Historic Properties of Spokane
Glover House
The third house of James Nettle Glover, Father of Spokane, Washington was designed by noted architect Kirtland Kelsey Cutter in 1909. Situated high above the Spokane River, the rustic shingle-clad "farmhouse" is an unusually modest yet pleasing example of Cutter's domestic design. Glover is remembered as the founder of Spokane, builder of the first sawmill, proprietor of the first general store, and enthusiastic promoter of the city's early economic growth. He established and headed the First National Bank of Spokane, an institution which grew in strength until its failure in the Panic of 1893. Glover’s personal financial loss in the Panic necessitated his move from a Cutter-designed Mansion on Eighth Avenue to this much simpler dwelling on Summit. Here he resided until his death in 1921.




