Riverside Avenue Historic District

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Riverside Avenue Historic District
Riverside Avenue HD NRHP 76001921 Spokane County, WA.jpg
Colonnaded facade of Masonic Temple
Riverside Avenue Historic District is located in Washington (state)
Riverside Avenue Historic District
LocationRiverside Ave., Spokane, Washington
Coordinates47°39′27″N 117°25′44″W / 47.65750°N 117.42889°W / 47.65750; -117.42889Coordinates: 47°39′27″N 117°25′44″W / 47.65750°N 117.42889°W / 47.65750; -117.42889
Area16.5 acres (6.7 ha)
Built1902
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.76001921[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 1976

The Riverside Avenue Historic District is a 16.5 acres (6.7 ha) historic district in Spokane, Washington which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The listing included 15 contributing buildings and two contributing objects.[1]

It runs along five blocks of Riverside Avenue. It includes the Masonic Temple (1904), which presents a 222 feet (68 m) colonnaded facade, added in 1924–25.[2]

The district includes a Carnegie Library.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Patsy M. Garrett; Elisabeth Walton Potter (January 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Riverside Avenue Historic District / Spokane Civic Center". National Park Service. Retrieved June 4, 2018. With accompanying 10 photos from 1975 (Masonic Temple in photos #3,4)
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