Built in 1911, the Rudberg House was erected as a "spec home" by Aaron Lundquist, a prominent pioneer Spokane builder and home designer who traveled throughout the country studying architecture, and was admired for his construction of "many of the city’s most beautiful homes." The Rudberg House stands out as a very fine example of the Mission Revival style with its character defining shaped parapets and quatrefoil windows, covered front porch, massive square brick porch supports, and smooth stucco cladding. A prominent businessman in Spokane, home owner John Rudberg held an important job as the Secretary-Treasurer of Hill Brothers Shoe Company, 520 W. Riverside, and during his residency in the Rudberg House, was promoted to manufacturing agent and later to Vice President of the company. In addition to his work at the shoe store at 520 W. Riverside Avenue, Rudberg was Vice President of the Eyller Shoe Company which was also owned by Hill Brothers and was located a few blocks west at 818 W. Riverside Avenue in downtown Spokane.

The Rudberg House is a contributing property in the Ninth Avenue Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places 7/21/1994 as well as the Cannon Streetcar Suburb Historic District listed on the Spokane Register 3/6/2023.

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