What) "In all things, the hotel sincerely tries to so well please its guests that they will be glad they came, sorry to leave and eager to return."  Louis Davenport, 1914.   Walt Worthy, 2002.

    The Davenport Hotel has been world famous since it opened in September of 1914. It was the first hotel with air conditioning, a central vacuum system, housekeeping carts and accordion ballroom doors. The Spokane newspaper introduced the hotel to the public with a special Sunday insert trumpeting "the new two million dollar hostelry of Spokane," even though the project was 50% over budget and actually cost $3 million. At its opening, The Davenport Hotel was the largest private telephone branch exchange in the entire Pacific Northwest (with 450 handsets) and was similarly the largest and most complicated plumbing job (with 30-miles of pipes delivering hot, cold and drinking water to every one of its 405 rooms). Gilded with gold, sparkled by crystal and illuminated throughout with "electroliers," it was as grand as the finest ocean liners of the day. It was truly one of America's exceptional hotels.  The Davenport Hotel was completely restored by developer Walt Worthy in 2002. (1)

    Where) 10 South Post Street  1-509-455-8888 or 1-800-899-1482

    Why) Marvin Carr's museum has one of the original alligator skin bar stools from the Davenport Hotel.  After Marvin suggested that I might like the restored hotel, I made a point of seeking it out.




















I found this framed newspaper in an upper hallway.














Supposedly, all the bedrooms look this nice. (2)










The hall does look like this. (2)








That's one half of the restaurant as seen from the second floor.





They were using similar "flower" arrangements throughout the hotel.