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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
1034-1
Date(s)
- 1936 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
ca. 1936. Pierce County Courthouse. From the time it was built in 1892 till it was demolished in 1959, the Romanesque turrets of the Courthouse were a familiar landmark in Tacoma. The building was designed by Proctor & Dennis, architects, and was patterned after the courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Henry Hobson Richardson. It was an imposing structure for a city with large aspirations. The three story building was built of Wilkeson grey freestone finished with Tenino bluestone. Its focus was a tall clock tower that was damaged in the 1949 earthquake. A167500-36. (TPL-2532, TPL-4031 and TPL-6670)
Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma); Courthouses--Tacoma; Historic buildings--Tacoma;