the DOWNTOWN Discover the unique history, charm and history diversity of downtown Spokane.

Downtown Spokane inspires in its sense of place and history. We Meticulous care for Spokane’s historic buildings has landed The invite you to walk and take in all that makes this city such a study Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, The Central Steam Plant and the in forward thinking vision, investment and preservation. McKinstry building in the winner’s circle for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Honor Award. Quite a feat, but not surprising, A small settlement in 1873, Spokan Falls has always beckoned for a city with 215,000 people. visionaries and dreamers with the idea of a better life. Eastern HERITAGE Washington’s natural resources—fertile soil, timber and mineral From a once remote wilderness outpost to the exercise in civility you wealth—attracted many an adventurous soul to stay and put see today, Spokane is a shining example of historic preservation. The down roots. By 1883, the city of Spokane Falls (the Falls was city’s vivid civic imagination and celebrated hospitality have led our dropped in 1891) was officially created and four years later, in 1887, community to create a teeming downtown core along the roaring WALK it was the county seat. river gorge. Each builder and building has left its own heritage, its own mark, its own story. Find yours in downtown Spokane. The arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1881 linked the city to the rest of the continent in 1883, turning the quiet outpost into the bustling capital of the Intermountain Northwest. For more information about things to do on your trip Spokane has a long history as an ambitious community. In 1889, fire destroyed 32 blocks of the central portion of the city. Instead to Spokane, check out visitspokane.com. of resting on its laurels, the community collaborated quickly and rebuilt bigger, better and with brick. Those ornate and fashionable buildings still stand, a testament to the pride and hard work of Spokane’s forebears.

HERITAGE WALK DOWNTOWN SPOKANE

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Information for this brochure was provided by: The City-County of Spokane Historic Preservation Office

For more information call A self-guided tour of downtown 509.625.6300 or visit

www.historicspokane.org 10.2017 Spokane’s historic places.

Spokane Ice Company. For many years, the Sherman-Clary Company’s Company’s Sherman-Clary the years, many For Company. Ice Spokane opening of the hotel, more than 20,000 people passed through through passed people 20,000 than more hotel, the of opening

(WHR) Listed on the Washington State Heritage Register Heritage State Washington the on Listed (WHR)

sandstone detailing in 1890 for Stanley Miller, co-owner of the the of co-owner Miller, Stanley for 1890 in detailing sandstone one of the oldest and best known structures in Spokane. At the gala gala the At Spokane. in structures known best and oldest the of one

Places Historic of Register Spokane the on Listed (SR)

W.J. Carpenter designed this four-story building with its elaborate elaborate its with building four-story this designed Carpenter W.J. mining man “Dutch Jake” Goetz and his partner Harry Bauer, this is is this Bauer, Harry partner his and Goetz Jake” “Dutch man mining Court, a complex of office and retail space. space. retail and office of complex a Court,

Places Historic of Register National the on Listed (NR) Converted from a variety theater into a hotel in 1909 by self-made self-made by 1909 in hotel a into theater variety a from Converted 808 W. Sprague Avenue Sprague W. 808 Riverside was built in 1898. In 1993, it was renovated as the Crescent Crescent the as renovated was it 1993, In 1898. in built was Riverside

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MILLER BUILDING (DAVENPORT LUSSO) (NR & SR) & (NR LUSSO) (DAVENPORT BUILDING MILLER business grew and the store moved locations until the store on on store the until locations moved store the and grew business 228 N. Howard Street Howard N. 228

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Riverside Avenue, next to the Review Building. Over the years, years, the Over Building. Review the to next Avenue, Riverside COEUR D’ALENE HOTEL/THE MILNER MILNER HOTEL/THE D’ALENE COEUR

of Philadelphia, was one of the first female physicians in the area. area. the in physicians female first the of one was Philadelphia, of

morning after the 1889 fire in a crescent-shaped building on West West on building crescent-shaped a in fire 1889 the after morning

wife, Georgia Ballou Whitten, a graduate of Women’s Medical College College Medical Women’s of graduate a Whitten, Ballou Georgia wife, brass ring for a free ride. free a for ring brass

department store in 1917-18. The Crescent opened its doors the the doors its opened Crescent The 1917-18. in store department

and investments, who owned four office buildings and a hotel. His His hotel. a and buildings office four owned who investments, and Park after the close of Expo ’74. Take a spin and try to catch the the catch to try and spin a Take ’74. Expo of close the after Park

its cream terra cotta cladding for the ever-expanding Crescent Crescent ever-expanding the for cladding cotta terra cream its cotta detailing. detailing. cotta

Block was designed by L.M. Boardman for I.B. Whitten, real estate estate real Whitten, I.B. for Boardman L.M. by designed was Block The carousel was restored and placed in its new home in Riverfront Riverfront in home new its in placed and restored was carousel The

L.L. Rand designed this steel-reinforced concrete addition with with addition concrete steel-reinforced this designed Rand L.L. this Gothic design reinforced-concrete building has extensive terra terra extensive has building reinforced-concrete design Gothic this

One of the buildings constructed in 1890, after the fire, the Whitten Whitten the fire, the after 1890, in constructed buildings the of One park on the bank of the Spokane River, until the park closed in 1968. 1968. in closed park the until River, Spokane the of bank the on park

1916-17, in built and Malmgren and Cutter architects by Designed 707 W. Main Avenue Main W. 707

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daughter, Emma. It was located in Natatorium Park, an amusement amusement an Park, Natatorium in located was It Emma. daughter, 1 N. Post Street Post N. 1

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carousel, built this carousel in 1904-07 as a wedding gift for his his for gift wedding a as 1904-07 in carousel this built carousel, WHITTEN BLOCK (NR & SR) & (NR BLOCK WHITTEN

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Charles I.D. Looff of Rhode Island, who built Coney Island’s Island’s Coney built who Island, Rhode of Looff I.D. Charles and Lockhart Building to the north completed the renovated complex. renovated the completed north the to Building Lockhart and

floors and linking the two with a common entry on Post Street. Street. Post on entry common a with two the linking and floors

and an extensive rehabilitation was completed in 2015. The Star Hotel Hotel Star The 2015. in completed was rehabilitation extensive an and W. Spokane Falls Boulevard Falls Spokane W. to Spokane from Minneapolis. from Spokane to

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two stories and built the second building to the south, connecting all all connecting south, the to building second the built and stories two

first renovations of an historic building into retail space in the 1970s 1970s the in space retail into building historic an of renovations first LOOFF CARROUSEL (NATATORIUM CAROUSEL) (NR) (NR) CAROUSEL) (NATATORIUM CARROUSEL LOOFF railroad cars to bring the steel for the construction of this building building this of construction the for steel the bring to cars railroad

using the remaining walls. In 1908, Peyton financed the addition of of addition the financed Peyton 1908, In walls. remaining the using

hotel and the main floor housed retail establishments. It was one of the the of one was It establishments. retail housed floor main the and hotel built the red brick and terra cotta Symons Block in 1917. It took 12 12 took It 1917. in Block Symons cotta terra and brick red the built

apartments. Colonel Issac N. Peyton bought the site and rebuilt rebuilt and site the bought Peyton N. Issac Colonel apartments. completed in 1913 and housed City Hall and a fire station until 1983. until station fire a and Hall City housed and 1913 in completed

Erected in 1890, the two top floors of the Bennett were an apartment/ an were Bennett the of floors top two the 1890, in Erected T.W. Symons Jr., a World War I veteran and pioneer in aviation, aviation, in pioneer and veteran I War World a Jr., Symons T.W.

in 1898, causing the deaths of eight people living in the upper-floor upper-floor the in living people eight of deaths the causing 1898, in

coming to Spokane. The brick and stone commercial building was was building commercial stone and brick The Spokane. to coming

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buildings constructed after the 1889 fire. The original building burned burned building original The fire. 1889 the after constructed buildings replace one that was demolished to make way for the railroads railroads the for way make to demolished was that one replace

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Riverside, designed by Herman Preusse, was one of the largest largest the of one was Preusse, Herman by designed Riverside, In 1912, it was decided to construct a “temporary” City Hall to to Hall City “temporary” a construct to decided was it 1912, In

The Peyton is actually two buildings. The front portion facing facing portion front The buildings. two actually is Peyton The the wealth of the Coeur d’Alene mining region. mining d’Alene Coeur the of wealth the

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722 W. Sprague Avenue Sprague W. 722 depicted the burro making its famous kick that legend says uncovered uncovered says legend that kick famous its making burro the depicted OLD CITY HALL (NR & SR) SR) & (NR HALL CITY OLD

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PEYTON BUILDING (NR & SR) SR) & (NR BUILDING PEYTON its doors, stopping to admire the huge mural on the bar wall that that wall bar the on mural huge the admire to stopping doors, its Motor Hotel in 1962. Developer Walt Worthy completed the current current the completed Worthy Walt Developer 1962. in Hotel Motor

corner of the building to learn more. more. learn to building the of corner

succeeded it in 1890. That was replaced by the Desert Sahara Sahara Desert the by replaced was That 1890. in it succeeded

building into City Hall in 1983. Read the plaque on the southeast southeast the on plaque the Read 1983. in Hall City into building

dating to the Pacific Hotel, which opened in 1883. The Desert Hotel Hotel Desert The 1883. in opened which Hotel, Pacific the to dating

from the Chicago offices. The City of Spokane renovated the the renovated Spokane of City The offices. Chicago the from

There has been a hotel at this location for most of the last 125 years, years, 125 last the of most for location this at hotel a been has There

in 1929 in this building designed by J.C. Douche and E.J. Kratt, Kratt, E.J. and Douche J.C. by designed building this in 1929 in

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Montgomery Ward, originator of the mail order business, opened opened business, order mail the of originator Ward, Montgomery

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Spokane’s devotion to preservation. to devotion Spokane’s

808 W. Spokane Falls Boulevard Falls Spokane W. 808

their work stands before you, a testament to to testament a you, before stands work their 4

MONTGOMERY WARD (CITY HALL) (SR) HALL) (CITY WARD MONTGOMERY bottom of one of the massive smoke stacks. smoke massive the of one of bottom

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exploring. The architects are long gone, but but gone, long are architects The exploring.

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and meld into a beautiful landscape worth worth landscape beautiful a into meld and

1974. in hosted Spokane that Fair World’s the for

1986. The Steam Plant was rehabilitated in 1999 and reopened as as reopened and 1999 in rehabilitated was Plant Steam The 1986.

Commercial and Art Deco styles mingle mingle styles Deco Art and Commercial

renovated as a shopping center in conjunction with preparations preparations with conjunction in center shopping a as renovated

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Classical Revival, Romanesque Revival, Revival, Romanesque Revival, Classical

The mill was was mill The history. legal city’s the in battles long-fought and

This central steam heat plant, built in 1916, provided heat for many many for heat provided 1916, in built plant, heat steam central This

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freedom to create. Gothic Revival, Modern, Modern, Revival, Gothic create. to freedom

complex international lawsuit that was one of the most explosive explosive most the of one was that lawsuit international complex

823 W. Railroad Avenue Railroad W. 823

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Washington a in entangled became property the because 1900 until however,

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were created by visionary architects lured lured architects visionary by created were

It did not come into operation, operation, into come not did It 1900. to prior falls the along built

Sprague of the “new” buildings you see before you you before see you buildings “new” the of

The Spokane Flour Mill, built in 1895, was one in a series of mills mills of series a in one was 1895, in built Mill, Flour Spokane The fire grew out of control. of out grew fire

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621 W. Mallon Avenue Mallon W. 621 location where the fire is theorized to have started when a kitchen kitchen a when started have to theorized is fire the where location

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FLOUR MILL (NR & SR) & (NR MILL FLOUR cycle of growth and prosperity. This plaque commemorates the the commemorates plaque This prosperity. and growth of cycle

Spokane was devastated and destroyed by the the by destroyed and devastated was Spokane

Riverside unparalleled period of building, and embarked the city on a 30-year 30-year a on city the embarked and building, of period unparalleled

host an international exposition. exposition. international an host great city are each a work of art. Downtown Downtown art. of work a each are city great

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destroying 32 city blocks. The tragedy gave rise to a frenetic and and frenetic a to rise gave tragedy The blocks. city 32 destroying Howar

to focus on the environment, and Spokane was the smallest city to to city smallest the was Spokane and environment, the on focus to The buildings and structures that make up this this up make that structures and buildings The Post

Wall late 1880s. Then on August 4, 1889 a huge fire consumed the town, town, the consumed fire huge a 1889 4, August on Then 1880s. late

Pavilion, currently the IMAX theatre. Expo ‘74’s theme was the first first the was theme ‘74’s Expo theatre. IMAX the currently Pavilion,

You’re standing in the very heart of Spokane. Spokane. of heart very the in standing You’re d a center for mining, lumber, agriculture and rail transport by the the by transport rail and agriculture lumber, mining, for center a

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Spokane had grown from a small settlement in the early 1870s to to 1870s early the in settlement small a from grown had Spokane

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downtown area of the city. Construction on Expo ’74 began in 1972 1972 in began ’74 Expo on Construction city. the of area downtown

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tevens and riverfront the from railroads remove to plan a of part as The year 1889 imprinted itself on Spokane forever and jump-started jump-started and forever Spokane on itself imprinted 1889 year The

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The idea for a world’s fair in Spokane came in the late 1960s, when when 1960s, late the in came Spokane in fair world’s a for idea The

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ballroom to admire the Hall of Doges, which was completely completely was which Doges, of Hall the admire to ballroom

the the centerpiece of the city. the of centerpiece

renovated and reopened in 2002. Go to the second floor grand grand floor second the to Go 2002. in reopened and renovated

stands as a city landmark in the heart of Riverfront Park, the the Park, Riverfront of heart the in landmark city a as stands

center for Spokane’s social life. The Davenport was completely completely was Davenport The life. social Spokane’s for center 1

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passenger trains like the “Empire Builder.” The clock tower now now tower clock The Builder.” “Empire the like trains passenger

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Designed by Kirtland Cutter, the hotel opened in 1914 and was the the was and 1914 in opened hotel the Cutter, Kirtland by Designed

Spokane River Spokane embarked and disembarked at the depot, which served famous famous served which depot, the at disembarked and embarked

hotel in the West; the service was the finest that could be offered. offered. be could that finest the was service the West; the in hotel

considered the finest depot west of Chicago. Countless passengers passengers Countless Chicago. of west depot finest the considered The Davenport was once considered the most famous and elegant elegant and famous most the considered once was Davenport The

Lincoln Monroe for Expo ‘74. The train depot itself was completed in 1902 and was was and 1902 in completed was itself depot train The ‘74. Expo for

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The clock tower is all that remains of the Great Northern Train Train Northern Great the of remains that all is tower clock The

Riverfront Park Riverfront lobby of the building which was rehabilitated as a hotel in the 1990s. the in hotel a as rehabilitated was which building the of lobby

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Central Downtown Central S. Maple Street to S. Lincoln Street Lincoln S. to Street Maple S. considered oneofthefineststructures in Spokane. School-style architecture, itisofnationalsignificance andis a nationwidecompetition was held.An example ofpure Chicago master architects oftheUnited States, was given thecontract after twentieth century. DanielH.Burnham, considered oneofthe constructed during Spokane’s great building boom oftheearly This 1910glazedterra cotta building was thelastbuilding Pehrson andcompleted in1929. was thePaulsen Medical andDentalBuilding designedby G.A. Idaho.Hercules Thesecond Mineinnorthern ofPaulsen’s buildings completed in1908 for August Paulsen, whomadehismoney inthe western-mostThe oldestofthetwo buildings isthe11-story portion reconstructed ofarenovation aspart project whichbegan in2003. Post #9. Theoriginalmansard roof, destroyed by afire in1939, was Building, theMetalsBank andTrust Company andAmerican Legion for men.Subsequently, it was known astheChamber ofCommerce 1901, oftheSpokane ithoused theheadquarters Club, aprivate club This building hashadseveral different names.Whenitopenedin on theground level andwiththeScandinavian lodgeabove. Building,Robertson was designedby Cutter & Malmgren for stores housed achiliparlor, asaloon andeventually abarbershop. 305, the Actually twobuildings, 307was once aseparate building and opened hispopular OnionBar onthemainfloor. later years, itwas known astheSt. Regis Hotel. In 1970, Brown Larry corner andaclothing store. Theupperfloors were hotel rooms. In Block, aswell asthissaloon facing Bernard, withadrug store inthe owned thePacificDessert Hotel, the Cliff House andtheVictor Blockwas built forThe Dessert in1904. hotel magnetVictor Dessert here in1947.started housed theSpokane Police KREMtelevision Department. station in 1910. Inlater years itwas used asanannex Hall ofCity andonce Helddesignedthisstructure forAlbert the Spokane Realty Company from the1940suntil1987. Furniture goodsstore.dry TheLiberty store occupied thebuilding In 1908, Alfred Jones designedthisbuilding for Kemp & retail Hebert Built after thefire, this building was renovated in1973. main floorandbalcony. motion picture theater.Ritz Ithadaseating capacityof550onthe This ItalianRenaissance-style building was openedin1924 asthe redcontemporary brickbuilding to theeastwas designedin1983 to Commanding thisintersection isthe1891 Review Building. The devils thatguard theroofline. now anoffice building. Notice the gargoyles designedasprinter’s Built to house theSpokane Chronicle newspaper in1927-28, itis and in2006 itwas renamed for Crosby. including BingCrosby. Thetheater was renovated in1991 astheMet in 1915. Thetheater was hostto manycelebrated performers, built thetheater asoneofthefirst full-time motion picture theaters August Paulsen, intheIdahosilver whohadmadeafortune mines, Riverside to view theelegant interior stairways. their jointventure inacompany. Walk insidethemainentrance off this building in1900. ThenameEmpire State was derived from Civil War veteran, Charles Sweeny andF. Lewis Clark constructed and abrush. construction because they could beeasilycleanedwithwater Taylor. Bedford limestone andgranite were specifiedinthe in 1908-09 anddesignedby Treasury staffarchitect James Knox Government for allfederal buildings, thisbuilding was constructed Conforming to theClassical adopted style by theFederal designedby Cutter.reportedly architect Kirtland have beenmade.” Thegranite base uponwhichLincoln standswas considered thisstatue to beoneof“themostpowerful statues to portrayal ofLincoln thatatthetimehadnever beendone. Lewis Lewis’ concept was ofLincoln reviewing histroops inbattle, a The Lincoln Statue was created by Seattle sculptor Victor Lewis. Falls andtheSpokane River. Read theplaques to follow ofthedevelopment thestory ofSpokan a scenic view ofthefalls. completely reconstructedin2003. Walk starting across thebridgefor skulls. Allbut thecentral spanofthebridgewas demolishedand “covered wagon”-shaped pavilionsadornedwithcast-concrete bison chain-shaped concrete ornamentationontherailings,andfour city’s pioneerheritage, prideinits western decorative motifs include designed some ofthebridge’s mostfamous motifs. Reflecting the Spokane’s mostcelebrated firmofarchitects, Cutter and Malmgren, in theUnited States. engineersdesignedthestructure City while completed in1911, the281-foot concrete central spanwas thelargest Monroe Street Bridgelandmark.Whenthestructure isacity was Spanning theSpokane River gorge justbelow theSpokane Falls, the

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8 422 W. Riverside Avenue W.421 Riverside Avenue &SR) (NR &SR) (NR 302 W. Riverside Avenue 242 W. Riverside Avenue (AUNTIE’SBOOKSTORE) (NR &SR) 427 W. Main Avenue 520 W.MainAvenue 999 W. Riverside Avenue 926 W. Sprague Avenue 901 W. Sprague Avenue 901 W. Riverside Avenue 904 W. Riverside Avenue Monroe Street andW. Main Avenue W. Spokane Falls Boulevard N. Monroe Street DESSERT BLOCK/HOTEL ST. REGIS (THE ONION) (NR) OLD NATIONAL BANK BUILDING PAULSENBUILDINGS (SR) AMERICAN LEGION/METALS BANK BUILDING ROBERTSONS BUILDING (GLEN DOW ACADEMY) REALTY BUILDING/THE DELANEY (NR & SR) KEMP & HEBERT/THE LIBERTY BODIE/1889BUILDING (SR) RITZ THEATER (ROCKY ROCOCO’S) REVIEWBUILDING (NR) CHRONICLE BUILDING CLEMMER/STATE/BING CROSBY THEATER (NR & SR) EMPIRE STATE/GREAT WESTERN BUILDING (NR) UNITED STATES POST OFFICE (NR) LINCOLN STATUE SPOKANE RIVER PLAQUES MONROE STREET BRIDGE (NR & SR) East Downtown West Downtown/Riverside

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Lower Falls building was owned by theCatholic Diocese ofSpokane. Constructed in1924, thishandsome ItalianRenaissance Revival has aseating capacity of1,200. Completed in1907, thismagnificent Romaneseque Revival Cathedral ofMonaghan’slearn thestory heroic death. H. Asbjornsen. Read thebronze plaques onthebase ofthestatue to a fellow officer. The bronze statue was created by sculptor Sigvald was killedinactiontheSamoan Islandsin1899 whileprotecting was commemorated for hisunswerving devotion to duty. Monaghan person inWashington State to graduate from theNaval Academy, Spokane. JohnMonaghan,aU.S. Robert officer Navy andthefirst unveiling oftheMonaghanStatue atRiverside andMonroe in In thefall of1906, acrowd of10,000 gathered to witness the Review hasbeenamajornewspaper inSpokane since 1883. the shapeofstructure. Under different names,The Spokesman- replace theoriginalCrescent Store building thattook namefrom its for Washington’s statehood in1889. committeejudiciary that drafted theWashington State constitution this building constructed in1906. Turner was thechairmanof Judge George Turner, Supreme CourtJustice andU.S. Senator, had fire stationsinthelasthalfofnineteenth century. 1889, andwas used until1938. Thedesignistypical ofthatused for This stationwas built in1890, immediately after thedisastrous fire of Deco designsin thecity.one ofthefinest Art Built in1928, Ramp City was thefirstparking garage in Spokane andis and hissister, Mattie, was oneofthetown’s first school teachers. U.S. representative; hisbrother, Eugene, was thefirst town marshall; a remarkable family ofSpokane pioneers.Hisbrother Samuel was a Designed by HermanPreusse in1890 for Rollin C. Hyde, amemberof

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Walnut Upper Falls 1023 W.1023 Riverside Avenue 1115 W. Riverside Avenue N. Monroe Street andRiverside Avenue 107 S. Howard107 Street 418 W. First Avenue 430 W. First Avenue 505 W. Riverside Avenue COLUMBIA BUILDING (JAMES S. BLACK BUILDING) FIRESTATION #1 (NR) CITY RAMP GARAGE (NR & SR) THE FERNWELL BUILDING (SR) CHANCERYBUILDING (NR) OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHEDRAL (NR) MONAGHAN STATUE 13 Cedar First

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Browne of thefinest examples of French Renaissance architecture inthe West. building hashoused Spokane County government since 1895 andisone previously such brickhadto beshippedfrom theEast Coast. brick used for thebuilding was thefirst to beproduced inthearea; chosen through adesigncompetition in1893. The dry-pressed Fotheringham. Architect WillisRitchie’s award-winning designwas features ontheSpokane skyline. It was built in1894-1895 by David The Spokane County Courthouse isoneofthemore prominent Hotel (Grand Coulee andtheEldridgeBuilding. Apartments) Carnegie (Integrus Architecture),Vista Apartments, Library Upton Carnegie Square, acollection ofrestored buildings, includes: Buena constructed between 1904 and1911. Spokane. Held,thefour Designedby Albert elegant buildings were The San Marco isacomplex offour in oftheoldestapartments

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15 in 1941. whose jazzbandplayed thedance palace. The dance hallclosed designed by F.E. Westcott andbuilt in1919 for Chuck Whitehead, red brickbuilding terraThis two-story withits cotta decorations was National Convention in1912. May Hutton was thestate’s first woman delegate to theDemocratic onthefourth floor.and hadtheirapartment An ardent suffragette, Idaho,Hercules hadthisbuilding constructed Mineinnorth in1907, Levi andMay Arkwright Hutton, whose wealth came from the threw inhissupport. other citiesfollowed suit andby 1924, President Calvin Coolidge monthofDodd’sin June, thebirth father. Withinafew years, several child. Thefollowing year, Spokane celebrated thefirst Father’s Day oftheirsixth a singleparent after hermother diedduring thebirth Sonora Smart Doddset out to pay homageto herfather whobecame Inspired during asermon atthischurch onMother’s Day in 1909, 14 Howard Sprague Riverside N N 1116 W.1116 Broadway Avenue W. First Avenue andS.Cedar Street W.1228 Sprague Avenue State SPOKANE COUNTY COURTHOUSE (NR & SR) CARNEGIESQUARE (NR &SR) SAN MARCO APARTMENTS (NR) 333 W. Sprague Avenue 9 S.Washington Street S.Howard221 Street WHITEHEAD’S AMUSEMENT PALACE (NR) HUTTONBUILDING (NR &SR) CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH

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Mixed use is a term used to describe a modern way of living, but in the East Downtown Historic District, it’s been a way of life for over a hundred years. Originally anchored by the Northern Pacific Railway Depot, it remains a busy area This stretch between Monroe and Cedar filled with rumblingfilled with trains, warehouses, bars, Streets will have your head swiveling from restaurants, living spaces and churches. to south as younorth walk. The architecture, Historically important as a placeHistorically of industrial important a mix of stately and elegance, dignity is a and commercial business, the buildings that sight to behold. The small district with a span 27 square blocks include repurposed big impact has been preserved and listed warehouses and old hotels and are officially as a National Resister Historic District since listed on the National Register. sure Be to take 1976. As you stroll down the grassy, park-like note of the beautifully Decorestored City Art center boulevard, stop, sit and take in the Ramp Garage, still in use to this day. Romanesque of Our Ladystyle of Lourdes Cathedral or the Italian Renaissance Revival of the Chancery Building. architecture Its is still beautiful in today’s new world. bldgs the culture the The

Idaho andwestern Montana. all organized laborunionslocated ineastern Washington, northern widely read business weekly atthattimefor newspaper reporting and Hughes produced thousands ofissues ofLaborWorld, themost Printing Company, located inthe building from 1936 to 1951. Green and Harley Hughes, whoowned and operated theGreen-Hughes Constructed in1911, thebuilding was owned by Green Robert rehabilitated in2004. was occupied by aseries ofwholesale companies before being Constructed for Spokane jeweler Wetzel, Henry thewarehouse vernacular industrial buildings thatwere built intheearly1900s. of aunique contiguous façade commercial ofmostlytwo-story with littleexterior embellishment,theWetzel Warehouse ispart Built in1906 anddesignedasafunctional industrial warehouse which openedin1891. debate, announced plansfor thisnew building, off Sprague Avenue, planned to rebuild theirdepot originalsite, onits but after much Following the1889fire, theNorthern Pacific Railway Company S. HowardStreettoDivision

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18 into the1950s. Lodge rooms remain intactontheupperfloor. clubservice openedapopular dance place for teens thatcontinued this building, Held,in1909. designedby Albert In1944,thelodge’s The IOOFLodge (International Order ofOddFellows) moved into Built in1899for business andcivicleaderJudge John W. Binkley, designated in1999. rise oftheautomobile. This National Register Historic District was growth,andthesalesits enterprises andservice associated withthe and transient population thatcame to Spokane asadirect result of Single Room Occupancy hotels, orSROs, related to thetraveling represent railroad-dependent businesses, primarilywarehouses, center. Thedistrict hasahighconcentration ofbuilding that types automobile andtherise ofSpokane asaregional distribution association withtheexpansion ofrailroads, theadvent ofthe Historic Transportation Corridor, historically significant for its This intersection isthefocal pointofthecity’s West Downtown renovation. Preservation HonorAward in2010after completing anextensive received theNational Trust for Historic Preservation’s prestigious the work ofLos Angeles designerAnthony Heinsbergen. TheFox Reamer. Thedramaticinterior ofthetheater isalso significant as excellent example ofthework ofnoted architect Chambers Robert ownits movies inSpokane. Thetheater’s Deco isan styling Art that amotion picture companyown hadits theater to showcase time, theconstruction oftheFox in1930-31 marked thefirsttime Although movies hadbeenshown indowntown theaters for some S. LincolnStreettoHoward the large numbers ofworkers whocame to Spokane seeking work. main floors were storefronts andtheupperfloors were rooms for Avenue are building reminders boom.The oftheturncentury The detailedfacades ofthese buildings liningthesouth sideofFirst reopened in2005. unused for 25years, Hotel theMontvale was rehabilitated and building andpopulation boom. the twentiethcentury, whenSpokane experienced atremendous working-class housing popular inthedecades around theturnof Room Occupancy hotel. SROs, asthey were called, were of atype as oneoftheoldestandbestpreserved examples ofaSingle Blockishistoricallythe Montvale andarchitecturally significant

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15 (NR &SR) (NR 114 W. Pacific Avenue W.221 First Avenue GREEN-HUGHES PRINTING COMPANY BUILDING WETZELWAREHOUSE (NR &SR) NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD DEPOT (NR) (SR) ListedontheSpokaneRegisterofHistoricPlaces (NR) ListedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces 1015 W. First Avenue 1001 W. First Avenue 1007-1017 W. Sprague Avenue 1001-1129 W. First Avenue ODD FELLOWS HALL (NR & SR) MONTVALEHOTEL (NR &SR) FOXTHEATER (NR &SR) SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY HOTELS (NR & SR) Historic TransportationCorridor (SR) Listedonthe SpokaneRegisterofHistoricPlaces (NR) ListedontheNationalRegister ofHistoricPlaces S. Monroe Street andW. First Avenue 19 W. Pacific Avenue

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