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Tacoma-Pierce County Buildings Index - Image Display (new Building search)
Displaying Record #21996
| Address | Built | Demolished | Style | Registry? | Images? |
| 621 PACIFIC AVE., Tacoma | 1887 | | | US Wa City | 21 Images | Northern Pacific Headquarters Bldg.
Charles B. Talbot, arch.
W.M. Shipley, stone contr.
Langford & Bridges, brick contr.
Tacoma Lumber & Manufacturing Co., interior contr.
-construction begun 8/15/1887
-south wing of bldg. demolished and reconstructed as jail in 1929, jail wing again demolished in 1974
-rehab c.1983
-added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.23159, 1/2/1975
-added to National Register 5/4/1976
-site includes 617-25 Pacific Ave., 119 So. 7th St.
-formerly 661 Pacific Ave., 651 Pacific Ave.
TDL 3/6/1887 p.4 The Northern Pacific building
TDL 4/3/1887 p.4 The big brick building
TDL 8/14/1887 p.4 New Northern Pacific building (city to vacate part of
street to allow for larger bldg. site)
TDL 8/16/1887 p.8 Bricks for the big building
TDL 8/26/1887 p.8 The building era (description)
TDL 9/21/1887 p.5 (progress)
TDL 9/25/1887 p.8 The big headquarters building
TDL 10/29/1887 p.8 (progress)
TDL 12/15/1887 p.8 (contract let)
TDL 1/1/1888 p.6 permits
TDL 1/12/1888 p.5 (progress)
TDL 2/25/1888 p.4 (progress)
TDL 5/2/1888 p.4 Something about the heavy cornices of the splendid
structure
TDL 5/13/1888 p.5 (contract for interior let)
TDL 7/25/1888 p.4 (progress)
TDL 9/8/1888 p.8 Into Headquarters
TDL 10/28/1888 p.8 The Headquarters Building
TDL 10/31/1888 p.6 At Headquarters Building
TDL 8/18/1889 p.3 Woman's exchange
TDL 9/4/1889 p.5 Dainty and pretty
TDL 3/1/1900 p.3 Offices are now selected (Weyerhaeuser Co.)
TDL 6/24/1900 p.13 Painting the building
TNT 11/23/1932 Museum to get weather vane (original bldg. weather
vane to be donated to the Ferry Museum)
TNT 6/6/1934 In Tacoma's family album (interior il of ticket
office c.1894)
(Catalog)352.3 G42S p.7 (il)
385 N711N p.24 (il)
385 W85N p.51 (il)
(Catalog)720.28 L235L Vol.II No.4 p.8, Vol.IV No.4 p.28
(Catalog)917.972 Sp4
(Catalog)979.7 N812 Oct. 1888 p.6 (sketch)
(Catalog)979.72 H91 Vol.I p.385,414
B R482Rg (il of blueprint making on the roof)
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City Hall Annex / Public Safety Bldg.
TDL 3/28/1920 p.B4 $300,000 bond issue
to make this building a realty ... (sketch of proposed
public safety bldg. by Roland E. Borhek, arch.)
TDL 4/6/1922 Railroad sells for $50,000 (city purchases bldg.)
TDL 4/23/1922 p.A4 Plan offices for City Hall Annex
TDL 3/5/1928 p.1 Four bond issues are classed as public safety measures
TDL 3/14/1928 p.1 Tacoma bond issues carry
TDL 4/7/1928 p.3 City's engineers to plan stations (M.J. Nicholson,
arch. for remodeling)
TDL 4/10/1928 p.1 City Annex work to be let in June
TDL 4/17/1928 p.3 Storm damage in city heavy; weather vane stands
TDL 4/19/1928 p.1 Annex to City Hall will not be remodeled (proposal for
new bldg. on Commerce St.)
TDL 4/26/1928 p.7 Joint building snags are seen
TDL 8/21/1928 p.1 Sale of annex O.K. if $85,000 (proposed sale of bldg.)
TDL 11/8/1928 p.1 City Hall Annex will be rebuilt (south half of bldg.
to be reconstructed)
TDL 3/17/1929 p.D10 Razes landmark for new jail site (south wing of bldg.
demolished)
TDL 4/21/1929 p.D10 (il of demolition)
TDL 5/19/1929 p.A4 City building progressing (Eivind Anderson, contr. for
remodeling)
TDL 10/13/1929 p.A8 New city jail acquires homelike touch (interior il)
TNT 3/16/1938 p.1 Annex hit by flames
TNT 10/16/1938 p.1 Fire hits City Hall Annex
TNT 12/23/1938 p.17 Would link buildings
TNT 4/25/1939 p.15 (il c.1890)
TNT 12/7/1939 p.1 (il c.1890)
TNT 11/17/1943 p.19 Bigger jail for women
TNT 3/30/1944 p.1 Before and after
(interior il of women's jail)
TNT 11/15/1946 p.1 New police hdqts. planned
here (proposal by Mock & Morrison, arch.)
TNT 8/23/1950 p.10 Donated by official (il of
second floor shoe shine stand donated by
James T. Kerr)
TNT 12/8/1950 p.1 Fleeing bunny reminds
police of olden days
TNT 4/20/1951 p.12 Friday moving day
for city police dept.
TNT 10/15/1951 p.1 First session in new court
(interior il of police court)
TNT 3/2/1952 p.A16 Air raid shelters ...
TNT 8/31/1952 p.A3 Open house Wednesday
for new police "lab"
TNT 6/18/1953 p.D3 Judge tosses towel;
noise beats justice
TNT 9/17/1953 p.B10 Safety door installed
at City Jail (interior il)
TNT 1/20/1954 p.1 Dares death in escape
from jail; woman flees ... (il)
TNT 3/1/1954 p.3 Woman hangs herself
in City Jail
TNT 10/12/1954 p.6 Rookie patrolman
discharges gun at police station
TNT 5/19/1955 p.A1 Hangs himself in
City Jail
TNT 10/24/1955 p.1 Tacoma jail escape
try foiled
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Allied Arts Center / Tacoma Art Museum
TNT 8/5/1958 Police Bldg. art center wins favor (il, sketch of proposal
by Alan Liddle, arch.)
TNT 3/15/1962 Allied Arts begins remodeling project
TNT 6/3/1962 Allied Arts home dedication near (il)
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Headquarters Bldg. / One Pacific Bldg.
TNT 5/27/1964 Destructin of Old City Hall Annex vowed
TNT 4/7/1968 Demolition day looms for Tacoma landmark
TNT 4/28/1968 Tacoma's doomed dome (il)
TNT 5/22/1968 Public Safety Building may be spared
TNT 6/5/1968 Two decisions face Tacoma councilmen
TNT 7/17/1968 ... annex won't be demolished
TNT 2/28/1969 Old Annex gets a bath (il)
TNT 7/27/1969 Old City Hall Annex begins to take shape ... (developer
John Wallerich to remodel) (interior il)
TNT 12/21/1969 City Hall Annex will be reborn (remodeling by
Wm. R. Hocking, arch. and Brynestad Builders, contr.)
TNT 8/15/1971 Old police annex nears completion, seeking
occupants (sketch)
TNT 4/24/1974 Ball and chain strike back (il of demolition of former
jail / south wing of bldg.)
TNT 8/6/1974 City, owner wrangle over annex's future
TNT 8/25/1974 Area landmarks (sketch)
TNT 11/30/1975 Old NP headquartes may become landmark
TNT 6/14/1976 Old NP building now officially historic (il)
TNT 7/24/1977 Plaques to commemorate 5 historic landmarks (il)
TNT 4/4/1979 Old rail building gets boost
TNT 6/12/1979 One NP plan dies, another is born
TNT 11/1/1979 Grant to be sought for NP building
TNT 11/11/1979 Dream of restored NP building promised fulfillment (sketch)
TNT 7/4/1981 Old NP Building good buy for right person - agent (il)
TNT 5/9/1982 p.G7 Developers eye renovation of former NP headquarters (il)
TNT 3/20/1991 p.B5 Restored office building going on block
(Catalog)720.979 T119TR p.13-15,27-30 (rehab c.1983 by The Harris Architects,
arch. and Darrell Adams and Pease & Son, Inc., contr.) (il)
TNT = Tacoma News Tribune
TDL = Tacoma Daily Ledger
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