Current location of Tacoma Public Library's Main Branch with the Armory and Courthouse in the background. Printed on front: Carnegie Library, Court House and State Armory, Tacoma, Wn.

Picture of the courthouse of Tacoma

Printed on front: First Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, Wash.

Interior of First Presbyterian Church, circa 1913.

Printed on front: The State Armory and Court House, Tacoma, U.S.A.

Printed on front: No. 6 State Armory, Tacoma, Washington

Printed on front: The State Armory Showing Court House, Tacoma, Wash.

Printed on front: Armory and Court House, Tacoma, Wash 611.

Scenic view of Mount Rainier with the Pierce County Court House on the left and the old courthouse on the right.

Employees and bicycle delivery boy on steps of the Pierce County Court House. The Pierce County Court House was built in 1892. The three story building was a copy of the Courthouse in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The plans contained everything Tacomans hoped for in this elaborate structure, including secret staircases and a hanging room, and suited their grandiose plans for their city. The grand structure was demolished in 1959 due to its poor condition and replaced by a parking lot for the modern County-City building. Here employees pose with bicycles on the steps of the structure. The man behind what is believed to be a bicycle delivery boy or courier is holding a baby. The women on the left are most probably clerical staff, although two of them are posing with bicycles.

Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma); Historic buildings--Tacoma; Bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma--1890-1900; Clothing & dress--1890-1900;

ca. 1892. This is an image of the Pierce County Court House under construction circa 1892. Stone masons are posed in front of the incomplete building with large heaps of stone in the foreground. It would eventually become a three-story structure with a 230-ft. tower. Wilkeson and Pittsburg grey freestone, finished with Tenino bluestone, would be used on the exterior. The massive Romanesque edifice would serve as the county's courthouse for over sixty years until its demolition in 1959. (Copy of original) Bi-Centennial Project # 75346-53; BU-10704

Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma); Progress photographs; Building construction--Tacoma--1890-1900; Stone cutting--Tacoma;

ca. 1913. This circa 1913 group portrait of the Pierce County Treasurer's staff was taken in the old Pierce County Court House at South 10th and G Streets during an inspection by the Washington State Examiner. Calvin J. Carr, seated in the center of the first row, was County Treasurer.