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Mrs. Louis M. Davenport
| Last Name: | Davenport |
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| First Name: | Verus E. |
| Dates: |
1881 (Date of Birth)
1906 (Date of Marriage)
1967 (Date of Death)
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| Biography/History: | The Davenport family is best known for the grand Spokane hotel that Louis M. Davenport opened in 1914. Louis came to Spokane in 1889 and married Verus Smith of New York City in 1906, after which the couple moved into a richly-designed apartment over Davenport’s Restaurant. After their only child Lewis was born in 1907, the family moved into an expansive new estate on 8th Avenue. They soon sold the estate to occupy an apartment in the new hotel. (Text from Louis M. Davenport Decorative Arts script, 4 Feb. 2010. The Arts & Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest: Davenports and Decorative Arts - exhibit March 2010 to June 2010) |