Cottage housing is cool. There's no other way to put it. Even Inland Business Catalyst is writing about it. Even though cottage housing is now allowed widely throughout the city it's really nothing new. Before the Interstate system the main highways through Spokane lured weary travelers with mini-cabin motels where the whole family could rack for a night or two and be on their way. While many of these have been demo-ed over the years, a few are still around.
Down in the Latah neighborhood Wells and Company is restoring one such place to it's simple but charming character. Named Camp Grandee, it was built in the 1920s and units were added into the 1930s. It originally consisted of ten buildings of stand alone and double cabins on a large parcel measuring in at just under an acre. Along side it still stands the original gas station where families could fill up before hitting the open road towards their next destination. The structures are not for the roomy-of-mind however. The stand alone units are small three-rooms which include a kitchen, main room, bath, and bedroom, and the whole development faces an nice open courtyard. Word is these will remain as rentals, and the neighborhood retains some of it's rich character and history. Way to go Wells & Co!
- Ashplace Cottages: A Northside answer to innovative infill [MetroSpokane]
What about the cottages across the street from the Bay Asian Market? There are quite a few of them at Pittsburg and Riverside. I had never seen them before Saturday. I wondered if they were for railroad workers.
Posted by: Susan Havey | May 11, 2008 at 06:48 PM