Built in 1889 for John W. and Josephine Clarkson Binkley, the Binkley House at 628 S. Maple St. serves as an excellent example of Queen Anne architecture. Owner J. W. Binkley served as a probate judge for Spokane County in 1885 and 1886. He also had an active law practice, specializing in commercial and financial law, but later began to concentrate on his banking interests. Binkley was co-founder of the Northwestern and Pacific Mortgage Company, and later the North Pacific Loan and Trust Company, for which he also served as president. Binkley was active in the establishment of the Fort Wright Army Post and he was instrumental in the construction of the Montvale Block in downtown Spokane. He also served as president of the first two Spokane Industrial Expositions, the precursors of the Spokane County Interstate Fair. In the 1912 book, Spokane and the Inland Empire, Binkley was noted for having been “associated with various interests which have constituted elements in the growth and progress of Spokane and the surrounding county.”

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