The Commercial Club

Commercial Club was built in 1910. The Commercial Club awarded a contact in the fall of 1909 to Thomas E. Young of Seattle to build a three story building at 18 S. Mission Street. Young’s bid was $15,881. The first floor of the building was concrete and the second and third floors were constructed of pressed brick. The first floor was shared with a mercantile firm, who used the front area, and the city fire department, which was housed in the rear with access to the alley. The second floor had a club room, conference room, and an auditorium. The furnishings for the club room cost $30,000. The third floor was designed for lodges. Four new buildings were dedicated on February 11, 1910. They were the Commercial Club Building, World Building, the Great Northern Railroad Depot, and the Wenatchee High School. Delegations from both Seattle and Spokane Chambers of Commerce came for the dedications. In the evening at the Commercial Club Building there were speeches, a dance, and a buffet lunch. The celebration did not break up until 3:30 a.m. The Commercial Club Building housed all the Chamber of Commerce activities until December 1, 1946, when the building was sold to the city of Wenatchee, and was used mostly for housing the library. The city sold the building to the Columbia Federal Savings and Loan Association in 1957. It has been extensively remodeled, and is used principally for administration offices.