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1102-04 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, TACOMA
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- 2 images. Mottau Bldg. Mrs. Robert Mottau, builder Russell & Lance, arch. Macdonald Building Co., contr. -one story cement -Carrara glass -bldg. later combined with bldg. at 1106-08 Martin Luther King Jr. Way -demolished in Aug. 2000 -plans at TPL -occupants included: Totem Food Store No.5, McMillan Drug Store, K Street Pharmacy, Paulson's Radio & Appliances, Harold Meyer Drugs SEE ALSO: 1106-08 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY
- TDL 7/2/1933 p.B6 $15,000 building for 11th and K
- TDL 8/20/1933 p.B5 (sketch)
- TNT 10/6/1933 p.13 Food department store will open (sketch)
- TDL 8/19/1934 p.B9 K St. building is leased (to McMillan Drug Store)
- TDL 9/9/1934 p.B9 Pharmacy in new home (interior il of the K Street Pharmacy)
- TNT 4/7/1939 p.9 (il of Totem Food Store)
- TNT 11/16/1939 p.22 (il of Totem Food Store) T.Times 2/1/1940 Totem stores celebrate anniversary (il)
- TNT 4/30/1940 p.6 (il of Totem Food Store)
- TNT 4/22/1941 p.9 Officially open today (il of Paulson's Radio & Appliances Store)
- TNT 8/24/1941 p.C12 Paulson's new store (interior il)
- TNT 8/13/1944 p.A4 (permit for balcony taken by Harold Meyer Drug)
- TNT 9/15/1944 p.8 New store is opening (interior il of Harold Meyer Savon Drug Store)
- TNT 10/22/1947 p.11,12 Something new on "K" Street; Harold Meyer's Professional Prescription Pharmacy (at 1110 So. 11th St.)
- TNT 12/1/1948 p.16-19 Two fine new shops (Paulco Shoes and the Juvenile Shop take space in bldg.)
- TNT 5/15/1949 p.B12 Dr. Charles Green expands practice; opens new optometric office (interior il of 1104 So. 11th St.)
- TNT 7/5/1951 p.A9 (ad for appearance by Captain Hadacol)
- TNT 1/29/1953 p.A11 Harold Meyer Drug opens ultra-modern pharmacy on Friday (interior il of Harold Meyer's Prescription Pharmacy at 1110 So. 11th St.)
- TNT 8/17/1955 p.C1 Grand opening! (of the Music Mezzanine)
- TNT 12/4/1956 p.25 Grand opening (il of employees)
- TNT 9/27/1961 p.A8,A9 Meyer store plans grand reopening (two adjacent stores added, remodeling) (il)
- TNT 10/12/1994 p.D1 Hilltop publisher seeks financing to develop retail center with food court, shops, office (sketch of proposed remodeling for Virginia Taylor)
- TNT 8/18/1999 p.B1 Another Hilltop housing project in the works; senior apartment-retail remodel proposed for building ... T.Weekly 8/11/200 p.3 Hilltop store being converted to housing for low-income senior citizens (remodeliing project evolved into new bldg. construction and this bldg. was demolished)
- Year Built: 1933
- Decade Built: 1930s
- Demolished: 2000
- Style: modern
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Abbreviation Key GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune
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