Fotheringham House 2 2128 W. Second Avenue

HISTORIC NAME	Fotheringham House 2
COMMON NAME	Fotheringham House Bed and Breakfast
DATE BUILT	1891
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	David B. Fotheringham (builder)
PROPERTY STYLE	Queen Anne
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	Yes - added 7/8/85
NATIONAL REGISTER	No
IN A DISTRICT	Yes - District
DISTRICT	Browne's Addition Historic District
NEIGHBORHOOD	Browne's Addition

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

This house is significant as a contributing building in the Browne’s Addition National Historic District and as the family home of David B. Fotheringham, a successful building contractor and community leader.  Fotheringham lived in a temporary house he built next east while he was building this one.  He finished, fittingly, in 1891, the same year he became Mayor of Spokane.  After moving in, Fotheringham turned his attention to the the lot across the street to the west, where he built the opulent Patrick Clark Mansion, designed by Spokane’s best known architect, Kirtland Cutter.  Fotheringham remained in the house to 1926, when Fay E. and Ina Dobson purchased it and converted it into an apartment building.  In 1984, the house was partially restored and remodeled to accommodate a bed and breakfast, which it remains.

Credits:  Photo by Tim Cannan, 2002

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Last Date Modified: December 15, 2005