Spokane Club Building 108 N. Washington Street (see also current Spokane Club)

HISTORIC NAME	Spokane Club Building
COMMON NAME	Chamber of Commerce Building, Metals Buildings, American Legion Building
DATE BUILT	c. 1900,1911
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	Clarence Z. Hubbell
PROPERTY STYLE	Beaux Arts
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	Yes--added 12/16/2002
NATIONAL REGISTER	No
IN A DISTRICT	Yes - added 8/8/94
DISTRICT	No
NEIGHBORHOOD	Riverside

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

F. Lewis Clark built this structure in 1900 for the Spokane Club.  Clark was a wealthy businessman who had made his money through the C & C Mills and real estate and mining investments.  Clark, with Charles Sweeny, also built the Empire State Building. In 1910, when its new building was erected at Riverside and Monroe, the Spokane Club moved out of this building.  From 1910 to 1933, the Spokane Chamber of Commerce occupied this building, followed by the Metals Bank of Montana, a group of mining interests which gave this building its Metals name.  In 1948, the American Legion bought this building and occupied the second floor, while renting the rest of the building out.  In 1973, Pacific Securities bought the building, and rented it out to a variety of small businesses.  Much of the building sat vacant during the 1980s and 1990s.  The original mansard roof, destroyed by a fire in 1910, is being reconstructed as part of a current renovation project.

Credits: Photo by Chris Hansen, 2004

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Last Date Modified: December 20, 2005