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The Lindsley-Larsen Estate is one of the few remaining
undivided, multi-acre residential estates built during the late 19th and
early 20th centuries in Spokane. The property includes the main
house, a carriage house/garage, a chauffeur's cottage and garage
addition, and landscaped grounds and garden features. Designed by
Spokane architect C. Harvey Smith, the Lindsley-Larsen Estate is an
excellent example of the Colonial Revival style and was built in
1914. The home won a city-wide contest held in 1921 and was
honored as a "Notable Example of Architecture in Spokane" as
reported in The Architect and Engineer.
In 1928, the Spokane Daily Chronicle described
the Lindsley-Larsen Estate as "one of the residence show places of
the city." Reported in a June 29, 1937 Spokane newspaper, the
grounds contained "the largest assortment of specimen Rhododendrons
east of the Cascades" and were designed by landscape architect
Norby Balzer who was associated with the design for Manito Park.
The property was built for Maude and
Edward Lindsley, owner of Lindsley Brothers Cedar Products, and was
later home to Lewis P. Larsen and his wife Bertha for more than 27
years. Larsen was one of Spokane's most brilliant mining engineers
and lived in the Lindsley-Larsen Estate during the zenith of his career
from 1928 to 1955. He discovered and operated one of the world's
largest lead-zinc fields located north of Spokane. In addition,
Larsen established the Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company and founded
Metaline Falls, a town planned for workers employed in his mining
operations. > Back
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