Mission Avenue Historic District
Mission Avenue Historic District | |
Homes on the 800 block of Mission Avenue | |
| Location | Mission Ave., Spokane, Washington |
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| Coordinates | 47°40′18″N 117°24′05″W / 47.67167°N 117.40139°W |
| Built | 1894-1930s |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | American Craftsman, American Foursquare, Bungalow, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002644 |
| Added to NRHP | August 14, 1986 |
The Mission Avenue Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) listed historic district in the Logan neighborhood of Spokane, Washington. The historic district is located in a residential area stretching along Mission Avenue from the west side of Lidgerwood Street to nearly Hamilton Street on the east.
Located roughly one mile from the Downtown Spokane, where the city was initially settled, the Mission Avenue Historic District is set in one of the first residential areas to be platted and developed in Spokane. Platting of what became the district began in 1884 with initial development continuing through 1890, the Mission Avenue area and Logan Neighborhood in general were one of the early streetcar suburbs in the city. Single family homes along the tree-lined Mission Avenue boulevard were designed in numerous styles including American Craftsman, American Foursquare, Bungalow, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne.
Unlike other NRHP-listed residential historic districts in Spokane like the Browne's Addition Historic District, Ninth Avenue Historic District, Rockwood Historic District and Marycliff-Cliff Park Historic District which housed the city's moneyed elite, Mission Avenue was home to a cross-section of the middle and upper-middle class. Julius Zittel, a prominent architect who left his mark in historic districts around the city, was a prominent early resident along Mission Avenue.
Presently, Mission Avenue serves as a major arterial on the near north side of Spokane, but retains the tree-lined nature and manicured boulevard of its original design. Several intrusive structures have been built in the decades since the initial development was completed in the 1930s, but the NRHP considered this stretch of Mission Avenue intact enough to warrant inclusion on the national register. The neighborhood still maintains a largely middle-class character, though it has become increasingly influenced by the presence of students from Gonzaga University, located just two blocks south of Mission Avenue.