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Built in 1902, the Alex & Addie
MacLeod House is an excellent example of the Free Classic subtype of the
Queen Anne style. Located
north of downtown Spokane, Washington in the Mountain View Addition in
the city’s West Central neighborhood, the house is one of few homes
built in the area that features brick masonry construction and a
full-width front porch with a hexagonal porch turret.
The MacLeod House is well-preserved and conveys building
techniques, materials, workmanship, and designs popularized by the Queen
Anne style in Spokane during the late 1890s and early 1900s.
In the middle 1940s, the property was adapted for use as a
multi-family apartment house, which followed a strong development trend
that saw large, turn-of-the-century homes throughout the city remodeled
with apartments to accommodate budget-conscience residents and locally
stationed and returning World War II GI’s and their families.
The house was originally built for prominent pioneer physician,
Alex F. MacLeod, and his wife, Addie Brink MacLeod.
Dr. MacLeod practiced in Spokane and throughout the Inland Empire
for 47 years, and was an honored member of the Spokane, Washington
State, and American Medical Associations.
From 1920 to 1945 the MacLeod House was owned by St. Paul’s
Methodist Church and was home to various ministers and their families as
the church parsonage. Historically
significant during the period from 1902 to 1955 in “community planning
& design,” the MacLeod House is eligible for listing on the
Spokane Register of Historic Places under Category A.
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