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Spokane County, Washington

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160historic places
—earliest paper
1879formed
539,339pop. 2020
48cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 160 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Spokane, Cheney, Mica.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

100 of 160 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

160 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
American Firebrick CompanyMicaDistrict1982
American Legion Cenotaph – Riverside Park CemeterySpokaneStructure2024
AmmanSpokaneBuilding1987
Anderson, Louise Chandler, HouseSpokaneBuilding2013
Barnett, Alonzo and Louise, HouseSpokaneBuilding2003
Bauer, Harvey and Mary, HouseSpokaneBuilding2013
Bell, Dr. Robert and Jessie, HouseSpokaneBuilding2005
Benewah Milk BottleSpokaneBuilding1986
Binkley, J. W., HouseSpokaneBuilding1989
Bleeker, Harry and Catherine, HouseSpokaneBuilding2019
BreslinSpokaneBuilding1987
Brooks, Kenneth and Edna, HouseSpokaneBuilding2004
Browne's Addition Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict1976
Bump Block-Bellevue House-Hawthorne HotelSpokaneBuilding2000
California RanchMicaBuilding1980
Cambern Dutch Shop WindmillSpokaneBuilding1989
Campbell HouseSpokaneBuilding1974
Canfield, George and Nellie. HouseSpokaneBuilding2014
Central Schoolhouse (District No. 49)Nine Mile FallsBuilding1992
Central Steam Heat PlantSpokaneBuilding1996
Cheney Interurban DepotCheneyBuilding1979
Cheney Odd Fellows HallCheneyBuilding1990
Christiansen, George and Blanche, HouseSpokaneBuilding2015
City Ramp GarageSpokaneBuilding2012
City of Cheney Historic DistrictCheneyDistrict2001
Clark MansionSpokaneBuilding1975
Clemmer TheaterSpokaneBuilding1988
Coeur d'Alene ParkSpokaneSite2018
Columbia BuildingSpokaneBuilding2020
Commercial BlockSpokaneBuilding1993
Coolidge-Rising HouseSpokaneBuilding1988
Corbet-Aspray HouseSpokaneBuilding1999
Corbin Park Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict1992
Corbin, Daniel C. and Anna, HouseSpokaneBuilding2004
Courthouse and Federal Office BuildingSpokaneBuilding2024
Cowley ParkSpokaneSite1973
Davenport HotelSpokaneBuilding1975
Desmet Avenue Warehouse Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict1997
Dodd HouseSpokaneBuilding2010
Dodson BuildingSpokaneBuilding2021
Dybdall GristmillCheneyBuilding1976
East Downtown Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict2003
Ehrenberg, Gus and Florence, HouseSpokaneBuilding2007
Eldridge BuildingSpokaneBuilding1992
Empire State BuildingSpokaneBuilding1977
Felts Field Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict1991
Finch HouseSpokaneBuilding1976
Finch, John A., Memorial Nurses HomeSpokaneBuilding1991
Finch, John A., SchoolSpokaneBuilding2014
First Congregational Church of SpokaneSpokaneBuilding1978
Five Mile Prairie SchoolSpokaneBuilding2004
Fort George Wright Historic District-Fort George Wright Cemetery (Additional Documentation)SpokaneDistrict1976
Fox TheaterSpokaneBuilding2001
Franklin Elementary SchoolSpokaneBuilding2017
Frequency Changing StationSpokaneBuilding1979
Fuller, W. P., and Company WarehouseSpokaneBuilding1996
Garland TheaterSpokaneBuilding2013
Germond BlockSpokaneBuilding2014
Globe Hotel, TheSpokaneBuilding1998
Glover HouseSpokaneBuilding1973
Grace Baptist ChurchSpokaneBuilding1992
Hallett HouseMedical LakeBuilding1976
Ham-McEachern HouseLatahBuilding1978
Hill-Hilscher HouseSpokaneBuilding2014
Hillyard High SchoolSpokaneBuilding2005
Hillyard Historic Business DistrictSpokaneDistrict2002
Holley-Mason BuildingSpokaneBuilding1983
Holy Names Academy BuildingSpokaneBuilding1986
Hotel CollinsSpokaneBuilding2025
Hotel UptonSpokaneBuilding1994
Hutton BuildingSpokaneBuilding1983
Hutton SettlementSpokaneDistrict1976
Hutton Settlement District (Boundary Increase)SpokaneDistrict1994
Hutton, Levi and May Arkwright, HouseSpokaneBuilding2002
Italian Rock OvensCheneyStructure1976
Kemp & Hebert BuildingSpokaneBuilding1994
Kiesow-Gentsch HouseSpokaneBuilding2015
KnickerbockerSpokaneBuilding1987
Knight HouseSpokaneBuilding1999
Koerner HouseSpokaneBuilding1999
Latah SchoolLatahBuilding2002
Levesque-Majer HouseSpokaneBuilding2015
Lewis & Clark High SchoolSpokaneBuilding1990
Lewis and Clark High School (Boundary Decrease)SpokaneBuilding2001
LittlebrookSpokaneBuilding1996
Lowe, David, HouseCheneyBuilding1983
Manito Park and BoulevardSpokaneDistrict2015
Marshall BridgeMarshallStructure1995
Marycliff-Cliff Park Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict1979
McKinley SchoolSpokaneBuilding2018
McMillen-Dyar HouseSpokaneBuilding2019
Meese, Gustav, BuildingSpokaneBuilding1996
Miller BlockSpokaneBuilding1998
Millwood Historic DistrictMillwoodDistrict2001
Mission Avenue Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict1986
Moldenhauer, Dr. Hans & Rosaleen, HouseSpokaneBuilding2024
Monroe Street BridgeSpokaneStructure1976
Montvale BlockSpokaneBuilding1998
Mount Saint MichaelSpokaneDistrict2000
Mount Spokane Vista HouseMeadBuilding2018
Muzzy-Shine HouseSpokaneBuilding2010
Natatorium CarouselSpokaneObject1977
Nettleton's Addition Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict2006
Nine Mile Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic DistrictNine Mile FallsDistrict1990
Ninth Avenue Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict1994
Opportunity Township HallSpokane ValleyBuilding2005
Otis HotelSpokaneBuilding1998
Palmer, Eben and Cynthia, FarmsteadSpokaneBuilding2015
ParkadeSpokaneBuilding2025
Peaceful Valley Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict1984
Peyton Building and Peyton AnnexSpokaneBuilding2005
Piollet, Victor & Jean, HouseSpokaneBuilding2010
Ralston, John and Mary, HouseSpokaneBuilding2002
Review BuildingSpokaneBuilding1975
Riblet, Royal, HouseSpokaneBuilding1979
Richardson-Jackson HouseSpokaneSite2006
Ridpath HotelSpokaneBuilding2013
Riverside Avenue Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict1976
Robinwood AparmentsSpokaneBuilding2005
Rockwood Historic DistrictSpokaneDistrict1997
Rogers, John R., High SchoolSpokaneBuilding2010
Roosevelt ApartmentsSpokaneBuilding2000
Roosevelt HallMedical LakeBuilding1997
Rosebush HouseSpokaneBuilding2000
Salvation Army BuildingSpokaneBuilding2000
San MarcoSpokaneBuilding1987
Schade BrewerySpokaneBuilding1994
Sears, Roebuck Department StoreSpokaneBuilding1991
Seehorn-Lang BuildingSpokaneBuilding1998
Seligman, William O. and Stella M., HouseSpokaneBuilding2014
Smith, Edwin A., HouseSpokaneBuilding1985
Solby, William and Margaret, HouseSpokaneBuilding2007
Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad Car FacilitySpokaneBuilding2010
Spokane City Hall BuildingSpokaneBuilding1985
Spokane Club Building-Legion BuildingSpokaneBuilding1994
Spokane County CourthouseSpokaneBuilding1974
Spokane Fire Station No. 3SpokaneBuilding1994
Spokane Flour MillSpokaneBuilding1978
Spokane Public LibrarySpokaneBuilding1982
Spokane Public LibrarySpokaneBuilding1982
Spokane Public LibrarySpokaneBuilding1982
Spokane Public LibrarySpokaneBuilding1982
Spokane Sash and Door Company FlatsSpokaneBuilding2005
Sunset Boulevard BridgeSpokaneStructure1982
Sutton BarnCheneyBuilding1975
Thomas, Dr. Charles and Elsie, HouseSpokaneBuilding2007
Tuell, Frank and Maude, HouseSpokaneBuilding2006
Turnbull Pines Rock ShelterCheneySite1975
Turner, Luther P. and Jane Marie, HouseSpokaneBuilding2003
US Post Office, Courthouse, and Custom HouseSpokaneBuilding1983
Upper Kepple Rockshelters (45SP7)CheneySite1985
Warner, William and Ella, HouseSpokaneBuilding2019
Washington State Normal School at Cheney Historic DistrictCheneyDistrict1992
Washington Street BridgeSpokaneStructure1982
Weaver, Lawrence and Lydia, HouseSpokaneBuilding2002
West Downtown Historic Transportation CorridorSpokaneDistrict1999
West Valley High SchoolMillwoodBuilding1991
Whitten BlockSpokaneBuilding1993
Wilbur, Ralston and Sarah, HouseSpokaneBuilding2006
Williams, James and Corinne, HouseSpokaneBuilding2003

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Spokane was formed in 1879 (1879-10-30) from Stevens.

SPOKANE created by Washington Territory from STEVENS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Spokane County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

539k272k4,262188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,26257,542141,289164,652221,561278,333341,835417,939539,339

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

48 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 48 of 48 listed
NameLatLon
Chattaroy Cemetery47.88173-117.34627
Dartford Cemetery47.7844-117.42092
Englewood Cemetery47.64908-117.31437
Evergreen Cemetery47.51876-117.18906
Evergreen Cemetery47.29603-117.16341
Fairfield Cemetery47.36985-117.14299
Fairmount Memorial Park47.70412-117.49143
Fairview Cemetery47.44215-117.13183
Fairview Cemetery47.48299-117.60326
Fort George Wright Cemetery47.68221-117.48019
Green Mound Cemetery47.51552-117.5748
Greenwood Memorial Terrace47.65833-117.47332
Holy Cross Cemetery47.72405-117.41729
Kelly Cemetery47.95969-117.46837
Lakes Memorial Cemetery47.56517-117.69932
Lance Hill Cemetery47.39829-117.73576
Latah Cemetery47.28206-117.12711
Marshall Cemetery47.57253-117.53142
Medical Lake Cemetery47.61353-117.70804
Mica Cemetery47.54327-117.21598
Mica Creek Cemetery47.52155-117.11069
Mica Peak Cemetery47.50751-117.0773
Milan Cemetery47.95901-117.34215
Moran Cemetery47.59564-117.36911
Mount Hope Cemetery47.44754-117.23804
Mount Nebo Cemetery47.66347-117.46993
Mount Saint Michael Cemetery47.73602-117.34093
New England Cemetery47.47607-117.59488
Orchard Prairie Cemetery47.73975-117.32606
Peone Cemetery47.77697-117.30477
Pines Cemetery47.64354-117.24136
Pleasant Prairie Cemetery47.73043-117.2766
Riverside Memorial Park47.66139-117.46074
Rosalia Cemetery47.25992-117.36648
Rosewood Cemetery47.34708-117.17347
Saint Annes Cemetery47.59049-117.68691
Saint Joseph's Cemetery47.69949-117.16354
Saltese Cemetery47.62732-117.16682
Spangle Cemetery47.42078-117.37863
Spokane Evergreen Cemetery47.74905-117.3621
Spokane Memorial Gardens47.59842-117.44145
Washington State Veterans Cemetery47.58948-117.71255
Wayside Cemetery47.86061-117.43382
West Greenwood Cemetery47.7379-117.74695
Wild Rose Cemetery47.86084-117.4972
Wood Memorial Cemetery47.50725-117.27005
Woodland Cemetery47.95515-117.49198
Zion Hill Cemetery48.00245-117.53057
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Alpha47.67573-117.1677
Arturdee47.67117-117.10643
Ne'sqhwaqhwe47.68377-117.08764

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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