CORRECTION (posted Feb. 5, 2011) --
Part of the property Mrs. Linfield gave to McMinnville College was not that upon which sits the Fox Theater. Rather it is property catty-corner from the Fox site. On what used to be the property owned by Mrs. Linfield is now the Knitting Factory Concert House, 919 W. Sprague Ave. These photos taken Jan. 2011.
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"Linfield Corner" (Fox Theater) in Spokane. Front page story in
Review student newspaper about Mrs. Linfield's gift and change of
name from McMinnville to Linfield College.
Chartered in 1858, for many years McMinnville College struggled for survival. But its future was assured in 1922 when Frances Ross Linfield gave property in Spokane, Wash., to the college.
In honor of the gift and to show thanks for the more than $250,000 the college realized from the sale of the land, trustees renamed the college in honor of Mrs. Linfield's late husband, the Rev. George Fisher Linfield.
The property is at West Sprague Avenue and North Monroe Street in downtown Spokane. The specific location at that intersection is now home of the Fox Theater. It's not far from the Bing Crosby Theater and the Davenport Hotel. See photo (taken Dec. 2008) of the "Linfield corner"/the Fox in Spokane.
Speaking of Spokane, the Linfield Wildcats get covered by Spokane news media when they play the Whitworth University Pirates of Spokane/Mead's Country Homes (near Waikiki Road) area. One news outlet (see photo) providing coverage is KXLY-TV, Channel 4, ABC. This station has struggled at times to correctly identify Linfield and its teams. Once its spelled it "Lindfield" on the screen and also called the Wildcats the "Lynx."
Sources: Linfield news release, 4/22/2008; Inspired Pragmatism: An Illustrated History of Linfield College, 2007; Linfield grad viewer of KXLY-TV.
