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Washington Water Power office building, southeast corner of Trent (now Spokane Falls Bvd.) and Lincoln, c. 1910.

The State Armory, 1907.  B.Y.P.U. stands for "Baptist Young People's Union."

Hutton Building, c. 1909

Hutton Building, c. 1913.

May and Levi Hutton moved to Spokane in 1907 and lived in an apartment on the fourth floor of this building until they built a home on 17th Avenue in 1914.  The Hutton Building was completed in 1907 with four stories.  Three additional floors were added in 1910.

Paulson Building, c. 1912

The Federal Building at the northwest corner of Riverside Avenue and Lincoln Street, housing the courthouse, custom house, and U.S. Post Office, was designed by James Knox Taylor in 1906-7.  Construction was completed in 1909.

The Spokane County Courthouse, on Broadway Avenue between Jefferson Street and Madison Street, was designed by Willis A. Ritchie and built on lad donated by David P. Jenkins, and completed in 1895.  The general contractor was David B. Fotheringham, the 1891 elected mayor of Spokane.

The Carnegie, on the west side of Cedar Street between Riverside Avenue and First Avenue,  was designed by the firm of Preusse and Zittel, and built in 1904 on land donated by mining magnate Amasa B. Campbell.  It was funded by capitalist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

The Spokane City Hall Building, on the northeast corner of Howard Street and Trent Avenue, housed the police department and jail.  It was designed by Willis A. Ritchie and completed in 1894.

Looking north along Monroe Street from Riverside Avenue, showing the Spokane Club, designed by Cutter and Malmgren, and completed in 1911.  The Monaghan Statue, the Union Pacific Railroas Bridge across the Monroe Street Bridge, and the Spokane County Courthouse can also be seen.

The Crescent Store and Marble Bank at the northwest corner of Riverside Avenue and Wall Street.

Old National Bank Building ,  northeast corner
of Stevens Street and Riverside Avenue.

Originally built in 1900 for the Spokane Club, northeast corner of Washington
Street and Riverside Avenue.  Other names (reflecting the succession of
occupants) have been the Chamber of Commerce Building,
the Metals Building and the American Legion Building

The Liberty Theatre,  on Riverside Avenue east of Post, built in 1914.

The Elks' Lodge, southwest corner of Trent (now Spokane Falls Boulevard) and Post Street.