Old State Armory Building
The cavernous state armory building at 202 W. Second in downtown Spokane once provided the space for the Washington National Guard after it was completed in 1908.
Section:Then & Now
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| The Spokesman-Review
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The cavernous state armory building at 202 W. Second in downtown Spokane once provided the space for the Washington National Guard after it was completed in 1908. Historian Carolyn Hage Nunemaker writes that it was also the venue for concerts, dances and sporting events before the Spokane Coliseum that was built in 1954. Spokane opera singer Patrice Munsel gave a concert, a benefit for the Red Cross, in 1943, just after she had signed a contract with the Metropolitan Opera Company. The building hasn't been used as an armory since 1977.