Brooks House, Kenneth & Eda 723 W. Sumner Avenue

HISTORIC NAME	Kenneth & Edna Brooks House
COMMON NAME
DATE BUILT	1956
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	Kenneth W. Brooks
PROPERTY STYLE	Modern
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	No
ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER	7/20/04
IN A DISTRICT	Pending
DISTRICT	Yes/ Marycliff/Cliff Park-Non-Contributing
NEIGHBORHOOD	Cliff/Cannon

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The Kenneth & Edna Brooks House embodies the distinctive characteristics the modern movement in Spokane during the 1950's.  Additionally, the 1956 home represents the early work of Spokane architect Kenneth W. Brooks, who was one of the prominent trendsetters in the local architectural community for over 30 years.  Through his long and distinguished career, he received architectural acclaim at the local, state and national level, and even received architectural note in a variety of European publications.  Also, the house is significant  under criterion "G" as a resource that shows Brooks' mastery of the language of architectural expression developed by Mies van der Rohe, a dominate force in American building in the 1950s and 1960s.

Credits: Michael Houser, nomination and photo, 2004

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Last Date Modified: December 15, 2005