Rosebush House

Rosebush House

The Rosebush House is one of the most unique properties in the Spokane area and is the only Millwood home on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in Millwood on a tree-lined lot, the Rosebush House reflects country cottage and vernacular farmhouses found in Normandy. It is a two-story, side-gabled dwelling with a false-thatched roof, exterior stucco wall cladding, decorative false half-timbering, massive chimneys with multiple chimney pots, tall multipaned casement windows, and batten doors with wrought-iron straps and hinges. Echoing the design of the house, the unattached garage rises one and one-half stories and features a steeply pitched false-thatched roof, exterior stucco wall cladding, leaded-glass casement windows, and a prominent arched castle-like front entrance and gate. The interior of the garage is finished and includes decorative false brick-arched horse stalls on the first floor, a large living space designed for domestic help on the second floor, and a billiard room in the basement. A 17-foot-long underground tunnel connects the basement of the garage to the basement of the house. The interior of the Rosebush House also reflects French Eclectic style elements featured in mahogany and oak woodwork, a decorative wrought-iron balustrade, original light fixtures, and diamond paned leaded-glass windows. The property is in excellent conditions and has had very little alteration since the house was constructed in 1923 and the garage was constructed in 1928

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