Built in 1905, the Hale Block was the home at different times for the Hale, the Del Monte, the Lang, the Stone, and the Kincaid Hotels, and provided housing needs for hundreds of working class citizens for 60 years. Part of a contiguous facade of at least four early 20th-century buildings located along West Riverside Avenue, the Hale Block is one of only 20 remaining SROs that were originally erected in Spokane's east downtown neighborhood, an area that once held over 100 single room occupancy hotels. The unreinforced brick masonry building was constructed for Edward J. Young and Fred Zahn, early Spokane developers who owned and operated the Young & Zahn Real Estate & Insurance Company. In the context of Spokane's commercial and social history, the building is significant for its association with an early 20th-century demographic trend that saw an overwhelming flood of working-class men and women flock to the city, and a resulting building boom that sparked the construction of hundreds of SROs throughout the Spokane region.

The Hale Block is a contributing property in the East Downtown Historic District, Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 8/29/2003.

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