<< Subject: [WASPOKANE] Re: Obit look-up? SHUMAKER, J >> I have been a resident of Spokane for 44 years and drove cab for six years. I knew the downtown area well as I lived a few short blocks away. Driving cab, I would often be engaged in discussion of city history and landmarks, past and present, with the older drivers. If anyone wishes a fuller understanding about numbering and direction rules I will gladly provide them, tonight the information I present will suffice. It is interesting to see an address of 300 W. Trent in 1973. 99% of Spokane Addresses do not begin with a number ending in zero, although the even numbers do indicate the are on the right hand of the street moving away from Sprague Ave., the East West axis, or in this case Division St., the North South axis. Although I do believe there may be one or two exceptions to this rule, the south side of Trent was not a structure that would have had a reason for 300. The current site is the Spokane Opera House built for the 1974 World's Exposition and should have been a construction site by April 1973. the 300 block of West Trent would either have been a warehouse or parking for the Train Depot. As a warehouse, "300" could well have been a valid address although unlikely. What further complicates the address is west Trent was renamed Spokane Falls Blvd., as certain interest groups felt that "Trent" was an ugly reminder of the railyards razed for the Exposition site. The name change also occurred about this time. Certainly, this was not an address of a legitimate living accommodation. Sincerely, Victor

Victor, I concur with your observations about the numbering and street addresses. I am assuming that you are responding to an obituary that I posted, giving the last known address as 300 W. Trent. I fully recall the appearance of that area prior to to the exposition, and it certainly had to be in construction for that by April of 1973. But, the obituary and or death notices printed in both the Spokesman-Review and Spokane Daily Chronicle clearly state that that was the person's last address. And Polk Directory for that year also states that there are some buildings on W. Trent, but it also lists many vacancies, which brings the conclusion that the area was at least in transition. Susan Searching Bain/Bayne, Bullock, Bussert, Evans, Jones, Leiner/Leinart, Loschen, Mason, Miller, Moser, Murray/Murry, Saddler/Sadler, Seiber, Shane, Trauernicht ----- Original Message ----- From: <VictorCHarris@aol.com> To: <WASPOKAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 6:27 PM Subject: [WASPOKANE] Re: WASPOKAN-D Digest V02 #137 > << Subject: [WASPOKANE] Re: Obit look-up? SHUMAKER, J >> > > I have been a resident of Spokane for 44 years and drove cab for six years. > I knew the downtown area well as I lived a few short blocks away. Driving > cab, I would often be engaged in discussion of city history and landmarks, > past and present, with the older drivers. If anyone wishes a fuller > understanding about numbering and direction rules I will gladly provide them, > tonight the information I present will suffice. > > It is interesting to see an address of 300 W. Trent in 1973. 99% of Spokane > Addresses do not begin with a number ending in zero, although the even > numbers do indicate the are on the right hand of the street moving away from > Sprague Ave., the East West axis, or in this case Division St., the North > South axis. Although I do believe there may be one or two exceptions to this > rule, the south side of Trent was not a structure that would have had a > reason for 300. The current site is the Spokane Opera House built for the > 1974 World's Exposition and should have been a construction site by April > 1973. the 300 block of West Trent would either have been a warehouse or > parking for the Train Depot. As a warehouse, "300" could well have been a > valid address although unlikely. What further complicates the address is > west Trent was renamed Spokane Falls Blvd., as certain interest groups felt > that "Trent" was an ugly reminder of the railyards razed for the Exposition > site. The name change also occurred about this time. Certainly, this was > not an address of a legitimate living accommodation. > > Sincerely, > > Victor > >