page_title: The Davenport Hotel (Spokane, Washington)
section_title: Restoration and reopening
hierarchical_section_title: The Davenport Hotel (Spokane, Washington) / Restoration and reopening
caption_attribution_description: English: Hall of the Doges, part of the Davenport Hotel, in Spokane, Washington.
context_page_description: The Davenport Hotel is a hotel located in Spokane, Washington. Commissioned by a group of Spokane businessmen, the hotel is named after Louis Davenport, its first proprietor and overseer of the project. Architect Kirtland Cutter designed the building in 1914. The Davenport Hotel was the first hotel in the United States with air conditioning, a central vacuum system, pipe organ, and dividing doors in the ballrooms. It is also the place at which the first Crab Louis was created and served. The hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  The Davenport Hotel was completely restored by developer Walt Worthy in 2002 and operates today under the name The Historic Davenport Hotel within The Davenport Hotel Collection brand along with its three sister hotels.
context_section_description: In March 2000, local entrepreneurs Walt & Karen Worthy purchased the entire city block for $6.5 million, then spent the next two years of their lives—and $38 million of their own money—to make The Davenport Hotel grand again. The hotel's public spaces and ballrooms were restored to what they would have looked like when they were new - it is real gold leaf around the fireplace. The hotel's guest floors were taken back to bare concrete and built anew with fresh wiring, plumbing, drywall, furniture and fixtures. The Hall of the Doges, Spokane's oldest and finest ballroom, was removed from the oldest part of the structure and re-installed in the new East addition. The removal was accomplished by lifting the ballroom out intact, making it the only flying ballroom in the world. The Davenport Hotel was re-established in September 2002 with the ringing of a ship's bell eight times signaling a change of the watch.
caption: The Hall of Doges
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