This February, you’re invited to stay at the Montvale Hotel at 30% off regular room rates!*
This one-time offer is available only to members of Spokane Teachers Credit Union, which financed the Montvale’s restoration as Spokane’s premier boutique hotel destination. The Montvale is the perfect spot in Spokane for fun, excitement, and most importantly – a good night’s rest.
For more information, visit http://www.montvalehotel.com/. Reserve your room by calling (509) 747-1919 or toll-free at 1-86-MONTVALE. Ask for your Spokane Teachers discount!
*Offer based on availability of rooms in February 2005. Offer not available with any other special promotions
“As a member of the Spokane Teachers Credit Union, I was pleased and proud of your support of the restoration of the Montvale Hotel. The residents of Spokane County should be proud of the local architecture and development of these buildings to provide a focal point for Spokane as a tourist destination. Perhaps we do not know what we have until it's gone. Thank you”
Robert, STCU member
Built in 1899 as the first in a series of buildings along West First Avenue, the Montvale Hotel remains one of the most visible buildings in the area. The Montvale stands as one of the city’s best examples of Spokane’s development at the turn of the century. With the demolition of the Pennington Wing at the Davenport Hotel, the Montvale has gained the distinction as Spokane’s oldest hotel.
Though the Montvale’s architect is unknown, it was built for John Binkley, a local judge. The Montvale Hotel was built to provide temporary housing for the swelling influx of miners and laborers to the Spokane area at the turn of the century. After years of use as a hotel and a youth hostel during Expo ‘74, the hotel sat dormant for 25 years. Broken windows, extensive water damage and the threat of demolition in favor of a parking lot almost ended the Montvale’s future.
ConoverBond Development President Rob Brewster bought the building in 1996 with the idea of returning the historic building to its original use. ConoverBond listed the building on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 and in 1999 the main floor got its first modern day tenant, Farwest Billiards.
In 2002, the Catacombs Pub was opened in the basement of what was originally the hotel’s boiler room. The massive stone and brick walls once encased huge hotel boilers. Coal was delivered at the street level through a large chute that is now part of Catacombs cave seating area.
Financed by Spokane Teacher’s Credit Union, the hotel will open again in January 2005 as a new hotel in Spokane. After months of construction and $3.5 million in renovation, the hotel will open as Spokane’s premier hotel destination.
