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Built in 1910
and 1916 respectively, the Frederick & Minnie Tebben House and
garage are fine examples of the Arts & Crafts tradition and most
particularly, the Craftsman style. Together, they embody
distinctive characteristics of the Craftsman style and the
period in which the style was popular in Spokane, and reveal
methods of early 20th-century building practices and
construction materials. The woodwork and many built-ins inside
the house are particularly prominent features of the property
and are made of the finest quality quarter-sawn oak. Over time,
the woodwork and built-ins have burnished to a rich dark amber
color and due to their prominence, design, superior
craftsmanship, and excellent integrity, possess high artistic
values associated with the Craftsman style. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1978, the Tebben House
and garage are designated contributing historic landmarks in the
Marycliff-Cliff Park National Register Historic District in
Spokane, Washington. The house and garage are products of
residential urban growth in Spokane during the early 1900s and
of real estate developer Harl J. Cook’s planned development in
the Resurveyed Cliff Park Addition in the Marycliff-Cliff Park
National Register Historic District on Spokane’s South Hill.
Harl Cook gained importance in Spokane as he “devoted his time
and energies toward the development of…the city and…contributed
much to the improvement and adornment of Spokane.” He was
specifically applauded for his development of the “Liberty Park,
Altamont, and Cliff Park additions, the last named being [one
of] the most beautiful residential sections of Spokane.”
The Tebben House and garage were built for Frederick & Minnie
Tebben, owners/proprietors of the Tebben Lambdin Company,
insurance agents for the Standard Fire Insurance Company in the
Hyde Block in downtown Spokane. In the area of significance,
“architecture,” the Tebben House and garage are nominated to the
Spokane Register of Historic Places under Category C.
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