Great Eastern Building

ID: 2742
This file appears in: Peyton Building and Annex

Image Courtesy of Lacey Sipos, Spokane Public Library Northwest Room and the Spokane Daily Chronicle
Narration by local historian Mr. Jim Price

This file appears in: Peyton Building and Annex

By Lacey Sipos
Fire constantly threatened early Spokane. The city suffered a major conflagration in 1889, but many smaller fires have struck over the years. The Peyton Building was built to replace the Great Eastern Building, which was destroyed by a fire on…