Dyar-Keisling House  526 E. 12th Avenue

HISTORIC NAME	Dyar-Keisling House
COMMON NAME
DATE BUILT	1912
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	Franklin Manz
PROPERTY STYLE	American Foursquare
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	Yes - 12/21/96
NATIONAL REGISTER	No
IN A DISTRICT	Yes - District
DISTRICT	Rockwood Historic District
NEIGHBORHOOD	Rockwood

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

This unusual house was designed by Franklin Manz, prominent Spokane architect, and built by Rockwood home builder C.A. Lansdowne in 1912 for a reported $13,500 - a sizeable sum of money for that time.  The American Foursquare style home was purchased by Ralph E. Dyar, author, playwright and former director of the Spokesman-Review promotion and research department.  Dyar, a descendant of one of the first passengers brought to America aboard the "Mayflower," owned and lived in the home for 40 years together with his wife Else Kiesling Dyar.  The house changed hands several times after the death of Else Kiesling Dyar in 1967, and is currently owned by Vernon and Janine Arneson.

Credits:  Photo by Tim Cannan, 2002

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Last Date Modified: December 15, 2005