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Brunot Hall: Browne's Addition Tour
As Spokane grew in the late 19th Century there were some needs of the community that were not being filled. The Episcopal Diocese of Spokane believed that one of these needs was an all girls school…
Grace Campbell Memorial House: Browne's Addition Tour
Amasa B. Campbell was born in Salem, Ohio on April 6, 1845. Mr. Campbell went to school until he was 15 years old when he began working at the wool and trade commission. By 1867 Mr. Campbell took a…
Return of the Four-Leggeds: Browne's Addition Tour
The story behind these whimsical bronze animals.
Patrick Clark Mansion: Browne's Addition Tour
Patrick "Patsy" Clark was an Irish immigrant who came to the United States in 1850. Clark quickly left New York for the promise of mining opportunities in California. Clark was wildly successful in…
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture: Browne's Addition Tour
This stop is brought to you by the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture is the premier museum of the Inland North West. The organization began as the…
Spokane's First Park: Coeur d'Alene Park: Browne's Addition Tour
On summer evenings you can come to Coeur d'Alene Park in Browne's Addition, bring a picnic and listen to the sounds of different bands enjoying the shade of a tree while the sun sets. If you visited…
Brown Industries: From Sheet Metal to Airplanes
Brown Metal Works started as a sheet metal production business but during World War 2 the Brown Brothers' passion for aviation led to shifting the companies focus.
Bronze Statue of Bing Crosby
Deborah Copenhaver sculpted this bronze statue of Bing Crosby which was dedicated on Bing's birthday, May 3, 1981. Crosby had died in 1977. Kathryn Crosby, his widow, was in attendance. Bob Hope…
Broadview Dairy: Ghost Signs of Spokane Tour
The Broadview Dairy sign is a reminder of the importance of local dairies in turn-of-the-century Spokane. Indeed, milk was a staple food in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and was…
Bridge With A Past
The cantilever Snake River Bridge has had a few different names over the years because of its past. The Old Columbia River Bridge was originally constructed in 1927 at Vantage. The carbon steel bridge…
Boots Bakery and Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco: Ghost Signs of Spokane Tour
Don't let this bakery's cheery exterior fool you, Boots Bakery is serious about keeping things local. While renovating the space, the owners partially uncovered what is probably the best preserved…
Boarding School Days: Fort Spokane Tour
What you see in front of you is where the barracks would have stood. While the ground floor was used to contain the kitchen, mess hall, wash room, library and non-commissioned officer's rooms, the…
Blake-Ahlquist-Woolcott House
Private Residence
The Blake-Ahlquist-Woolcott House (or just the "Woolcott House") was built in 1902 for Jacob M. Blake, an attorney at the Blake and Adams firm. Blake was the son of a noteworthy…
Blair Business College: Ghost Signs of Spokane Tour
At the corner of First and Post Streets stands a squat brick building upon which is painted "Blair Business College." The faded sign is visible from blocks away, but few people understand its…
Bing Crosby's Childhood Home
The Crosby family moved to Spokane in 1906 when Bing was three years old. They lived in a rental home for seven years, just a few blocks away from this house which they built in 1913.
The Crosby…
Bing Crosby Student Center
During the 1950's, Gonzaga recognized the need of a good library, and Bing Crosby became a major supporter for their cause.
Crosby organized a television show called the Edsel Show in 1957, and…
Bing & Mildred: MAC 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition
Singers Bing Crosby and Mildred Bailey shared humble beginnings in Spokane's jazz scene. Bailey was singing the blues in a popular Los Angeles speakeasy when her brother, Al Rinker, lured Crosby into…
Bill's Tavern
This building at 405 First Street that now houses Bill's Tavern was built in 1902. Before this structure was erected, this spot was previously the site of a wooden building that housed a general…
Bill Jackson: The Story of a Mixed-Race Indian in Early Spokane: Part 1: From the Prairie to the Prison
Abandoned by his white father, Bill Jackson struggled to navigate Spokane frontier society in the late 19th century. Hardships and trauma pushed him towards a treacherous crime.
Bill and Doug Trudeau, Business Owners Since 1948
"Some of the residential that was left wasn't worth saving. Probably the best homes are still left here."
The lasting effects of the construction of the I-90 freeway were not all bad, according to…
Bethel AME Church
Spokane has long had a black population, though it started out quite small. Coal mining jobs drew large numbers of African Americans to Washington State in the 1880s, though often when they found…
Bertha Finley Brisbois: Bertha Finley Brisbois Brings Schools to the Reservation
From Boarding School to a University Scholarship
Bernhardt Schade
On the second terrace of Greenwood, Bernhardt Schade, a German immigrant, is buried at the family plot.
Schade arrived in Spokane in the late nineteenth century with his Austrian Bohemian wife,…
Bennett Block
A prominent downtown building's namesake once threatened a Spokane newspaper editor at gunpoint.
Ben Burr Trail
This trail constructed along an abandoned railroad line was part of the old Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad Company. This passenger line transported people within Spokane as well recreational…
Baxter Hospital: Mercy on a Grand Scale
Called the City of Mercy and containing more than 2000 beds this hospital was its own self-contained community.
Batch Bakeshop
Local family owned businesses help create and define neighborhoods and in the early part of Spokane’s history small butcher shops, supply stores and dairies were a familiar sight. Built in 1905 and…
Baseball at Fort Spokane
"Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
Barracks and Buffaloes: Fort George Wright Tour
The 24th Infantry regiment contained the famous all-black "Buffalo Soldiers" who had fought bravely in the capture of San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War. The regiment had endured many…
Bank of Spokane Falls
The Oldest Bank North of the Snake River