William Pettet moved to Spokane in 1883, and in company w/F. R. Moore, F. Chamberlin, and William Nettleton, secured the block in which the Spokane County Court House sits today. Mr. Pettet, a banker and financier w/Messrs. Moore and Chamberlin formed a partnership, and established permanent arc lights to light the streets of Spokane/the partnership grew into the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, the Washington Water Power Co. (now Avista) which included the (Norman bros., of 'the Spokane & 'Birchwood'), Sidney Mitchell, and Fred Sparling.
Mr. Pettet also platted many land tracts in Spokane. Mr. Pettet along with his wife Caroline, owned 'Glasgow House' situated on a forty-acre tract along the banks of the Spokane River.
{Mr. Pettet was taken ill while on an extended tour of Europe and died Nov 1904 in London. Contributor: Larry Linehan}
See: Ellis & Pettit / Yuba Bueno
Bio: An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington
By Jonathan Edwards
Glasgow House / Spokane Register of Historic Places in 2012.
See Also: The 1885 Pettet House-Glasgow Lodge overlooking the Spokane River is one of the oldest residential home in Spokane. (Stefanie Pettit / The Spokesman-Review)
Mr. Pettet also platted many land tracts in Spokane. Mr. Pettet along with his wife Caroline, owned 'Glasgow House' situated on a forty-acre tract along the banks of the Spokane River.
{Mr. Pettet was taken ill while on an extended tour of Europe and died Nov 1904 in London. Contributor: Larry Linehan}
See: Ellis & Pettit / Yuba Bueno
Bio: An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington
By Jonathan Edwards
Glasgow House / Spokane Register of Historic Places in 2012.
See Also: The 1885 Pettet House-Glasgow Lodge overlooking the Spokane River is one of the oldest residential home in Spokane. (Stefanie Pettit / The Spokesman-Review)
William Pettet moved to Spokane in 1883, and in company w/F. R. Moore, F. Chamberlin, and William Nettleton, secured the block in which the Spokane County Court House sits today. Mr. Pettet, a banker and financier w/Messrs. Moore and Chamberlin formed a partnership, and established permanent arc lights to light the streets of Spokane/the partnership grew into the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, the Washington Water Power Co. (now Avista) which included the (Norman bros., of 'the Spokane & 'Birchwood'), Sidney Mitchell, and Fred Sparling.
Mr. Pettet also platted many land tracts in Spokane. Mr. Pettet along with his wife Caroline, owned 'Glasgow House' situated on a forty-acre tract along the banks of the Spokane River.
{Mr. Pettet was taken ill while on an extended tour of Europe and died Nov 1904 in London. Contributor: Larry Linehan}
See: Ellis & Pettit / Yuba Bueno
Bio: An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington
By Jonathan Edwards
Glasgow House / Spokane Register of Historic Places in 2012.
See Also: The 1885 Pettet House-Glasgow Lodge overlooking the Spokane River is one of the oldest residential home in Spokane. (Stefanie Pettit / The Spokesman-Review)
Mr. Pettet also platted many land tracts in Spokane. Mr. Pettet along with his wife Caroline, owned 'Glasgow House' situated on a forty-acre tract along the banks of the Spokane River.
{Mr. Pettet was taken ill while on an extended tour of Europe and died Nov 1904 in London. Contributor: Larry Linehan}
See: Ellis & Pettit / Yuba Bueno
Bio: An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington
By Jonathan Edwards
Glasgow House / Spokane Register of Historic Places in 2012.
See Also: The 1885 Pettet House-Glasgow Lodge overlooking the Spokane River is one of the oldest residential home in Spokane. (Stefanie Pettit / The Spokesman-Review)
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