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Through the 1950s, 1960's, and 1970's the Ridpath was the top hotel in Spokane and hosted many balls, art shows, and other conventions and events in its facilities. The hotel welcomed in guests like Elvis Presley, numerous politicians, and reportedly, Michael Jackson. [2] These decades also became a time of expansion for the hotel.
After passing through the hands of many owners over the next three decades, the Davenport Hotel closed in 1985. It was opened again in 2001 under the ownership of local businessman Walt Worthy. According to local legend and historical time approximately, Davenport is considered by some the creator of the Crab Louis salad.
Sitting in the middle of the WSU Health Sciences Spokane campus is the Jensen-Byrd Building, also known as the Jensen-Byrd Warehouse. The six-story, 200,000 square-foot historic brick warehouse [18] was originally constructed in 1909 and has changed hands a number of times over its history. [19]
Nov. 15—Malena Morris and Jason Davison paid Caleb Williams, a Spokane Valley contractor, $80,000 to build the lifestyle of their dreams by converting the inside of a 30-foot-long school bus.
Finney performed in little theatre productions in the mid 1930s in Spokane, Washington, [19] [20] [21] and a decade later at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts, where, for what appears to the first and only time in her career (stretching as far back as high school), she was credited under her birth name, Mary Whaley.
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Dec. 15—Spokane's historic North Side movie theater will soon enter a new act. Katherine Fritchie, who bought the Garland Theater in 1999, sold it and other adjacent properties to Jordan Tampien ...
Leveraging Davenport's already strong reputation, the Davenport Hotel Company was formed in 1912 and preparation of the site began that year. The hotel tower went up in eight months in 1913, using horse carts, steam jacks and hand tools. Not a single worker was seriously injured or killed — a rarity for the time.