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Building History

The four Tudor Revival houses lined up in a row on 9th Street in Spokane were all built and inhabited by Shadle and Comstock Familiies, early merchants and civic leaders. This residence was owned by Eugene Alexander Shadle (c. 1870-01/31/1944) and his wife, Josie Comstock Shadle (c. 1871-12/31/1954). The City/County of Spokane, Historic Preservation Office said of this two-floor, wood-frame residence: "On January 23, 1905, James M. Comstock purchased Lots 10 and 11 on Block 69 in the Second Railroad Addition on West Ninth Avenue for $2,000. Founder of the Spokane Dry Goods Company, Spokane Dry Goods Realty Company, and the Crescent Department Store, Comstock was also father to Josie Comstock Shadle. Josie’s husband, Eugene Shadle, was a business partner of Comstock’s and was appointed president and general manager of the Crescent Department Store in Spokane, one of the most successful and longest-running department stores in Spokane history." (See City/County of Spokane, Historic Preservation Office, "Historic Properties of Spokane: Shadle-Veasey House," accessed 11/30/2017.) The Shadles lived in this residence from 1906 until about 1912, when they moved next door to 1112 9th Avenue, where they resided between 1912 and 1920. They moved again one door over, to 1106 9th Avenue in 1920. In 1940, Shadle was the President and General Manager of the Spokane Dry Goods Company and President of the Dry Goods Realty Company, and he and wife continued to live at 1106 9th Avenue, in his in-laws old house. (See Spokane City Directory, 1940, p. 684.)

Building Notes

The house at 1118 West 9th Avenue, designed by Loren L. Rand, formed part of the Comstock-Shadle Historic District, a cluster of four Tudor Revival houses, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.