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cottages are one-story buildings with large front porches. Each cottage is constructed with brick and features a low-pitched side-gabled roof. Architecturally, the cottages are split between Craftsman and English Cottage styles. In the interior, each cottage consists of three bedrooms, a kitchen, bathroom and living room. Each cottage features a small garage in the back yard. They sit along a tree-line<d road which connects them to the powerhouse in the southwest. They are located on the downstream side of the dam, on a basalt bluff which rises above the river.
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The cottages were built in 1928 and 1929 by Washington Water Power as housing for the dam's employees. At the time, the Nine Mile area was remote relative to the residential areas of Spokane, though by the 1990s when the district was added to the NRHP, suburban development had reached the area. The
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The dam, powerhouse and ten adjacent cottages were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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Nine Mile Dam is located in Washington (state)
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Nine Mile Dam is located in the United States
Nine Mile Falls, Washington
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Hydroelectric Power Plants in Washington State, 1890--1938 MPS
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Nine Mile Falls, Washington
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