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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'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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
Return of the Four-Leggeds: Browne's Addition Tour
The story behind these whimsical bronze animals.
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…
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…
Reid House: Browne's Addition Tour
The Reid House is a private residence, please respect the residents' privacy by remaining on the sidewalk as you examine this historic home.
What is known today as the Reid house was built in…
James Clark Mansion: Browne's Addition Tour
The James Clark Mansion is a private residence. Please observe the residents privacy by observing this historic property from the sidewalk.
The James Clark mansion is located at 2308 W 3rd Avenue…
Elk Drug Store: Browne's Addition Tour
The Elk Drug Store in Spokane has changed many times over its 90 year history. Initially the Elk Drug Store opened by a partnership of Stone & Sutherland in Spokane on 415 Riverside Avenue between…
John A. Finch Mansion: Browne's Addition Tour
The Finch mansion is a private residence. Please observe the residences privacy by remaining on the sidewalk as you examine this historic home.
The Finch mansion was designed and built by renowned…
Overlook Park: Browne's Addition Tour
Sitting roughly 500 feet above Hangman Creek, Overlook Park is a great place to relax and enjoy the view of hangman valley. Overlook Park was conceived as part of the Browne's Addition Neighborhood…
Loewenberg-Roberts House: Browne's Addition Tour
The Lowenberg-Roberts House is a private residence, please observe this home from the sidewalk.
The Lowenberg-Roberts House, located at 1923 W First Ave., was built for Bernard Loewenberg in 1889…
Streetcars in Browne's Addition: Browne's Addition Tour
The streetcars of Spokane began in an era when there weren't many ways to get around. The citizens of Spokane could walk, or they could take their own carriage to their destination. Elite…
Bump Block and the Hotel Carlyle: Ghost Signs of Spokane Tour - Story 6
This towering structure of brick was one of the first to be built following the Great Fire of 1889. The Bump Block, constructed in 1890, is a seven-story Commercial Style infused with more classical…
Buried and Forgotten: St. Paul's Mission Cemetery
Beneath the pine needles that cover this historic cemetery lie generations of native and fur trade families.
Cabinet Landing: Cabinet Landing - The Front
Cabinet Landing on the banks of the Clark Fork River was a rough construction camp for the Northern Pacific Railroad. This tent city of over 3,000 people became a ghost town over night when the…
Camas on the Plateau
Every spring, many of the meadows of the eastern Washington and northern Idaho are dotted with the blue flowers of the camas plant, cammasia quamash. To the Native peoples of the Columbia Plateau…