The Wetzel Warehouse was constructed in 1906 and exists as an excellent example of commercial vernacular industrial warehouse architecture that was built in Spokane, Washington during the early 20th century. Designed as a functional industrial warehouse with little exterior embellishment, the Wetzel Warehouse is part of a unique contiguous façade of mostly two-story commercial vernacular industrial buildings that were built in the early 1900s. The warehouse buildings front West Pacific Avenue between McClellan and Browne Streets and demonstrate early building trends and patterns that led to the industrial development of east downtown Spokane and its importance as the town’s storage and distribution center. The Wetzel Warehouse is listed in the East Downtown Spokane National Register Historic District as one of seven contributing two-story brick masonry industrial buildings sited in the south half of the district, and was one of the first of the seven two-story buildings to be built in the area. The warehouse was built for Henry Wetzel, a noted Spokane jeweler, and was owned and managed by Wetzel and his family for 62 years from 1906 to 1968.

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