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 The Spokesman-Review - Spokane, WA Posted by:  T0SHEA
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One of the many substantial brick and stone buildings to go up immediately after Spokane's disastrous 1889 fire, the Review Building remains one of the tallest in the downtown area. Today it remains home to the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Waymark Code: WMTJP9
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2016
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Designed to make best use of its lot, architect Chauncey B. Seaton also gave it a striking tower which forms a pleasing rounded end at the northwestern corner of the building. Rising a further six storeys above the six storey building, the tower incorporates a pair of large clocks, one each on the east and west sides of the tower.
The Spokesman-Review still publishes from within this landmark building completed in 1891. Under the name of The Review, the newspaper was launched on May 19, 1883 in nearby Cheney by Frank Dallam as Spokane had no printing press that he could use. His own printing press arrived shortly and he moved the paper into Spokane. The existing newspaper in Spokane was the Democratic Chronicle. The Review, being of Republican leaning, and the Chronicle became bitter enemies, with the circulation of the Review soon exceeding that of the Chronicle. In 1883, Andrew Pritchard, first discoverer of gold in the Coeur d'Alene area, brought his ore samples to Dallam's office. Seeing the story in this event Dallam published the story in the next issue, which sold out all over the west, and as far east as Minnesota, thereby starting Spokane's first population boom.
Eight years down the road, this building is completed and on October 24th, 1891 the Review holds a party to celebrate the dedication of the new building. Being a newspaper, it is quite understandable that they should publish a one and a half page article on the occasion of its dedication.
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The Spokesman-Review
The Review Building houses the offices of the Spokesman-Review, Spokane’s principal newspaper. It is one of the tallest buildings in Spokane; its tower is taller than the main roofs of the Paulsen Medical and Dental and Old National Bank buildings. Since its construction, it has been one of the most conspicuous buildings in town. Located on an irregular lot, its architect, Chauncey B. Seaton designed it to fit the shape of the lot well. Seaton came to Spokane in the aftermath of the Spokane Fire in 1889 to help rebuild Spokane. In 1890, he designed and supervised the construction of the Spokane Exposition Building. Although he designed the Review Building, he left before it was completed.
In its early days, the building housed the Hotel Review in the upper floors. It also housed the Spokane Daily Chronicle until the building became too crowded, and the Chronicle moved into its own building, next south in 1921.
The Review Building was erected to house the Review, an evening daily paper, which was established by Frank Dallam as a weekly paper in 1883. Its closest competitor was the Spokesman, a democratic paper owned by a group of Spokane businessmen. In 1893, the competition between the two newspapers necessitated a merger if either was to survive. Out of this the Spokane Morning Review was born, under the management of Harvey Scott, H. L. Pittock, Anthony Cannon, and W. H. Cowles. The Panic of 1893 severely hurt the paper, and Cowles came to Spokane from Chicago to salvage it. He gained total control and created the Spokesman Review.
W. H. Cowles was an important and influential businessman in Spokane. He was a founding member of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, regional director of the Boy Scouts of America, and director for the Associated Press for thirty-three years. Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and William Howard Taft sought his advice. The family still owns and runs the paper and are generous civic benefactors in Spokane.
From Historic Spokane
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The Spokesman-Review Building |
Area Served: Spokane, WA
What is (later, was) its physical address?:
99 West Riverside Avenue
Spokane, WA United States
99201
Does it now just provide an internet read?: Both newsprint and internet
Internet address: [Web Link]
Did you ever buy or subscribe to this paper?: No.
Please provide a link referring to the newspaper's demise.: Not listed
If applicable, when was this publication's last edition?: Not listed
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