Ridpath Hotel
National Register of Historic Places

Ridpath Hotel

Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
Listed
December 24, 2013
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
13001000

About this property

The Ridpath Hotel is a complex of four buildings in Spokane, Washington – the Ridpath Tower (completed in 1952), the Halliday Building (completed 1889), the Y Building (completed 1906), and the Executive Court building (completed in 1963). The Ridpath Tower, the main portion of the hotel, was designed by San Francisco architect Ned Hyman Abrams and is the second iteration of the Ridpath Hotel – the original building was destroyed by fire in 1950. The hotel, originally opened in 1900 and closed…

Location

515 W. Sprague Ave.
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
47.65704, -117.42002

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 13001000. It was listed on December 24, 2013.

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Historic Sites

Hutton Building
Industrial
0.1 mi
Holley-Mason Building
Industrial
0.1 mi

Nearby Battles

Spokane Indian Raids 1858
1858Indian Wars
0.3 mi
Battle of Spokane Bridge (1858)
1858Indian Wars
0.4 mi
Battle of Spokane Plains (September 5, 1858)
1858Indian Wars
1.6 mi
Coeur d'Alene War — Battle of Spokane Plain
1858Early Republic
3.1 mi
Four Lakes Battle 1858
1858Early Republic
6.7 mi

Questions about this property

When was Ridpath Hotel listed on the National Register?

Ridpath Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 24, 2013.

What type of historic resource is Ridpath Hotel?

Ridpath Hotel is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Ridpath Hotel?

The period of significance for Ridpath Hotel is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1889.

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