World Famous Monkey Room Vintage Spokane Washington T-Shirt

The Sillman Hotel was built in 1910 by the Sillman Brothers. It was a five-story brick construction (125 rooms and 8 apartments) on the Southwest corner of Third and Monroe in Spokane, Washington. The ground floor had a large dining room, The Monkey Room (a Pre-Tiki Tropical Bar), and a cafe, as well as a barber shop and lobby. The Monkey Room was aptly named for the caged gibbons kept on display. Old timers like to mention that customers entered the bar laughing and pointing at the monkeys and later, the monkeys would laugh and point at the drunken customers on their way out.