Sunken Gardens

ID: 177 ~ Source: Manito General #1 Beginning through 1969, Spokane Parks and Recreation Department Files, Spokane City Hall, 5th Floor, Spokane, WA
This file appears in: Duncan Gardens

Image from Duncan Gardens Folder, Spokane Parks and Recreation Department Files, Spokane City Hall, 5th Floor, Spokane, WA.

This file appears in: Duncan Gardens

By Tracy L. Rebstock
John W. Duncan was the second park superintendent from 1910 to 1942. The garden is now named for him. It was his vision that created the gardens we see today. Duncan came to Spokane from the Boston Park system and according to Aubrey L. White,…