The Cooper-George Apartments

Central Spokane’s Cooper-George Apartments will get with $5.5 million upgrade

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Wed., Jan. 31, 2018

The Cooper George building has been completely renovated, due to open in April. It is at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Wall Street in Spokane.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
In this 2003 file photo, some women from Cooper George make some 592 quilted items that will be donated to charity.

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In this 2002 file photo, Eloise "Midge" Bartleson turns 105 and they threw a party for her at the Cooper George apartments. Cliff Carl showed up to sing a few songs and lead the Happy Birthday refrain for Midge who homesteaded and taught in the Pullman area with her parents.

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An interior view of the new Cooper-George apartment building at Fifth and Wall when it opened in 1952.
In this 1952 file photo, few of the 144 apartments in the new, 13-story Cooper-George apartment house, will be opened for public inspection during the next eight days. Open house will be from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 4 to 9 p.m. week days. Workmen still are putting the finishing touches on the $1,750,000 cross-shaped building. The exterior will be painted a light green. Shown here is one of the living rooms. Most of the living rooms are at least 13x20 feet, considered large for modern apartments. Several furniture stores will be showing furnishings during the open house.

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Cooper-George Apartment in a 1953 photo.

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In this 1952 file photo, Spokane has new Penthouse views--Considerable sweep of Spokane's Skyline from the 14-stroy Cooper George penthouse apartment at Fifth & Wall.

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In this 1951 file photo, Spokane's Cooper-George apartment at Fifth and Wall is nearing completion. The roof was poured 10 days ago, and interiors of the first four floors are finished. J.L. Cooper, coowner of the $1,750,000 building with Henry George & Sons, said tenants would move in by January. The 13-story apartment house is the largest ever to be built in Spokane. Whitehouse & Price are the architects, and Henry George, the contractor.

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In this 1951 file photo, foundations for the Cooper-George aparments, Fifth and Wall, are well underway. The 13-story apartment, to be built at an estimated cost of $1.5 million is the tallest structure to be built in Spokane since the Depression. The plans call for 144 two and five room apartments on the 11 upper floors. The ground floor will have a shopping area.

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