Hale Block, 231 W. Riverside

HISTORIC NAME	Hale Block
COMMON NAME	Same
DATE BUILT	c. 1905
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	Unknown
PROPERTY STYLE
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	Yes - 08/04/2003
NATIONAL REGISTER	No
IN A DISTRICT	Yes - District
DISTRICT	Yes
NEIGHBORHOOD	East Downtown Historic District

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Built in 1905, the Hale Block was the ome at different imes for the Hale, the Del Monte, the Lang, the Sonte and the Kincaid HOtels, and provided housing needs for hundreds of working class citizens for 60 years.  The Hale Block is one of only 20 remaining SROs (Single Residency Occupany Hotels) that were originally erected in Spokane's east downtown neighborhood, an area that once held over 100 SROs.

Credits:  Photo by Tim Cannan, 2002

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Last Date Modified: December 15, 2005