Overview

The Spokane Club formed in 1890, a social club composed of elite business and professional men of the city. The club has persisted in the three locations until the present.

Building History

Wealthy Spokane business and professional men founded the Spokane Club on 02/28/1890. It first had its clubhouse in the Lamona Building, but moved to the Legion Building by 10/26/1901. (See Thaddeus Roan, Flickr.com, "Spokane Club Building," accessed 06/26/2024.) The club's mission statement read as follows: “'This society is incorporated for literary, mutual improvement and social purposes and shall be called the Spokan club.'” Twenty residents founded the club, each member contributing $100. The founders included the following men: Henry W. Augustine, Herbert Bolster, C.R. Burns, Fred Chamberlain, F. Lewis Clark, J.W. Chapman, Dr. N. Fred Essig, Lane Gilliam, T.J. Hay, Warren Hussey, Thomas E. Jefferson, Fred Mason, F.R. Moore, A.A. Newberry, H.B. Nichols, Ben Norman, J.L. Prickett, W.H. Taylor, B.C. Van Houten and Harry L. Wilson. Newberry was selected its first president, Bolster its vice president, Nichols its secretary and Taylor its treasurer. (See Margaret Bean, “Spokane Club Grows as City Progresses,” Spokane Spokesman-Review, 04/21/1957, p. 16.)

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