Historic Register Tour - Levi Monroe House

HISTORIC NAME	Levi Monroe House
COMMON NAME
DATE BUILT	1903
ARCHITECT/BUILDER
PROPERTY STYLE	Queen Anne
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	Yes - added 7/8/91
NATIONAL REGISTER	No
IN A DISTRICT	No
DISTRICT	No
NEIGHBORHOOD	Cliff/Cannon

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

This house is historically significant for its association with Levi and Sara Monroe, who had it built in 1903. It is also architecturally significant as an intact representative example of the Queen Anne style of architecture. The smaller house, now a duplex, was constructed in 1902 and served as home to the Monroes until the main house was completed, and then as servants quarters. From 1902 to 1906 Levi Monroe was the Livestock Editor of the Spokane Daily Chronicle and served as the Secretary of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce from 1906 to 1920. As a long-term officer there, he contributed to the planning and formation of early Spokane's business community. During this period, he also served as an officer of the Washington Livestock Association Washington Horticultural Society, and Spokane Horticultural Society. Between 1920 and 1940, Mr. Monroe owned and operated his own advertising agency, and also served as advertising editor at the Chronicle. During the Depression, Monroe was the assistant to James O'Sullivan, Secretary of the Columbia Basin Commission. In this capacity, he worked with Federal, State, and local government officials in the planning of Grand Coulee Dam.