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Designed by prominent Spokane architect Loren L. Rand, the Cascade
Laundry Building is the only one of two remaining examples of buildings
that were built along the Spokane River as commercial laundries (the
other, also built in 1913, is the former Spokane Toilet Supply and
across the Spokane River to the east). Laundries were once a common
feature along the Spokane River in the downtown area. Cascade Laundry
was one of the earliest and largest of Spokane’s commercial laundries.
It began its operation in downtown on Bridge Avenue (first listed in the
city directory in 1892) and moved to the subject building in 1913.
Later in the building’s history, around 1940, it was modified by United
Trucking Company into a motor freight operational facility, and still
later a school bus storage and maintenance facility. The trucking use
resulted in the modification to its current form with ground floor shop
bays. Subsequent to its transportation use, portions of the building
have also been used for a warehouse, offices, a residence, and a tavern.
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