Ads For Manito Housing Lots Continue..

We have been exploring stories about the founding of Spokane as a city as well as the building and populating of the Manito Park neighborhood.  Last week we looked at Fred Grinnell, a real estate broker in Spokane and the ads he had been placing in the newspaper telling of the wonderful opportunities to build houses surrounding Manito Park.  This week, we will see more of those ads and learn a little more about the neighborhood. 

All of the information reported here comes from a book by Tony Bamonte and Suzanne Schaeffer Bamonte entitled, “Manito Park:  A Reflection of Spokane’s Past”.  You can learn more about this book at www.tornadocreekpublications.com.  

More articles or advertisements appeared in the Spokesman-Review of July 14, 1907:

MANITO

THE REASON WHY

Read this extract from an article in the Spokesman-Review of July 14, 1907:

“It is the natural tendency of residence districts to seek the highest points overlooking the city.  There is also a rugged picturesqueness embodied in the boulders and pine trees in much of the South Hill property that appeals to the homebuilder.  Then there is an unevenness in the lay of the ground which gives variety and puts most of the lots above street grades, which is an attractive feature.  These are some of the “characteristics” of South Side additions on the hill which probably cause the property to command higher prices than in most North Side Additions.”

 

MANITO HAS NO COMPETITORS

Manito stands in a class by itself as a high class residence district!

There are many reasons

FIRST – Manito is naturally the choice residence section, being built on the South Side, above the city and the railroads and commanding a magnificent view.  These are qualities which make the finest residence districts in all cities.

SECOND – The building restrictions have been enforced and none but nice residences have been erected.

THIRD – The owners of Manito Addition have spared no expense in the matter of improvements and today Manito is ahead of many districts not as far out, having good streets, cement sidewalks and city water.

FOURTH – Purchasers of Manito lots have been treated right.  No unfair advantages have been taken and they have been given more for their money than buyers in any other part of the city.

Manito has grown faster than any section of the city and more money has been spent there than in any other one section.  All of the houses at Manito are new.  Wouldn’t you rather build in such a section than where the development has reached its height?

 

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

Spokane Is No Exception To The Rule

The history of all cities in this and other countries is that the finest residence districts ultimately seek the higher levels.  In Spokane the highest level is MANITO.

It is the natural outcome of the development of any city of any size for the best residence district to be up on the hill sections.  The railroads, the business houses and manufactories must of necessity be located on the lower levels and as time goes on and a city develops the “one-time” best residences give place to business houses.  Every resident of Spokane has implicit faith in the development of the city and believes that within a few years it will be one of the important cities of the country.  When that belief has been fulfilled where will the choice residence section be?  Being elevated 350 feet above Howard and Riverside Manito benefits by the prevailing, warm southwesterly winds and is entirely free from the winter fogs and dampness experienced at intervals in the lower districts of the city. 

 

Next week , we will learn about two prominent architects  who settled in and designed many prestigious homes and buildings in growing Spokane.  Be sure to click over to www.ManitoPark.org or www.ManitoParkOrg.blogspot.com for the next chapter.