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The Shadle House was built in 1911, and is a
fine example of the Tudor Revival style. Characteristic of the
style, the home displays a steeply pitched roof with a slight
flare at the eaves, multiple cross gables, three prominent
front-facing gables at the facade, deep bargeboards with tapered
tails, a covered front porch at the first floor, corner boards,
and false half-timbering with stucco infill. Influenced by the
Craftsman style, the front porch has a low-pitched hip roof and
is supported by thick square wood columns. The porch deck is
supported by a foundation made of black basalt rock. A steeply
pitched gabled portico projects over the front steps at the
porch roof and is embellished with false half-timbering. The
interior of the home features a center hall plan with formal
massing, and retains original built-ins, hand-polished woodwork,
and a formal fireplace with glazed ceramic tile manufactured by
Earnest Batchelder (1875-1957), a “leading designer of the
American Arts & Crafts movement” and founder of the Batchelder
Tile Company in Pasadena, CA.
The Shadle
House was built for pioneer merchant, Eugene Shadle, and his
wife, Josie Comstock Shadle, heir to the famous Comstock
fortune, and Spokane benefactress extraordinaire. Custom-built
for the Shadles, the house was designed by Willis Ritchie, one
of Spokane’s leading pioneer architects. Before moving into the
Shadle House, Eugene & Josie Shadle lived next door west at 1118
West Ninth Avenue from 1906 to 1911, at which time they moved
into their new home at 1112 West Ninth Avenue. During the 1920s
and 1930s, the house was owned by Mrs. Sarah E. Hughes, widow of
George Hughes, and acting vice president of the Hughes Company
in Spokane. Founded George Hughes, the Hughes Company was
listed in city directories as “wholesale plumbers, steam &
supplies, pumps & windmills.”
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