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Built in
1913, the Alvis House is a fine example of the Arts & Crafts
tradition with influences from the Craftsman, Prairie, and Swiss
Chalet styles. It was erected as a “spec” house by a group of
investors and builders who sold it one year after construction
was completed to Harry Alvis, an automobile salesman in Spokane,
and his wife, Dorothy Alvis. The home was subsequently owned
for long periods by various prominent property owners. LeRoy &
Beta Beeson, owners/proprietors of Beeson Brothers automobile
sales/service in Spokane, resided in the house for 13 years, and
Marion & Robert Root, a Pacific Mutual Life Insurance agent and
agency owner, lived at the property for 58 years. During its
period of significance from 1913 to 1956, the Alvis House
achieved importance in the areas of significance, “architecture”
and “community planning & development.” The property is
architecturally significant as a fine depiction of the Arts &
Crafts tradition and as a product of Spokane architect, Franklin
Manz, and is historically significant for its association with
trends and patterns which led to the urban development and
subsequent settlement of the Cannon Hill Park Addition on
Spokane’s South Hill.
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