The Clock Tower That Wasn’t Meant to Stay

🕰️ The Clock Tower That Wasn’t Meant to Stay

📍Riverfront Park | Built 1902

Before there was a park, there was a train station—and before Instagrammable icons, there was a massive Great Northern Railway Depot dominating downtown Spokane. When the city prepped for Expo '74, the train station was torn down…

🛑 But the Clock Tower?
It was spared. Saved by public demand, preserved like a treasure.
This 155-foot tower is now the most visible reminder of Spokane’s railway power—when the city was a key junction connecting east to west across the U.S.

🔔 Did you know?
The clock still works using the original 1902 mechanism, which must be manually wound every week!

🧩 Connecting the dots:
The man who oversaw the tower’s design, Kirtland Cutter, also designed the Davenport Hotel—another Spokane icon that’s still in use today. His work shaped much of Spokane’s early 1900s look.