The Great Fire of Spokane destroys some…
August 1889 CE
The Great Fire of Spokane destroys some thirty-two blocks of the city known at this time as Spokane Falls on August 4, 1889.
Despite this catastrophe, the city will continue to grow; the fire sets the stage for a building boom.
Architect Chauncey B. Seaton will come to work on rebuilding projects after the fire.
He will design the News-Review building.
The town will hosted the Northwest Industrial Exposition in 1890.
The main building will be designed by Richard H. Martin, Jr..
The city will be reincorporated under the present name of "Spokane" in 1891.
Just three years after the fire, in 1892, James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway will arrived in the newly created township of Hillyard (it will be annexed by Spokane in 1924)—the chosen site for Hill's rail yards.
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