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Tacoma-Pierce County Buildings Index - Image Display (new Building search)
Displaying Record #14277
| Address | Built | Demolished | Style | Registry? | Images? |
| 1152-56 FAWCETT AVE., Tacoma | 1889 | 1989 | | US Wa City | 3 Images | Astor House / Samson Hotel
H. Fales, builder
F.A. Sexton, arch.
August Cultum, contr.
-originally named the Astor House, changed shortly after completion to the Cleveland Hotel, renamed the Samson c.1901
-demolished in 1989 after being damaged by fire
-removed from National Register 7/16/1990
TDL 11/14/1889 p.4 Probate court (description)
TDL 1/1/1890 p.9 permits
TDL 2/10/1890 p.5 Improvements progressing
TDL 5/28/1890 p.5 Work on the Astor Building (Talbot & Halberton,
owners)
TDL 8/15/1892 p.1 Shot and stabbed (murder-suicide)
TDL 5/26/1900 p.1 Cold blooded crime (murder in Room No.11, same room
as murder of 1892) (research indicates it was not the same room)
TDL 5/28/1900 p.3 House has name for many brawls
TDL 5/26/1901 p.5 Samson gets damages (after purchase of hotel)
TDL 3/2/1902 p.3 Hotel Samson opens
T.Evening News 1/12/1903 p.5 (ad,il)
TDN 1/16/1905 p.63 (ad,sketch)
TDL 8/3/1913 p.6 (ad,sketch)
TDL 5/13/1928 p.E8 Samson Hotel will be turned into apartment (il)
TDL 9/30/1928 p.E8 ... resold in deal
TNT 4/19/1948 p.5 (permit taken to fireproof bldg.)
TNT 4/1/1973 Old turret and arches (sketch)
TNT 11/19/1974 Local apartments added to state historical list
TNT 11/24/1974 Old Samson Hotel defies wrecking ball
TNT 3/19/1975 Samson Hotel added to historic-place registry (added to
National Register) (il)
TNT 5/25/1975 Fawcett structure urged as landmark
TNT 6/4/1975 City designates hotel historic
TNT 3/31/1978 Fire forces evacuation of historic apartment
building (il)
TNT 5/24/1978 This fire just a li'l squirt
TNT 5/28/1982 Old apartment labeled firetrap (il)
TNT 6/1/1982 Samson fire safety improvements made
TNT 6/29/1986 Two injured fighting fire at Samson
TNT 7/1/1986 ... fire may be the end
TNT 7/7/1986 p.B2 City trying second time to get Samson razed (il)
TNT 9/20/1987 p.A1 Flames bring end of era to Tacoma landmark (il)
TNT 9/26/1988 p.B1 Apartments may fall - at city's expense (il)
TNT 1/17/1989 p.B1 No reprieve for fire-ruined landmark, city decides
TNT 1/29/1989 Misfortune has stalked once-elegant Samson Hotel (il)
TNT 4/14/1989 p.B1 Beyond repair, Samson torn down (il)
(Catalog)917.972 Am35S p.19 (il)
(Catalog)979.778 M364T p.70 (il)
City Directory 1892 p.225 (ad,sketch)
TNT = Tacoma News Tribune
TDL = Tacoma Daily Ledger
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