Historic Register Tour - Campbell House

HISTORIC NAME	Cohen House, Ralph and Ella Belle
COMMON NAME
DATE BUILT	1911
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	E. W. Larson, Builder
PROPERTY STYLE	Craftsman
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	Yes-added
NATIONAL REGISTER	No
IN A DISTRICT	No
DISTRICT	No
NEIGHBORHOOD	Manito/Cannon Hill

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Built in 1911 i the Ralph & Ella Belle Cohen House is architecturally significant as an excellent interpretation of the Craftsman style. Constructed for investor and mortgage broker Ralph Cohen and his wife, Ella Belle Cohen, the house was one of the first homes built in the Cannon Hill Park neighborhood, a planned residential community on Spokane’s South Hill which was developed by the Arthur D. Jones Company. Well representing the company’s intentions, the design and construction cost of the Cohen House embody the strict subdivision requirements which were prescribed in property deed covenants written specifically to control land use and maintain architectural integrity and compatibility in the residential development. Especially during its period of significance in 1911, in the areas of “architecture” and “community planning & development,” the Cohen House and garage are architecturally and historically significant as excellent examples of the Craftsman style, and reflect early 20^th century building and development trends associated with prominent residential neighborhoods built in early Spokane.