The Montvale Hotel is a boutique hotel in Spokane, Washington. Originally built in 1889 as an SRO (Single Room Occupancy Hotel), the Montvale Hotel also served Spokane as an apartment building, a brothel, and as a youth hostel during Expo '74 and then was abandoned for 30 years. It was restored and re-opened in January 2005 as a 36-room boutique hotel, becoming one of Spokane's premier hotels with The Davenport Hotel and the

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. With the demolition of the Pennington Wing at the Davenport Hotel, the Montvale gained the distinction as Spokane's oldest hotel. Kilmer and Son's Hardware was located on buildings' main floor for over 60 years. Kilmer once employed

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. Currently located in the same building as the Montvale Hotel is Scratch Restaurant Scratch Restaurant
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National Register of Historic Places in Spokane, Washington Buildings and structures in Spokane, Washington Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) {{Washington-struct-stub

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