The well-preserved Levesque-Majer House is an exceptional example of the Craftsman Style bungalow. It was designed by and built in 1912 for Joseph T. Levesque, a noted Spokane architect. Levesque described his home as a "unique residence fashioned after the Japanese style." The Japanese influence certainly sets the home apart from other Craftsman style bungalows in Spokane. Paul Duchscherer, in The Bungalow: America’s Arts and Crafts Home, characterized the Levesque-Majer House as "a splendid architectural anomaly in a city with a significant architectural range" and a "textbook example of Craftsman-style homes inspired by Gustav Stickley and the Greene Brothers" of Pasadena, California. In 1914, Joseph Levesque sold the property to real estate developer Charles Kay of Kay Land Company, who then sold it to Ernest and Euphemia Majer five years later. Ernest Majer attained local prominence as owner of one of Spokane’s first and largest Ford dealerships. Ernest’s mother, Fanny Majer, established Spokane’s first custom-order dress-making business, and lived with her son and his family in the Levesque-Majer House. Known as “Madame Majer,” Fanny was the proprietor of the Spokane Pleating Bazaar. The Majer family–spanning three generations–lived in the Levesque-Majer House for 38 years. 

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