Then and Now: Anita Bryant in Spokane Today’s social media platforms serve many social, religious and political controversies to comment on. Before the internet, debates played out in public places and newspaper editorials and television talk shows. One p... See more
Then and Now: Culmstock Arms One of Spokane’s most dignified apartment blocks, the Culmstock Arms, was erected by Walter M. Clist, who was construction supervisor on the Davenport Hotel in 1914 and general contractor on the Fox Theater starting in 1927. C... See more
Then and Now: Phillips Petroleum Petroleum businesses in Spokane started processing crude oil brought from distant oil fields in the 1920s. The Inland Empire Oil Refinery, one of two refineries in Parkwater, near Felts Field, launched around 1926. Busines... See more
Then and Now: Maple Street Bridge The Spokane River, especially the deep gorge west of the downtown Spokane waterfalls, splits the city. The first span over the gorge was a rickety, wooden Monroe Street Bridge built in 1889. In the 1950s the city of Spoka... See more
Then and Now: Masonic Temple Spokane’s Masonic Temple is arguably the grandest building left from the fraternal club era that spanned the late 1900s and early 20th century in Spokane. Prominent buildings were also created for the Odd Fellows and Elks club... See more
