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HISTORIC NAME	Inland Casket Company Factory Building
COMMON NAME
DATE BUILT	1913
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	Ballard Plannary, 1913 design G. A. Pehrson, 1927 design
PROPERTY STYLE	Vernacular Commercial/industrial architecture
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	Yes-added 11/04
NATIONAL REGISTER	No
IN A DISTRICT	No
DISTRICT	No
NEIGHBORHOOD	Emerson Garfield

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Built in two identical parts in 1913 and 1927, the Inland Casket Company factory building is historically significant as one of the longest-operating and the only surviving casket factory building in Spokane, Washington. Identified as a good example of a funerary building type in the Multiple Property Documentation (MPD), Funerary Properties in Spokane, Washington, 1888-1978, the Inland Casket Company factory building meets the registration requirements stated in the MPD for listing on the Spokane Register of Historic Places. The Inland Casket Company was founded by Emil A. Skone and his two business partners, John Powers and Peter Sether, and manufactured hundreds of thousands of caskets for 65 years from 1913 to 1978 in Spokane. The company designed, built, and finished ready-made and custom-designed caskets in various shapes and sizes, and in a plethora of upholstered fabrics. The casket company was owned by the Skone family and their extended members for nearly nine decades from 1913 to 2002. The Inland Casket Company factory building achieved significance particularly from 1913 to 1954, in the areas of “commerce” and “industry” for its association with the funerary business and funerary trends in Spokane, Washington.