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Erected in
1911 as a plain two-story brick masonry building, the Dowling &
Cattle Warehouse is a good representation of the building type,
“industrial/commercial warehouse,” as identified and described
in the Multiple Property Documentation, Industrial/Commercial
Warehouse Buildings in East Downtown Spokane, Washington,
1890-1948. It was built for Spokane plumber, Patrick J.
Dowling, and Spokane real estate investor, Alfred T. Cattle, who
were business partners. They used the building for storage and
also leased it to various renters, including a group of workers
who occupied it for a time as their Co-Operative Labor Hall,and
the Montana Transfer Company who specialized in “baggage,
wagons, moving vans, and general storage.”After 1936, the
building served as storage, drayage, and distribution
headquarters for such businesses as the Thompson Transfer
Company, Hol-Grain Products Incorporated, Western Food Products
Company, Masterson Food Products Company (cereal manufacturer),
George Skiff Associates (merchandise sales brokers), Lester A.
Nelson Company (wholesale tobacco and candy distributors), and
the U-Select-It-Serve Vending Machine Company. During the
period from 1911 to 1957, the Dowling & Cattle Warehouse
achieved importance in the area of significance, “commerce &
industry,” as part of a unique contiguous façade of mostly
two-story commercial vernacular industrial/commercial warehouse
buildings that were built in the early 1900s in east downtown
Spokane. Including the Dowling & Cattle Warehouse, a
concentration of eight contiguous historic buildings front onto
both sides of West Pacific Avenue between McClellan and Browne
Streets, and together demonstrate early 20th-century
construction trends and patterns that led to the industrial
development of east downtown Spokane and its importance as the
town’s storage and distribution center.
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