Edward Louis and Dora Powell House    1728 W. First

HISTORIC NAME	Edward Louis and Dora Powell House
COMMON NAME	Powell House
DATE BUILT	1899
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	Loren L. Rand
PROPERTY STYLE	Queen Anne
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	Yes-added 9/10/03
NATIONAL REGISTER	No
IN A DISTRICT	No
DISTRICT	Yes -        Browne's Addition
NEIGHBORHOOD	Browne's Addition

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The E. L. Powell House, was built in 1899, for Edward Louis Powell, Spokane's mayor from 1893-94, and his wife Dora.  The Powell House remained in the family after E. L. Powell's death whereby his daughter Gerta moved in to the house with her husband James Rigsby.  Dora remained in the house also until her death in 1920.  In 1954 the house was converted to apartments.  The current owners plan to convent the home into a bed and The breakfast.  The home represents master architect Loren L. Rand's interpretation of the restrained Queen Anne style of architecture.  For the Powell's, Rand elaborated on a common Queen Anne form by mixing decorative elements from different subtypes n an elegantly subtle way.

Credits: Photo John Mann, 2003

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Last Date Modified: December 19, 2005