxter hospital site, is one of the recreational facilities on part of the county-owned section of the former hospital area in 1949. The fireplace is on land scheduled to be turned over by the county to the city of Spokane as an addition to the civic stadium site, the future Joe Albi Stadium. (THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW PHOTO ARCHIVE)
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