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Muzzy Mansion Owners
owning the
property from-to
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Historical Context |
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March 11, 1824
Hiram Newton Muzzy is born in Fowler, Ohio.
Hiram moves to Buffalo, New York, then Spokane
Falls in 1880.
1861-1865
American Civil War
December 25,
1863 Patrick C. Shine is born in Limerick,
Ireland.
1879 Creation
of Spokane County |
1880 - 1902
Hiram Newton Muzzy
The
Muzzy family, circa 1860.
White marble gravestone of Hiram Muzzy and first wife Rebecca
erected in 1886 at
Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Wa. Graves of various
Muzzy family surround Hiram's.
Burial plot transcription by Maggie Rail.
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November 15, 1880
Hiram Muzzy files Homestead Application in
Spokane Territory.
1881
Spokane is incorporated with a population of
1,000.
1883 Completion
of Northern Pacific Railroad.
1885 Patrick
Shine comes to America.
January 22,
1886 Muzzy's first wife, Rebecca, dies.
1886 Spokane
surpasses San Francisco and Portland in
acquisition of street lights.
September 10,
1887 Muzzy marries second wife E.A. Ricker in
Spokane, Washington.
September 8,
1888 President Grover Cleveland signs Homestead
Patent granting to Muzzy his home and
surrounding 160 acres in Spokane just north of
the Spokane River.
August 4, 1889
Great Spokane Fire destroys downtown Spokane
Falls.
November 11,
1889
Washington becomes a State.
1893 National
Stock Market and Economic Collapse. (Reported to
leave Muzzy destitute)
1898
Spanish-American War
September 18,
1900 Muzzy marries third wife S.E. Rednour in
Spokane, Washington. |
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1902 - 1905
Charles B. Hole
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March 15, 1904
Patrick Shine marries Mary Louise Gomm in San
Francisco, California. |
1905 - 1934
Patrick C. Shine
(After his death,
widow Shine continued to live in the house until her death in
1955)
Patrick and Mary
Shine are also buried at
Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Wa.
Burial plot transcription by Maggie Rail.
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December 9, 1907
Patrick C. Shine Jr is born in Spokane,
Washington.
March 5, 1908 At
age 83, Hiram Muzzy dies of senility in a
hospital in Portland, Oregon.
1909 Spokane
boasts 26 millionaires.
1910 Spokane's
population explodes to 100,000 and Washington
State women are allowed to vote.
1914-1918
World War 1
September 1,
1914 Louie Davenport builds the
Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane.
1934 At the
time of his death at age 71, Attorney and
Washington State Senator Patrick C. Shine was
recommended for appointment as United States
Ambassador to Ireland (then referred to as
United States Minister to the Irish Free State). |
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1905 - 1955
Mary G. Shine
(Widow of Patrick
C. Shine)
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1939-1945
World War 2 |
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1956 - 1960 Emil C
& Muriel J Lindblad |
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1960 - 1972 Sophy
Whitman
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1972 - 1979
Clara Peck
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January, 1977
Patrick C. Shine Jr dies at age 70 in Spokane,
Washington. |
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1979 - 1980
Kenneth J & Marilyn L McCoy and Ronald J & Susan Jean
Montague and Robert C McNeal Jr and Jean Butler
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1980 - 1981 Louis &
Sherry DiBernardo |
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1981 - 1984
Brouner-Gotlieb Investment Properties, Fund I |
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1984 - 2007
Michael Phillip and Georgie-Ruth Walker and William D and
Deanna J Schneider
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2007 - 2011
Steven Sanford & Michael Schultz
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January 2007
Renovation of the Muzzy Mansion begins. Muzzy
Mansion operated as a historic B&B 2009-2010. |
2011 - Present
Keith & Kendra Kelley
Sept 2011
L-R: Previous owners Steven Sanford and Mike Schultz with
new owners Keith and Kendra Kelley.
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The Kelley's
acquire the Muzzy Mansion and continue the
stewardship and restoration of the home as their
single-family residence. |
