1102 TACOMA AVE S, TACOMA

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c. 1909

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The Carnegie Library, built in 1903 is now home to the Special Collections department of the Tacoma Public Library. The Pierce County Courthouse is visible in the upper right corner, and the old Central School can be seen to the left. circa 1909.
Printed on front: Carnegie Library & Pierce Co. Court House, Tacoma, Wash.

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1907

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12/1/1952

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6/1/1978

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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.

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c. 1914

Part of Postcard Collection

An early view of the Carnegie Building, part of the Tacoma Public Library's Main location. It now houses the library's Special Collections in the Northwest Room. circa 1914.
Printed on front: Carnegie Library, Court House, State Armory and Central School, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0081 Front

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c. 1906

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Tacoma's Carnegie Library, built in 1903, now home to the Northwest Room and Special Collections. circa 1906.
Printed on front: Carnegie Library, Tacoma, Washington (Court House Tower Beyond)

1102 TACOMA AVE S, TACOMA

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Part of Tacoma-Pierce County Buildings Index

97 images. Carnegie Bldg., Tacoma Public Library Jardine, Kent & Jardine (New York), arch. Norton L. Taylor, supervising arch. Everett Babcock, assistant supervising arch. Michael C. Conly, contr. -funds donated by industrialist Andrew Carnegie -dedicated 6/4/1903 -opened 6/5/1903 -original glass dome on roof damaged in 1949 earthquake -bldg. used for storgage and meeting rooms after the new main library bldg. was built in 1952, reopened to general library use in 1978 -added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.23183, 1/14/1975 -reopening celebration 6/2/1978 - 6/4/1978 -grand reopening after remodeling/restoration 4/28/1990 -formerly 1120 Tacoma Ave. So., 1118 Tacoma Ave. So.
TDL 2/8/1901 p.1 Gift from Carnegie
TDL 3/12/1901 p.5 Mr. Carnegie's gift increased
TDL 3/13/1901 p.1 Library located
TDL 3/22/1901 p.2 Library site yet undecided
TDL 3/26/1901 p.5 Library may be built this spring
TDL 3/29/1901 p.2 Council selects a library site
TDL 5/18/1901 p.2 Library plans reach the city
TDL 5/22/1901 p.5 Accept library plans
TDL 5/24/1901 p.3 Six months to build library
TDL 7/10/1901 p.8 Library plans sent by express
TDL 8/6/1901 p.5 Nearly ready to build library
TDL 9/5/1901 p.3 Changes in the library plans
TDL 9/21/1901 p.3 Soon to begin work
TDL 11/8/1901 p.5 Found flaws in the foundation (inspection by architects C.A. Darmer and A.J. Russell)
TDL 11/9/1901 p.2 Conley explains change in plans
TDL 11/11/1901 p.3 City will not pay
TDL 12/19/1901 p.5 Taylor must make decision T.Evening News 1/12/1903 Palatial new home ... (il)
TDL 8/31/1902 p.9 (floor plan and construction details)
TDL 3/8/1903 p.17 Tacoma's new Carnegie Library building will be occupied in early April (il) T.Evening News 5/9/1903 To move next week (interior il)
TDL 5/10/1903 (il under construction)
TDL 5/17/1903 p.11 Library building is all ready
TDL 6/5/1903 p.8 Tacoma's library is open today
TDL 6/7/1903 p.5 After the work was all done (city officials names removed from marble plaque after public outcry) TDN 1/16/1905 Annual p.42 (description)
TDL 01/28/1924 Tacoman drops dead while at public library
TNT 10/29/1946 p.1 Badly out of date (interior il)
TNT 2/4/1951 p.A4 Carnegie gift was start of library here
TNT 4/7/1953 p.E10 City public library first on Puget Sound (interior il)
TNT 5/24/1953 p.C14 New stage at old library (remodeling by Silas E. Nelsen, arch. and Dolph Jones Co., contr.) (interior il)
TNT 11/16/1955 p.C18 To beautify library plot (Sea Cadet volunteers)
TNT 4/11/1957 p.C12 Arbor Day gift (il of red Trilby Rhododendron plant donated by garden clubs)
TNT 8/16/1967 p.D11 Library wing to cost more (proposal to demolish the Carnegie Bldg.)
TNT 8/21/1968 Library addition cost reset at $1.28 million (proposal to demolish Carnegie Bldg.)
TNT 3/1/1972 Carnegie Library building may qualify for preservation grant
TNT 5/23/1973 p.A1,A2 Library's Northwest Room opens
TNT 4/8/1976 p.D15 Building inspector hurt in library fall; paramedics treated Robert Wonn after skylight plunge
TNT 4/9/1976 Library fall victim listed as critical
TNT 5/21/1978 p.D1 Old Carnegie Library soon 75 years old (il, interior il)
TNT 5/30/1978 Special Commemorative Edition
TNT 5/31/1978 p.B3 Old library to reopen (il c.1907)
TNT 4/23/1990 (suppl. for grand reopening)
TNT 1/1/2000 p.B1 Nothing can stop couple's nuptials, not even Y2K (marriage moved to library due to conflict at County-City Bldg.)
TNT 11/8/2001 p.B5 Thief takes 4 paintings from Tacoma library T.Weekly 9/18/2003 p.A6 100th anniversary ... first Carnegie Library in Washington
TNT 9/25/2003 p.E1 We wanted college money, and we got Carnegie library (100th anniversary celebration) (il)
TNT 9/26/2003 p.E1 Library lovers (interior il)
TNT 6/29/2009 p.C1 Carnegie's legacy lives on ... Mr. Cargnegie's Grand Tour of Washington (interior il) Seattle Times 11/13/2011 A room with the long view (Now & Then photo by writer Paul Dorpat)
TNT 3/25/2019 p.A1 Former first lady visits Tacoma (interior il of Michelle Obama)
TNT 10/18/2020 p.8A Tacoma libraries face $2 million in cuts in proposed budget. (int il) 071 F779F 9/9/1904 p.1 (il); 12/25/1907 p.25 (il) 338.973 P83Pt 1918 p.28 (il) 352.3 G42S p.63 (il under construction) 917.97 W52 1902 p.21; 1904 p.26; 1905 p.26; 1909 p.24 917.9778 C498c (il) 979.72 F88 p.10 979.72 H91 Vol.II p.255 979.72 T11C (sketch) 979.72 T11R Tacoma; the rising center of commerce and manufacture. Delisle & Milliken publishers
Year Built: 1903
Decade Built: 1900s
On City Historic Register
Style: Renaissance