, 1889-07-11
Mammoth Brick and Granite
Structures Costing Far Up
Into the Thousands.
Magnificent Residences--A Partial
List of the New Buildings
Put Up This Year.

most magniiicent and complete opera
houses in the United States. The opera
house proper is on the samc general
plan us the Broadway thcateI
in New York city, will have a
stage the same size and was designed
by the same architect. The building is
located on the west side of Post street,
near the intersection of Main, and will
he finished by fall. The owners arc
Hon, a. NJ. Cannon and Hon. j. j.
Browne. Besides the opera house block
there are now under way the Granite
block, five stores high, on Riverside av,
cnue and Washington streets, which will
cost $4,000, the Strobach a. Munter
block on Howard between Riverside
and Main, $4,000, the Cnur d'Alcnc
block, which is an addition to tn,
Frankfurt, on Mill street, S22, 900, tn,
Boston block, corner Stevens and tipi
streets, $l50,0O0, the Lamona block, First
street near Howard, $4,000, the ware.
house of Hollcy, Mason, Marks 4 Co.
ON Howard street and Railroad avenue,
$4,000, the Cushing granite and brick
building, corner Sprague and Howard
$4,000, the Sivycr, Mallon a. Dwight
block ON West Riverside $4,000, the II.
ana Washington, six Stories high, 500,
600. j.. j. Browne brick antstonc block
on II Toward, between Main aud Front, be-
ing built 10y Fotheringham and Whitton.
$4,000, G. G. Wolfc's brick, adjoining
the American Resort, SG5OOI Maxwell ,G
Singtcldcr's block, corner Howard and
Front $4,000, and largd number of
smaller brick structures, bqicles an in.
Vulnerable list of frame business build
ings,
There is no way of obtaining, with
any degree of accuracy, list of all the
buildings constructed since the lst of
january. There is city ordinance re-.
qulrlng that permits be detained from
the city clerk before any build.
ing is started, but the ordinance
is practically "a dead letter
and City Clerk White estimates that
permits have not been granted for one
iourlh oi the buildings erected during the
last six months, Below will be found "A
list Of buildings, which, while il includes
ne most important business blocks and
inc most costly residences, conveys hut
an incomplete impression of the number
OF buildings which have been constructed
~ the city during the last six months of
the prrseiit year. There -nru9 perhaps
thirly frame business buildings costing
from 5000 to 5000 each. of which no
probably 200 small residences built in
various portions of the city and in the
suburbs which are not included
III the subjoinCd list. The
architects of the city, with
the exception of two who are ab.
sent, have furnished list of the build
ingS designed by Them and which ap-
pear below. The two architects who are
absent from tho city could no doubt fur.
yI
mum ber of buildings of which no men
tion Is made in this article. Besides it
Is estimated that threc-iourths of the
residences aud wooden business build
ing, which have been built were either
designed by the owners or the contruc-
tors who built them. Spokane Falls is
getting so large that no one pays any at
tention to new buildings as one cannot
look in any direction without seeing
some Kind of a structure under way. 1t
is estimated that 200 residences are i'm
course of erection at the present time.
some idea of what is going on i'm Suo-
kane EallS in the matter of growth may
be obtained nom review of the follow
ing:
PARTIAL LIST or THE BUILDINGS
H. PrcusSc, architect, has furnished
plans for the following buildings since
January /:
The Granite block, Kaufman IL Tilton
owners, corner Riverside avenue and
Washington streets, S0N9D feet, five
stories high, fronts all granite, tower six
stories high; cost, Sll5,O
h, Hunter double frame dwelling on
Spraguc street between Jefferson and
Madison, iSY50 feet cost. $1,000.
s. Louis hotel, Mrs. \. schulze, owner,
three stories and basement; brick
yenecwcd, size 60xl0O, corner Third and
Lincoln streets; cost $1,000.
tcucOrdia Hall on Second street, alter.
alton and addition and adding stage
cost 5000.
Home for the fricndloss, size 4oxsO
feet, 10 be erected ON the Northside hv
The Ladies' Benevolent Society, brick
and stone; cost 10000.
StIOhaCh ~ Munter, three story brick
blocl, on Howard street near Riverside
avenue, 25N6O feet, pressed brick with
granite trimmings; cost $4,000.
Erred Chamherlin, three story frame
hotel building, corner Lincoln and
Sprague streets, 50XS0 feet cost $1,000
Cmur d'Alene block, Gntz & Bier,
owners, on Mill street, between Main
street and Riverside avenue; three
stories and basement, size 30xS0 feet /;
presSed-brick front with granite trim
mings; cost, $4,000.
NJ. II. Forrest, brick and stone resi-
denCe in Forests addition cost, Sl5, 600.
j. T. Nj. Richards, two.story frame
block on Spraguc street, near Lincoln
size 50S65; cost, $500.
Opera House block, j. j. Browne and
A. NJ. Cannon, owners; corner Main and
Post streets, size 90Xl50, five stories high,
with tower, seven stories high; pressed.
brick and terra Gotta; cost, 100000.
NJ. j. Baum, two-story frame residence
in Brownies addition; cost, $1,000.
Il. c. Griflitts, two-story frame resi-
dencc on Second street, in Brownies ud-
dition; cost, 5000.
q. S. Wolverton, three cottages in
Cannon's addition; cost, $1,000.
Boston block, Brooks &. Burch, own
ers corner Stevens and First streets,
l30x $50 feet, five stories high pressed
brick with granite trimmings; cost,
$3.50 900.
Mrs. l.. S. Hunt, two.story residence
in Ross Park cost, $500
J. Lamonas, three story and basement
brick block on First street near Howard,
50XS0 feet; cost, $4,000.
Adolf Munter, two story frame resi-
dence on Sixth street, near Madison /;
cost, $1,000.
a. Nagel, two story frame residence on
Fourth street, near Maple; cost, $1,000.
Paul Strobach, Sr., residence on Sixth
street, near Madison, one and onc-hali
stories; cost 1920.
DIR. Candy, frame block on Post street
near First, two stories; cost $4,000.
w. q. Gray, two story frame residence
and stable on Fifth street, corner of
Washington; cost $4,000.
Holley, Mason, Marks & Co., ware.
house on Howard street and Railroad
avenue; cost $4,000.
J. l.. Raind, architect, has furnished