Built in 1914, the Alex & Fanny Ritter House is eligible for listing on the Spokane Register of Historic Places under Category C as an expression of Spokane building contractor Gus Bostrom. In addition, the property is architecturally significant as a fine example of a Craftsman-style bungalow with Prairie-style and Mission-style influence. The Ritter House was the home of Fanny Ritter and her husband, Alex Ritter. A resident of Spokane for 28 years until his death. Alex L. Ritter was a well-known pioneer prescription pharmacist who established three drug stores, and ultimately sparked a threegeneration drug-store-owner legacy in Spokane. Before Alex Ritter’s death in 1926, his son, Herbert Ritter, became a registered prescription pharmacist and founded two additional drug stores in Spokane. Following Herbert Ritter’s death in 1954, his two drug stores passed to his son, Herbert Ritter Jr. (Alex Ritter’s grandson), who was also a registered prescription pharmacist.

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