Frequency Changing Station 1421 E. Celesta Avenue

HISTORIC NAME	Frequency Changing Station
COMMON NAME
DATE BUILT	c. 1908
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	Albert Held
PROPERTY STYLE
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	Yes - added 4/21/86
NATIONAL REGISTER	No
IN A DISTRICT	Yes - added 6/19/79
DISTRICT	No
NEIGHBORHOOD	East Central

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The Frequency Changing Station was an important part of an early electrical power and transportation conglomerate.  The station distributed power generated by the Inland Power Plant at Nine Mile Falls, which provided power for the Spokane and Inland Empire Railway system, a network that provided freight and passenger service along 250 miles of track radiating from Spokane south to the Palouse wheat district and east to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.  In addition, the plant supplied surplus power to small communities along the route.

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Last Date Modified: December 15, 2005