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Phillips Petroleum’s Spokane Exit | Spokane News
In 1963, Phillips Petroleum opened a massive 43,000-square-foot distribution center in Spokane stocked with auto parts—but shuttered it within a year. This brief stint ties to Spokane’s turbulent oil history: from early 1920s refining efforts that ended in scandal, to the Hillyard refinery’s closure in 1953 after a union strike and rising costs, laying off 75 workers. Though Phillips exited refining, they stayed in Spokane with the warehouse—until they too pulled out. Today, that same building houses Franz Family Bakeries, a far cry from its oil-and-auto past. Listen in comfort:Get a discount…
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