[Note: This location is a private residence, not open to the public.] This Spokane home has a Hollywood pedigree. It was built to promote the 1948 film, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.…

The steel rails that still peek through the pavement here and there in Spokane remind us of the days of trolley cars. At one time, the tracks that lay before you carried Spokanites to work, shops,…

Founded in 1883 when Washington was still a territory, the First Presbyterian Church has grown up with the City of Spokane. Reverend Thomas G. Watson came to Spokane from Wisconsin in 1883 by…

Dixon Hall is a familiar building to all Whitworth students, both current and past. It was built as a classroom building and completed in 1957. Containing 18 classrooms, the building has supported…

Dick’s Drive-in is an iconic Spokane business. The drive up parking, the open air counter and the buildings silhouette call back to the googie architecture of a 1960’s California Drive-In. On the sign…

Switchboards and the telecommunication revolution in Cheney.

McMillan Hall is a residence hall for college students located on the campus of Whitworth University. Mac, as it is more famously known among students and alums, is the oldest building on the…

The post-World War II decades were good ones for Whitworth College, which saw great expansion and growth. In particular, student enrollment vastly increased, due to the GI Bill and a greater sense of…

"Get Me Outta Here"

"Company Dismissed"

"Take Me Out to the Ballgame"

Etches of Time

The Oldest Bank North of the Snake River

It was once considered by Spokanites as the most beautiful bank building west of the Mississippi River.

Here once stood the grand mansion of A. M. Cannon

The natural beauty of Washington State is an artist's paradise.

Cowles Auditorium is the university's center of theatrical and performance-based endeavors and is one of three buildings on Whitworth's campus that bears the Cowles family name. Specifically the…

In October 1963, in downtown Spokane an exchange student at Gonzaga University from Liberia went into a barbershop to ask for a haircut. In a few minutes, Jangba Johnson experienced what it meant to…

In the modern world, science explains why the world turns and how natural wonders, such as waterfalls, are created and formed. Prior to modern science, however, there were still answers needed to…