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Built in 1911
in the Cannon Hill Park Addition in Spokane, Washington, the
Judge Henry & Alice Canfield House is a fine representation of
the Craftsman style expressed in the American Arts & Crafts
tradition. The property reflects Craftsman-style details such
as a side-gable roof, a full-width front porch covered by an
extension of the principal roof and supported by massive porch
piers and pillars, false half-timbering with stucco infill in
the gable peaks (a Tudor Revival style influence), and use of
natural organic building materials found in wood, stucco, brick,
and indigenous black basalt rock. A May 21, 1911
Spokesman-Review newspaper article reported that “on
Twenty-first Avenue boulevard, facing Wall Street, [general
building contractor] Gus Bostrom is finishing a seven-room,
two-story house that will cost approximately $7,500” when
completed. Responsible for numerous large “spec houses” in the
Cannon Hill Park Addition, Gus Bostrom was an accomplished
builder, and the Canfield House is a good example of his work.
It was built for Superior Court Judge Henry Ward Canfield and
his wife, Alice Ferrington Canfield, who owned the property for
more than 25 years from 1911 to 1937. A prominent practitioner
and teacher of constitutional law, Judge Canfield was
professionally praised and respected for “his [legal] opinions”
which were venerated as “models of judicial soundness.” During
its period of significance from 1911 to 1937, the Canfield House
gained importance in the areas of significance, “architecture”
and “community planning & design” as 1) a fine example of the
Arts & Crafts tradition, 2) a product of general contractor, Gus
Bostrom, and 3) an example of the prescribed subdivision
covenants which were written expressly to ensure successful and
architecturally compatible residential development in the Cannon
Hill Park Addition.
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