The Davenport Hotel: Grand Again | Rebuilding a City Landmark

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KSPS The Davenport Hotel: Grand Again Louis Davenport Spokane Spokane History downtown Spokane Inland Northwest history Pacific Northwest history restaurateur Waffle Foundry Davenport Restaurant Kirtland Cutter Marie Antoinette Ballroom Circus Ballroom hostelry Spokane Fire of 1889 Walt Worthy Karen Worthy Spokane landmark Washington state history
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The Davenport Hotel: Grand Again | Rebuilding a City Landmark

The Davenport Hotel was the most modern hostelry in the United States when it opened in 1914. It was the first hotel with air conditioning, the first with a pipe organ, and the first with a central vacuum system. 

The Davenport Hotel shut down in 1985. But local entrepreneurs, Walt and Karen Worthy bought the hotel in 2000 and gave it a top-to-bottom renovation. The Davenport is grand again!

With these video and curriculum resources, students will examine the cultural and economic significance of local landmarks within a community.
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