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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, al so 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 1939, was
reconstructed as part of a renovation project which began in 2003.
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