Montgomery Ward and Company, Department Store #1, Riverside, Spokane, WA (1928-1929)

AKA: City of Spokane, City Hall #4, Riverside, Spokane, WA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - department stores; built works - public buildings - city halls

Designers: Montgomery Ward and Company, Engineering Department (firm); Wells Brothers, Building Contractors (firm)

Dates: constructed 1928-1929

click to open gallery Printed advertisement for the Montgomery Ward's Department Store, Spokane, 1943. From Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1943, p. 107
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808 West Spokane Falls Boulevard
Riverside, Spokane, WA 99256
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A 1943 advertisement for Montgomery Ward indicated that the store was located at "Post at Trent."

Montgomery Ward and Company's in-house design and engineering department created this Art Deco design, the first in Spokane, according to its City Historic Preservation Office. Montgomery Ward operated in this building between 1929-1978, when it moved to a new location on Division Street. In 1979, the City of Spokane obtained the building and re-purposed it for usage as a new City Hall.

Authorities and Identifiers

Spokane Register of Historic Places (06/02/1986): ID n/a

PCAD id: 16179

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