Editing Spokane, Washington (section)

===== Commercial and public buildings =====
[[File:Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes - Spokane.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=The Romanesque Revival-style Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in Downtown Spokane|The Romanesque Revival-style [[Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes (Spokane, Washington)|Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes]]]]

Spokane neighborhoods contain a patchwork of architectural styles that give them a distinct identity and illustrate the changes throughout the city's history.<ref name=SpokaneStyle>{{cite news |last1=Iannelli |first1=E.J. |last2=Kwak |first2=Young |title=Spokane Style |url=http://www.inlander.com/spokane/spokane-style/Content?oid=2518516 |access-date=November 6, 2016 |publisher=INLANDER}}</ref> Most of Spokane's notable buildings and landmarks are in the Riverside neighborhood and the downtown commercial district, where many of the buildings were rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1889 in the [[Romanesque Revival]] style.<ref name="GreatSpokaneFire" /> Examples include the Great Northern clock tower, Review Building, [[Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes (Spokane, Washington)|Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes]], [[First Congregational Church of Spokane|First Congregational Church]], Washington Water Power [[Post Street Electric Substation|Post Street substation]], Peyton Building, and The Carlyle.<ref name="Emporis">{{cite web |title=Spokane |url=http://www.emporis.com/city/spokane-wa-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006074918/http://www.emporis.com/city/spokane-wa-usa |archive-date=October 6, 2013 |access-date=November 3, 2014 |publisher=Emporis}}</ref>

The principal architect of many buildings of this period was [[Kirtland Cutter|Kirtland Kelsey Cutter]].<ref name="Thumbnail" /> Self-taught, he came to Spokane in 1886, and began by designing "Chalet Hohenstein" for himself and other residences for his family, while also working as a bank teller.<ref>{{cite web |last=Arksey |first=Laura |date=March 23, 2009 |title=Cutter, Kirtland Kelsey (1860–1939), Architect |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=115 |access-date=November 2, 2014 |work=Essay 115 |publisher=HistoryLink}}</ref> Other structures designed by Cutter include the Spokane Club, Washington Water Power Substation, [[Monroe Street Bridge (Spokane River)|Monroe Street Bridge]] (featured in the city seal), the [[Central Steam Heat Plant|Steam Plant]], and the [[Davenport Hotel (Spokane)|Davenport Hotel]]. Built in renaissance and Spanish Revival style, the Davenport Hotel cost two million dollars to complete and included new technologies at the time of its opening in September 1914, such as chilled water, elevators, and air cooling.<ref name="Davenport" />

In the second half of the 20th century, Spokane again became noticed for its architecture, this time by a new generation of architects in the [[Mid-century modern|modernist]] movement, which flourished in the city. During this period which lasted from 1948 to the mid-1970s, prolific architects in the city gave Spokane a great breadth of mid-century architecture.<ref>{{cite web| last = Rogers| first = Adrian| title = New exhibit explores midcentury architecture in Spokane| newspaper = The Spokesman-Review| date = March 3, 2013| url = https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/mar/03/modernism-at-the-mac/| access-date = August 1, 2022}}</ref> The modernists in Spokane gave the city a new look and were instrumental in the developments, design, and legacy of the [[Expo '74]] World's Fair in what is now [[Riverfront Park (Spokane, Washington)|Riverfront Park]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Spokane Mid-20th Century Architectural Survey Report| publisher = Washington State Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation| work = Painter Preservation, helveticka, Spokane Historic Preservation Office, City of Spokane-Spokane Historic Landmarks Commission| date = August 2017| url = http://midcenturyspokane.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/MCM_Survey_082417.pdf| access-date = January 15, 2022}}</ref>

During this time, one of the city's foremost and influential architects was Warren C. Heylman.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schmeltzer |first=Mike |date=September 24, 2017 |title=Spokane a city of Modernist architectural gems |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/sep/24/spokane-a-city-of-modernist-architectural-gems/ |access-date=September 24, 2017 |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review}}</ref> Heylman's career was most productive during the 1960s and 1970s where his main body of work was done in the modernist style, designing numerous residential houses, apartment buildings, and architectural embellishments.<ref name="Heylman">{{cite news |last=Deshais |first=Nicholas |date=July 10, 2016 |title=Warren Heylman's architectural vision 'all over' Spokane |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jul/10/warren-heylman-spokane-architecture/ |access-date=November 6, 2016 |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review}}</ref> Some of his most noteworthy works in Spokane include [[The Parkade]], Spokane International Airport, Spokane Regional Health Building, and the Burlington Northern Latah Creek Bridge over Hangman Valley.<ref name="Heylman" />

[[File:The Davenport Hotel (Spokane, Washington).jpg|thumb|left|alt=Kirtland Cutter's Renaissance Revival-style Davenport Hotel, widely considered his [[magnus opus]]|The Renaissance Revival-style Davenport Hotel designed by Kirtland Cutter]]

Other well-represented architectural styles downtown include [[art deco architecture|Art Deco]] (Spokane City Hall, [[August Paulsen|Paulsen Center]], [[Fox Theater (Spokane, Washington)|Fox Theater]], [[John R. Rogers High School]], City Ramp Garage), [[Renaissance Revival]] (Steam Plant Square, [[United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Custom House (Spokane, Washington)|Thomas S. Foley Courthouse]], [[Spokane Club Building-Legion Building|Legion Building]], [[San Marco (Spokane, Washington)|San Marco]]), [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] (Masonic Center, [[Hutton Building]], [[Bing Crosby Theater]]), [[Chicago school (architecture)|Chicago School]] ([[Old National Bank Building|U.S. Bank Building]], Liberty Building, [[Spokane City Hall Building|Old City Hall]]) and [[modernism (architecture)|Modernist]] ([[Parkade Plaza|The Parkade]], [[Ridpath Hotel]], Bank of America Financial Center).<ref name="Emporis" /> The [[List of tallest buildings in Spokane|tallest building in the city]], at {{convert|288|ft|m}}, is the Bank of America Financial Center.<ref name="Emporis" /> Also of note is the Spokane County Courthouse in West Central (the building on the seal of Spokane County), the [[Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Washington)|Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist]] in Rockwood, the [[Benewah Milk Bottle]]s in Riverside and Garland, Mount Saint Michael in Hillyard, and the [[Cambern Dutch Shop Windmill]] in South Perry.