The city hall offices resided in the same building for 68 years, from 1913 until 1981. Beginning in 1978 the 1920s-era Montgomery Ward building at West Spokane Falls Boulevard and North Post Street was renovated to house the City’s offices. Well situated, it overlooks the Lower Spokane Falls, is next to Riverfront Park, and is at the northern edge of the Central Business District of Spokane.
This seven story Art Deco style city hall is well adorned with floral motif bas-relief sculpture at the first and second story roof lines. As this was originally built as a department store, the two lower floors are well decorated and have large windows, which were meant as display windows. The upper five floors, much less decorated, were used solely for storage during Montgomery Wards' tenure in the building.
The building was entered in the Washington State Historic Register and into the Spokane Historic Register on June 2nd, 1986. It was designed by the Montgomery Ward engineering department and built by Wells Brothers of Chicago for Montgomery Ward in 1929 and occupied by them until 1978. The city purchased it at that time and, after renovations, moved in in 1981.