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811 Events at The Cook Building
Weddings for up to 150 guests, showers and parties, corporate events and art classes, at 811 W 2nd Ave in downtown Spokane. Brick walls and wood floors upstairs and down: the ceremony in the Loft, the reception in the Ballroom.
For up to 150 guests, with the ceremony in the Loft and the reception in the Ballroom. How a wedding day works
Set-ups: Rent A Room, Business or Elegant
Bridal and baby showers, and parties. Showers often choose Business, or Rent A Room with individual items upgraded. Every set-up is customizable.
Set-ups: Rent A Room, Business or Elegant
Corporate luncheons and lunch-and-learns, or a paint-and-sip with the artist downstairs.
Starting at $2,500
An artist teaches classes in the art studio on the first floor, and your group can ask about a paint-and-sip. About the art studio
The Loft on three. The Suite, the Lounge and the Parlor on two. The Ballroom on one, with an art studio at the back. Each of the five rooms rents on its own. A wedding of up to 150 takes the Loft for the ceremony and the Ballroom for the reception.
The back of the top floor is one open loft: exposed brick, wood floors, tall windows down one side and a black steel-framed glass wall at the far end. Set it for a ceremony of up to 150, or with round tables for a reception. In owner Gina Cook's words, it's just gorgeous.
Floor plans (PDF): the Loft · with tables
Three connected rooms with an anteroom, at the front of the second floor: wood floors, exposed-brick panels and windows. Room for up to 50 guests.
Floor plan (PDF): the Suite
A lounge on the second floor with its own kitchenette, sofas and tables, and flex space next to it. On a wedding day it is the bridal suite. On its own, it hosts a bridal or baby shower.
Floor plan (PDF): the Lounge
Two long connected rooms at the back of the second floor, with windows along one side and pendant lights. On its own, a room for up to 20.
Floor plans (PDF): the Parlor · with furniture
A wide hardwood floor on the ground floor, with a brick feature wall and a wood-beam ceiling. A kitchenette and a serving room with buffet equipment sit off the main room. Set it for a reception of up to 150, or for a ceremony.
Floor plans (PDF): the Ballroom · with furniture
For up to 150 guests, with each part of the day in its own room.
On the second floor, the bridal suite. A separate room for the groom and his groomsmen is being readied.
On the third floor, with room for up to 150.
On the first floor, with the serving room for your caterer.
Three ways to set it up: Rent A Room, Business or Elegant, each with a starting-at price and completely customizable. See the prices.
Gina Cook ran her design business on the first floor of 811 W 2nd Avenue for fifteen years. In 2026, after forty years in business, she turned the building into 811 Events: five rooms across three floors, and an artist's studio at the back. She runs it herself.
The rooms keep their brick walls, wood floors and tall windows. What you bring is the event.
We set up events three ways: Rent A Room, Business and Elegant. Each has a starting-at price, and all of them are completely customizable. You are welcome to bring additional, personalized decor.
Starting at $1,000
Any of the rooms. Usually chosen for birthday parties and family reunion potlucks. For those who want to rent the room and provide their own set-up, clean-up, decor, food and beverage. For each person: paper plates in two sizes, a plastic fork, knife and spoon set, one plastic glass and one paper napkin. Tables and chairs are set for the number of people in the package, with a plastic tablecloth on each table. A bare-bones package.
Starting at $3,250
Porcelain and glass dishes: two plates, a goblet and a coffee cup, with stainless steel silverware (three utensils per person), paper napkins and a simple centerpiece.
Starting at $4,600
Everything in Business, plus chargers, wine glasses, five utensils per person and elevated decor.
Business and Elegant guest-count prices are for the Ballroom and a four-hour event, before catering, charcuterie and beverage service.
For packages priced by guest count, we prorate it: a package for 50 that grows to 60 is priced up from the 50-person price, not moved to the 100-person price.
Corporate events start at $2,500.
Tell us your date and guest count and we'll quote the rest.
The rooms are best seen in person. Book a tour to pick a time that suits you, and it's confirmed right away. Or call with your date and a rough guest count, and we'll set up a time to walk you through the building.
811 Events at The Cook Building
811 W 2nd Ave
Spokane, WA 99201
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