Armstrong House 1022 W. Ninth Avenue

HISTORIC NAME	Armstrong House
COMMON NAME
DATE BUILT	c. 1910
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	Albert Held
PROPERTY STYLE	Colonial Revival
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	Yes - added 4/17/96
ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER	No
IN A DISTRICT	Yes - District
DISTRICT	Ninth Avenue Historic District
NEIGHBORHOOD	Cliff/Cannon

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

With its glistening white clapboard frame, massive marble-like columns, red roof and red brick foundation, the stately Armstrong House is reminiscent of the grand, antebellum mansions of the South.  Located on Spokane's prestigious South Hill, the Armstrong House is in the Ninth Avenue National Historic District.  The house was built in 1910 for Major James Melville Armstrong, a Civil War veteran and early Spokane business and mining entrepreneur who died shortly before the house was built.  His wife Lida B. Armstrong succeeded her husband as president of his company and oversaw the construction of the house.

Credits: Photo by Tim Cannan, 2002

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Last Date Modified: December 15, 2005