The St.
Paul Market Building was built in 1905 at the corner of Dean
Avenue and Chestnut Street, it was the last of three commercial
buildings built at this intersection in the West Central
neighborhood. The property reflects the scale of the
neighborhood’s early 20th-century development as a commercial
node within walking distance of many residential customers. The
parcel was initially owned and built by Spokane surveyor, Paul
Klein. The property was the last of three commercial
storefronts on the north facade and originally housed a butcher
shop. The larger wooden corner buildings (demolished in spring
of 2004) were also home to a grocer. The Julius J. Danielsen
family founded the St. Paul Market, a family-owned and operated
butcher shop that occupied the building for roughly 31 years
from 1905 to 1936. True to its form as a neighborhood
business and gathering point, the Westminster Presbyterian
Church was founded in the basement of the building in the spring
of 19055. Julius Danielsen, his wife and five children lived
for many years at 2423 West Dean in Nettleton’s Addition. After
1936, The St. Paul Building continued to be a butcher shop but
had expanded to offer groceries. It was renamed to the Dean
Avenue Market in the 1950s and remained as a retail food
business well into the 1960s. During its period of significance
from 1905 to the 1960s, the St. Paul Market Building gained
historic significance in the area of “commerce” and “community
planning & development”. It remains a fine example of the small
commercial enterprise and buildings associated with patterns of
development that occurred in the early 1900s in the West Central
and Nettleton’s neighborhood along Dean Avenue.
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business and gathering point, the Westminster Presbyterian
Church was founded in the basement of the building in the spring
of 19055. Julius Danielsen, his wife and five children lived
for many years at 2423 West Dean in Nettleton’s Addition. After
1936, The St. Paul Building continued to be a butcher shop but
had expanded to offer groceries. It was renamed to the Dean
Avenue Market in the 1950s and remained as a retail food
business well into the 1960s. During its period of significance
from 1905 to the 1960s, the St. Paul Market Building gained
historic significance in the area of “commerce” and “community
planning & development”. It remains a fine example of the small
commercial enterprise and buildings associated with patterns of
development that occurred in the early 1900s in the West Central
and Nettleton’s neighborhood along Dean Avenue.