Glover mansion up for sale again

The James Glover House is up for sale again, slightly more than a year after it last changed hands.

Renowned Spokane architect Kirtland Cutter designed the 15,000-square-foot Tudor Revival mansion for James Nettle Glover, celebrated as Spokane’s founder. It was built in 1888.

Jim Thompson, a high-tech company executive, purchased it in early 2003 for $595,000, then poured more than $100,000 into it. Eric Tucker, the real estate agent handling the sale, said Thompson put a brand-new copper roof on the building, updated the wiring and added a walk-in freezer and refrigerator.

The building at 321 W. Eighth Ave. is now listed at $774,900, Tucker said. The Thompsons are selling it because they plan to move out of town, he said.

“We’ve had a ton of interest in it,” Tucker said. “We’ve got three potential buyers that are in the process of either flying in to look at it or that have viewed it and are attempting to sell property.”

Tucker said most of the potential buyers are Californians interested in the building as either a residence or an event facility or both. One talked about putting in a high-end spa on the second floor. Another said it might make a nice upscale assisted-living center, Tucker said.

The building has three stories, plus a basement. The upper floor, where the Thompsons live, is about 3,000 square feet. The second floor has six bedrooms and four bathrooms and is currently being used for office space. The ornate first floor has been used regularly for weddings and other special occasions.

However, no additional events are being booked because the building is for sale, Tucker said.

The building previously was owned by Neila Poteshman, who paid $350,000 for the 22-room residence and an adjacent church 13 years ago, then spent another $380,000 on repairs, maintenance and furnishings, according to earlier news reports. She later sold the adjacent church for $225,000.