The Davenport Hotel charged $1.50 for a room on opening day, September 1, 1914. That rate won't be seen again, yet bargains are still to be found at this historic grande dame, named on the Conde Nast Top 100 List and by National Geographic Traveler as one of the 129 Hotels We Love.  The $3 million hostelry, born out of the vision of Louis Davenport, was the embodiment of the Gilded Age. Sparkling with crystal, gleaming with highly polished woods and gilded with gold, this grand gathering place announced Spokane's newfound wealth and importance in the Pacific Northwest based on its timber, mining and railroad resources, and the river that runs through it.

The $3 million hostelry, born out of the vision of Louis Davenport, was the embodiment of the Gilded Age. Sparkling with crystal, gleaming with highly polished woods and gilded with gold, this grand gathering place announced Spokane's newfound wealth and importance in the Pacific Northwest based on its timber, mining and railroad resources, and the river that runs through it...

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