1924 W. Pacific

Statement of Significance

Built in 1891, the Domke-Guse House is a good example of the Free Classic Queen Anne style and is a product of Loren L. Rand, a leading late 19^th and early 20^th-century Spokane architect.  Educated at MIT, Rand was described in a Spokane newspaper as “a skillful exponent of the profession” and was ranked “among the foremost in the northwest.”  He designed “a great many of the largest [commercial business building] blocks in the city” and “many of the most prominent residences.”  His work was vilified as “some of the best” in the area and he was said to be “widely known in his profession.” The Domke-Guse House was built for William Augusta Domke and his wife, Julia H. Domke, owners and proprietors of the Domke Saloon in downtown Spokane.  In 1895, prominent Spokane grocer (Guse Brothers Grocery) Fred Guse and his wife, Mary Guse, bought the property, and lived in the house with their four children for 10 years.  During the property’s period of significance from 1891 to 1957, the Domke-Guse House is historically significant for its association with the architectural development and upscale social settlement of the Browne’s Addition National Register Historic District. 

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