Stanley with "Tenino sandstone, press red brick and cream-colored terra cotta"[3] at a cost of $100,000.

For poor and working class people, the shortage was alleviated by the presence of hotels, boarding houses and flats for rent.

The Breslin, along with other buildings designed by Held, were among the very first apartment homes built in Spokane specifically for middle and upper-middle class tenants.

[1] The Breslin, along with the Amman, Knickerbocker and San Marco buildings, all designed by Held, were listed on the NRHP together as part of a thematic group nomination.

In June 2022, the new owners filed a permit for renovations that would include the addition of eight studio apartment units to the basement and first story of the building.