Originally from Buxton, Maine, Allen H. Flood founded Broadview Dairy around 1897. Under his direction, Broadview Dairy campaigned for the betterment of dairy operations. Broadview was the first commercial dairy in Washington to test for tuberculosis and fought for pasteurization in the Inland Northwest. Carnation acquired Broadview in a stock exchange in 1929.

The Broadview Dairy building, now home to the Blackbird Tavern & Kitchen, was designed by architect R. Edward Vincent and built in 1910. Vincent partnered with his stepfather, Charles E. Russell, in a Spokane architecture firm. It is a three-story brick building with segmentally arched windows, flat-parapeted roof with bracketed cornice, and a rubble stone foundation. The building was constructed in two halves when originally built. One half housed milking stalls in its basement level, delivery wagons on the first floor, and hay storage on the third. The other half contained the creamery and ice cream facility, the pasteurizing room, and had offices and storage on the third floor. The large addition to the west elevation dates to 1948. The building was listed in the Spokane Register in 1991.

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Prepared by Historical Research Associates, Inc., Spokane, Washington