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Overview

The architectural tandem of Rand and Dow designed this residence for the Albert E. Keats,co-owner of a prominent Spokane Falls, WA, flour-milling business, the Echo Roller Mills, that opened in 1883.

Building History

The Spokane, WA-based architectural firm of Rand and Dow designed this residence for the English-born miller Albert Edward Keats (1851-1913) in 1891. The Spokane Daily Chronicle noted of it in 04/1891: "Mr. A.E. Keats will build himself a fine residence on the corner of Pine and West Riverside. It will be built of pressed brick with sandstone trimmings, and finished inside in hard woods. It will cost about $10,000." (See "Some Fine Residence," Spokane Daily Chronicle, 04/02/1891, p. 8.) It is not clear if this residence was completed, as Keats resided at East 728 Sinto Avenue in 1893. (See R.L. Polk's and Company's Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1893, p. 389.)

In 1893, Alfred Keats co-owned the Echo Roller Mills, a water-powered flour mill, with fellow Englishman Benthen Burberry Bravinder (1852-1945). Keats and Bravinder bought the mill from its original owner, Samuel G. Havermale (born c. 1824 in Sharpsburg, MD), in about 1888. Keats also got married for a second time in 1889 to Emma Carrie Beaver (1865-1945), his first wife having passed away in 1887. Emma had been blind since she was 21 years old. This house plan may have been either a rental investment property built by Keats or was never built for Keats and his new bride.

PCAD id: 25869