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807 W. Sprague Avenue |
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| Historic Name/Common Name | The Davenport Hotel | ||||||||||||
| Date Built | 1912-1914 | ||||||||||||
| Architect/Builder | Kirtland K. Cutter | ||||||||||||
| Date Listed on the Spokane Register | October 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Date Listed on the National Register | March 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Historic District | - | ||||||||||||
| Neighborhood | Riverside | ||||||||||||
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Statement of Significance |
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Constructed in downtown Spokane within walking distance of the Spokane Falls and a multitude of shops and restaurants, the Davenport Hotel has boldly anchored the city's core for over eighty years. The nearly square footprint of the hotel occupied the western two-thirds of the city block bounded by West Sprague Avenue on the north, West First Avenue to the south and flanked by South Post Street to the east and South Lincoln Street to the west. Interior spatial organization of the first through third floors oriented around the central lobby's natural lighting with shops, offices and rooms around the building perimeter. Built in the waning years of the railroad era, the Davenport was in important measure of the urbanity and sophistication of Spokane and the inland empire of eastern Washington, Idaho, and the mining country of western Montana. Like the imposing baronial hotels of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, the Davenport was designed to present an outpost of elegance in a major city along the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railroads.
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