History:

This home replaced an earlier home built by Kirtland K. Cutter for the Paines. Waldo and Louise Paine commissioned architect W.W. Hyslop to design this home which was constructed in 1905. While the house was under construction, the Paines lived at 2511 W. Maxwell. Paine was the son-in-law of William Nettleton who platted and owned Nettleton's 1st and Nettleton's 2nd Additions in 1887. Paine, who arrived in Spokane in 1885, was William Nettleton's partner in a real estate business in 1890. During that time, Paine purchased the Lindsey Mercantile Company and renamed the firm Sloane, Paine & Richmond after himself and his business partners. Paine sold his share in the mercantile business to James F. Sloane in 1902, and turned his attentions to railroad enterprises, specifically the Spokane & Coeur d'Alene Railroad which was at that time just being built. He became the manager of the Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad Company in 1910. Paine continued as manager of the railroad company until his death in 1926. Waldo and Louise, William Nettleton's daughter, married in 1889. They had three children. The Paines occupied this home through the 1920s when their second son, Alan Grant Paine, acquired the property. Alan acquired a law degree from Harvard in the early 1920s and opened his own law practice in Spokane in 1925. The home sold to Dr. Samuel Thatcher Hubbard in 1948, following Louise's passing. Dr. Hubbard was the first anesthesiologist in Spokane and was an active environmentalist. Hubbard sold the home to highway engineer Donald McBride and his wife Barbara in 1964. 

Architectural Description:

The Paine house is a two-and-a-half story side-gable Craftsman style home with a mortared stone foundation, multi-pane wood sash windows, and wood shingle and clinker brick cladding. The home is characterized by an elongated shed-roof dormer on the front (north) facade and large fascia boards with wrought iron decorative elements. 

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