The Gonzaga district

The Gonzaga district has cycled through plenty of changes since the residential area was developed in the 1890s. But in some respects the neighborhood still clings to key elements of its original identity and remains attached as strongly as ever to the educational and religious institution that brought it into existence.

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Sat., Feb. 16, 2019

Linda Allen, left, and her brother Mike Allen, center, grew up in their father Rays home at the corner of Augusta and Astor. Mike now owns and lives in the house.

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The area within sight of the twin steeples of St. Aloysius Church (upper left), this is Augusta Ave. has been shaped by the proximity to the church and Gonzaga University, shown Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. Many post WWII residents raised traditionally large Catholic families in the area and parochial schools prospered.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
The neghborhood within sight of the twin steeples of St. Aloysius Chruch (upper right) has been shaped by the proximity to the church and Gonzaga University, shown Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. Many post WWII residents raised traditionally large Catholic families in the area and parochial schools prospered.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
This is what Father Van Gorp found when he arrived in 1893 at Gonzaga as the college president. That's the original Gonzaga building in the middle, with original St. Aloysius Church on right.

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Rick Allen,14, tosses the Spokane Chronicle on the porch in the Gonzaga district neighborhood in 1974.

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Father Leopold Van Gorp was named president of Gonzaga in 1893 and is largely responsible for creating the Gonzaga district, a neighborhood surrounding the college.

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Rick Allen,14, a paperboy for the Spokane Chronicle, relaxes on a front lawn in the Gonzaga district neighborhood in 1974.

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St. Aloysius Church at Gonzaga University.

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The Bing Crosby House at Gonzaga University. Photographed Friday, Feb. 15, 2019.

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In front of the venerable administration building at Gonzaga University is a statue of Ignatius of Loyola, an icon of the Jesuit movement.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
In front of athe Gonzaga University administration building stands a statue of Ignatius of Loyla.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review