Latah Creek cuts a deep valley to the west, separating Browne's Addition from the Sunset Hill portion of the West Hills neighborhood and the Spokane River gorge drops off dramatically to the north into the Peaceful Valley neighborhood.

[2] Spokane Fire Department Station 4 is located on the Browne's Addition side of this interface, surrounded by the off-and-on-ramps of the Maple Street Bridge.

Latah Creek, which flows into the Spokane River a few hundred feet northwest of Browne's Addition, cuts a similarly deep valley to the west of the neighborhood, forming the border between Browne's Addition and the High Bridge Park portion of the Latah/Hangman neighborhood.

There are no true north-south arterials in the neighborhood, due to the gorge cut by the river to the north and the elevated railroad tracks to the south.

[6] The Spokane people inhabited the area that is now known as Browne's Addition for thousands of years prior to the arrival of European settlers.

Browne, along with A.M. Cannon, namesake of the Cliff/Cannon neighborhood to the south, bought a quarter of the Spokane townsite from its founder, James Glover.

[9] Chinese immigrants played a critical, if forgotten, role in the early city of Spokane and the Browne's Addition neighborhood.

There was a Chinese cemetery on the western edge of Pacific Avenue in the 1880s, though the graves were later exhumed and the remains moved to China.

Some, like the Campbell House on the campus of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture are preserved for their historic value, while others like the Patsy Clark Mansion, have become commercial spaces.

No longer was it the home for the wealthiest in the community; its mansions became divided up into apartments and some smaller dwellings were torn down to make room for multi-family housing.

It is now the most culturally diverse neighborhood in Spokane and home to residents of all income levels, with some condominiums selling for $600,000 and some apartments renting for $300 per month as of 2009.

[15][16] Located directly west of downtown Spokane, Browne's Addition is well integrated in the city's street grid plan.

[17] The Spokane Transit Authority, the region's public transportation provider, serves Browne's Addition with three fixed schedule bus lines.