Historic Register Tour - Moore-Turner Garden

HISTORIC NAME	Moore-Turner Garden
COMMON NAME	Moore-Turner Garden
DATE BUILT	c. 1888-1891, 1911-1913
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	Hugh Bryan (landscape architect, phase II)
PROPERTY STYLE	Arts and Crafts Movement Garden
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	Yes - added 5/15/00
NATIONAL REGISTER	No
IN A DISTRICT	Pending
DISTRICT	Marycliff-Cliff Park Historic District
NEIGHBORHOOD	Cliff/Cannon

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Developed in two main stages, the first from 1888 to 1891 and the second from 1911 to 1913, the Moore-Turner Garden is a local example of the landscape style that accompanied the Arts and Crafts Movement in America. George Turner and his wife Bertha purchased this residential garden, first laid out by F. Rockwood Moore, in 1896. During their ownership, the Moore-Turner Garden achieved its fullest development when the Turners commissioned Portland, Oregon landscape architect Hugh Bryan to supervise extensive additions. Incorporated into the South Hill’s unique geology, the property comprises over five acres and offers some of the finest views of the city. Once the site of one of the city’s early mansions, the property still reflects its historic character in location, design, setting, materials, and association. No other hillside landscape in Spokane retains the traces of its past to the same extent. While the South Hill’s other hillside gardens have been compromised or have disappeared altogether, the remnants of the Moore-Turner Garden are identifiable. The grounds are owned by the Spokane Parks Department and are currently under restoration.