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AKA: Hyde Block, Riverside, Spokane, WA
Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - office buildings
Designers: Carpenter, William J., Architect (firm); Held, Albert, Architect (firm); William J. Carpenter (architect); Albert Held (architect)
Dates: constructed 1890
6 stories
Building History
Spokane, like Seattle, experienced a significant fire in 1889, one that demolished the previous building on this site at the corner of Riverside and Wall Street. In 1890, architect William J. Carpenter (1864-1953) produced this Romanesque Revival office building for the real estate developers Samuel C. and Eugene B. Hyde.
Building Notes
In 1902, the architect A.E. Permain and Albert Held had their offices in the Hyde Block, in Rooms (#426-427) and (#506-508), respectively. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Spokane Directory, 1902, p. 857.)
The G.G. Essig Drug Company occupied space in the Hyde Building in 1907. (see R.L. Polk & Company's Spokane City Directory, 1907, p. 852.)
Alteration
Architect Albert Held (b. 1866) designed the seven-story Hyde Building Annex in 1908, to provide additional rentable office space. The Annex stood one story taller than the original Hyde Block.
Demolition
The Hyde Block and Annex were demolished following a 1958 fire.
PCAD id: 13374
