It's somewhat of an oddity that the Bobier Building is exactly one block south of
city hall, the Bobier Building being at 300 South Washington and the city hall at 200 South Washington. This is because they were almost certainly designed by the same architect, using identical bricks and essentially the same design. The city hall is embellished to a slightly greater extent, but their similarity is not likely to be an accident.
Fortunately, we happen to know who that architect was. He was F. E. Lehmkuhl, also a local general contractor. His design was accepted in competition with several well respected Spokane architects.
The Bobier Building was built one year after the city became county seat of Pend Oreille County and one year before city hall came into being. The Mister Bobier, for whom the building was named, must have had some impact on the city as there is a road northwest of the city named after him, or at least a Bobier.