Hand built by Royal Newton Riblet, builder of the estate, the Bald Eagle itself serves as the vane, always flying upwind, as it were. The eagle appears to have been fabricated of sheet steel and mounted on a piece of channel iron, mounted on a length of 1 or 1½ inch steel pipe.
Arbor Crest Estate Winery is a
National Historic Site, situated high atop a hill on the northern outskirts of Spokane Valley, on North Fruit Hill Road. The estate was built in 1924 by
Royal Newton Riblet Riblet was an eccentric inventor(with more than 90 registered patents to his name) whose eccentricity can be seen throughout the grounds in the manner and style of the buildings and fixtures. It was purchased in 1984 by
Arbor Crest to serve as their headquarters.
The winery is open for touring and wine tasting from noon to 5:00 PM daily. Situated as it is atop a basalt bluff, it has an excellent view of the valley below.