

CDA-11-005 Coeur d’Alene Hotels Built by James Smith on the Ft. Sherman reservation in 1880 28’x60′; 2 stories in height. In 1884 it was purchased by C. B. King and moved to the south side of Sherman between 2nd & 3rd. Here the hotel was enlarged by the addition of an ell and a third story and porches facing the lake. First known as the Lakeside Hotel and managed by Vincent W. Wells (after it was moved). Name changed to Coeur d’Alene Inn. It was the leading hotel until 1905 when the Hotel Idaho was built. Burned about 1911 circa 1900