Street Scenes

Looking south along Stevens Street, c. 1908.

Stevens Street looking north from Sprague Avenue, c. 1915.
The tall building  right of center is the Old Natioal Bank Building;
the building at the far right is the Paulsen Building.

Looking north on Post Street, c. 1904.  The white buildings on the left were the Pennington Hotel and Davenport's Restaurant.  The red building with the conical roof on its tower was the Auditorium Building.

North-east corner of Howard Street and Riverside Avenue, c. 1915

First Avenue looking west from Wall Street in 1908

Sprague Avenue looking west from near Wall Street, c. 1920.  Davenport's Restaurant and the Davenport Hotel are in the center of this picture.

Sprague Avenue, c. 1890

Riverside Avenue looking east from Post Street, c. 1910.  At the far right is the Peyton Building, originally known as the Great Eastern Block.

Riverside Avenue looking west from Bernard Street, c. 1906.  The elaborate building neare the center was built in 1900 by F. Lewis Clark as the Spokane Club. Other names (reflecting the succession of occupants) have been the Chamber of Commerce Building, the Metals Building and the American Legion Building

Looking west from Riverside Avenue and Lincoln Street, c. 1910.  From left: the Empire State Building, the Crescent Block, the Review Building, the towers of Our Lay of Lourdes Cathedral, and at the far right, the Federal Building and U.S. Post Office.