Sanborn Map of Spokane Block Containing Chinese Businesses and Boarding Houses, 1889

Sanborn Map of Spokane Block Containing Chinese Businesses and Boarding Houses, 1889

Prior to the existence of Trent Alley, many Chinese residents lived and worked north of Front Street (now Spokane Falls Boulevard) in the eastern half of what as of 2024 is Riverfront Park. The structures toward the top of the map (Stevens Street) are listed as Chinese boarding houses. After the 1889 fire, a stone structure known as the Lotus Block was built north of Front Street between Howard and Stevens Street.

Sanborn Map Company

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division: https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn09331_003/

1889

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