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416 E. Rockwood Boulevard

Historic Name/Common Name Edward & Helen Cannon House
Date Built 1911
Architect/Builder Earl W. Morrison
Date Listed on the Spokane Register February 7, 2005
Date Listed on the National Register May 1997
Historic District Rockwood Historic District
Neighborhood Rockwood

Statement of Significance

The Edward and Helen Cannon Property, was built for Edward J. Cannon, one of early Spokane's most noted lawyers, and his wife Helen.  Lauded as "one of the brilliant members of the Spokane bar" at the time of his death in 1934, Cannon was also honored as a "model trial lawyer" by his peers, and was applauded for helping found and establish the Gonzaga University School of Law in 1912.  The property, which includes the house, garage, front terrace/porch, and basalt rock retaining walls, is architecturally significant as an excellent example of the Colonial Revival style and as a product of Spokane architect and accomplished craftsman, Earl W. Morrison.  The property represents  specific building and development trends that led to prescribed residential settlement in the Rockwood neighborhood.

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