Nettleton's In the News

Vol. 4, Number 2, Summer 2007 -- By Diana J. Painter and Kevin Brownlee

Nettleton's Addition Historic District in Spokane, Washington, is a success story about the effectiveness of the National Register of Historic Places as a planning and historic preservation tool. Read...

September 26, 2006 -- Let's see, four walls and a roof. Front yard and backyard. Sounds like a house. Looks like a house. Well, that's what most of us would see. But three years ago, Steven, formerly known as Steffan, Wachholtz had another vision. Read...

April 13, 2006 -- Nettleton's Addition in Spokane's West Central Neighborhood has become the city's newest addition to the National Register of Historic Places. Read...

Summer 2006 -- Nettleton's Addition Historic District is featured in a front page cover story in the Summer 2006 Washington Trust for Historic Preservation newsletter. The article covers the history of the district as well as how it came to be the state's largest National Register Historic District. Read...

(This article, which first appeared in the Summer 2006 issue of the Trust News, is reprinted with permission of the publisher, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation is a statewide, tax exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 1976 to safeguard Washington's historic places through advocacy, education, collaboration and stewardship. For more information, visit www.wa-trust.org.)

May 13, 2006 -- A former "streetcar suburb" near downtown Spokane has been named the state's largest National Historic District by the National Park Service, the city said Wednesday. Read...

July 6, 2005 -- Three Spokane buildings and the Nettleton's Addition Historic District have been added to the Washington Heritage Register, including the old Hillyard High School at 5313 N. Regal St. Read...

June 25, 2005 -- Old Hillyard High School, which was converted to apartments in the 1940s, could soon become one of Spokane's newest listings on local, state and national historic registers. The Governor's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on Friday recommended the northeast Spokane landmark for both the Washington Heritage Register and the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination will be forwarded to the National Park Service for national register consideration. Read...

June 9, 2005, the Inlander featured a story by Suzanne Shreiner on the West Central neighborhood. Learn about a house won in a raffle, a house rescued from neglect and demolition, and newcomers to the neighborhood. Read...

June 1, 2005 -- Residents of Nettleton's Addition in West Central Spokane have struggled for years with poverty, crime and drugs. Turn-of-the-century housing offers plenty of affordable rents. But Nettleton's Addition is also home to a core of involved residents who see the history and charm of the neighborhood as an asset. They are seeking to have a 39-block area designated as a national historic district. If approved, it would be Washington state's largest. Read...

May 31, 2005 -- As you walk through Nettleton's Addition in Spokane's West Central neighborhood, you can easily imagine what it was like to walk through it in 1910. Seventy percent of the homes in the addition were built by then, and most still retain their welcoming front porches. Read...

May 5, 2005 -- Kevin Brownlee and Aimee Flinn sat down with Suzanne Shreiner to discuss Nettleton's Addition Historic District and the impact the National Register nomination will have on the West Central neighborhood. Suzanne interviewed several homeowners in Nettleton's to find out what it means to them to be in the state's largest historic district. Listen...