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Built as two adjoining
single-story brick masonry commercial buildings in 1910 and 1939. The buildings were erected for Spokane physician, Thomas
Hoxsey, and his wife, Leita Hoxsey, who owned the property for more than
54 years. During its period
of significance, the Hoxsey Block contributed to the health, welfare,
and social needs of the South Perry Street/Grant Park community as an
important commercial hub, central gathering place, and neighborhood
retail and educational anchor. The
south bay of the 1910 building, and later the south bay of the adjoining
1939 building, served as the neighborhood’s first and only
community-based public branch library for a total of 65 years.
The north bay of the 1910 building was the site of the Altamont
Pharmacy, the neighborhood’s first and only pharmacy; and the center
bay was home to a kaleidoscope of grocery & meat markets, variety
stores, and retail shops. The 1939 building, which is nearly identical in design to the
1910 building, was occupied by Pat Noel’s multiple grocery businesses
and Howard Aust’s market meats for 21 consecutive years, and later by
subsequent shops and stores.
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