Historic Properties of Spokane
Spokane Brewing & Malting Company Building
Constructed in 1913, the Spokane Brewing and Malting Building was built during the growth of the beer industry in Spokane and is a fine example of buildings of that type and period. The building functioned as both the Spokane Brewing and Malting offices and bottling house and is associated with the Spokane Brewing and Malting plant that occupied the lot east of the subject building until 1938. The building is also a legacy of the Galland brothers and their contributions to Spokane real estate, financial, and brewery industry. As an early downtown brewery, it is a rare remnant of the heyday of brewing in Spokane. It is one of only two existing buildings built as breweries that remain in downtown Spokane, the other being the Schade Brewery (1902). Finally, the building is related to several north riverbank buildings that supplied Spokane with its basics from milk at the Broadview Dairy (1910), flour at the Spokane Flour Mill (1895), bread at the Spokane Continental Bakery (1910), and beer at the Spokane Brewing and Malting Company. The subject building is the only remaining structure of that brewing complex.




