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TNT 10/29/1946 p.1 Badly out of date (interior il)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 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
TDL 3/23/1919 p.D12 On Tacoma Avenue as pharmacist 25 years (O.B. Lien Pharmacy)
TDL 10/7/1923 p.E8 In new home (Lien & Selvig Drug Store moves from bldg. to 1022-26 Tacoma Ave. So.)
TNT 3/25/1951 p.C12 New library building forces out landmark (occupants included the Wheeler Apts., Jack 'n Jill Cafe ) (il of demolition) 615.1 B465P p.792 (mention of Lien's Pharmacy)
97 images. Main Library Bldg., Tacoma Public Library Silas E. Nelsen, arch. Alfred M. Githens, consulting architect Dolph Jones, contr. Worthen & Wing, consulting engineers -exterior of Walker Wilkeson sandstone -modular construction supported by pillars -ground breaking 3/20/1951 -cornerstone laid 2/12/1952 -dedicated 11/2/1952 -Thomas Schofield Handforth Art Gallery -remodeled in 1987-1990 by The Tsang Partnership, arch. and Mar-Jon Contractors, Inc., contr. -library closed for remodeling 9/12/1987 -grand reopening after remodeling 4/28/1990
TNT 11/14/1945 p.6 Study need for library
TNT 5/15/1946 p.1 Library expansion need cited to city council
TNT 8/26/1946 p.1 New library, city hall proposed
TNT 4/28/1948 p.1 Site fixed for new library (proposed site at So. 11th & Market St.)
TNT 5/1/1948 p.1 Oppose site for library
TNT 5/3/1948 p.1 Postpones row over library
TNT 5/11/1948 p.13 Board upholds site selected for library
TNT 5/13/1948 p.15 Group raps library site (Downtown Assoc. of Tacoma)
TNT 5/26/1948 p.1 Hot fight rages over site for new library
TNT 6/3/1948 p.9 Backs site for library
TNT 6/13/1948 p.A10 Urge library be left on Tacoma Ave. site
TNT 6/16/1948 p.1 Action on library delayed
TNT 1/3/1949 p.1 Library by old site favored
TNT 2/7/1949 Delay site on library
TNT 4/23/1949 p.1 Nelsen to draw plans
TNT 6/1/1949 p.1 Pick site of library
TNT 8/3/1949 p.6 Green light for library
TNT 11/10/1949 p.1 Deeded site for library
TNT 2/14/1950 p.D13 New library ... (sketch of proposed bldg.)
TNT 2/13/1951 New library plans now ready (sketch)
TNT 2/20/1951 p.1 Clear way for library
TNT 3/4/1951 p.A1 New library contract let
TNT 3/13/1951 p.1 Library job due to start
TNT 3/18/1951 p.A6 New library starts soon (sketch)
TNT 3/19/1951 The new library (editorial)
TNT 3/25/1951 New library building forces out landmark
TNT 6/3/1951 p.B4 Forms for basement of new library in place (il)
TNT 6/6/1951 p.A14 Injured in fall (il)
TNT 8/2/1951 p.A1 Speed work on library
TNT 8/12/1951 p.C13 Construction ahead of schedule, steel on hand (il under construction)
TNT 10/28/1951 p.C14 Library walls going up (il)
TNT 1/10/1952 p.A11 Architects show work
TNT 1/13/1952 p.C15 Library going up
TNT 2/4/1952 p.1 Cornerstone laying set
TNT 2/10/1952 p.A1 Will cement library's cornerstone Tuesday
TNT 2/13/1952 p.1 Milestone for city library
TNT 3/2/1952 p.A16 Air raid shelters ...
TNT 3/9/1952 p.C14 New library shaping up
TNT 3/20/1952 p.A10 Library begun year ago, now rising fast (il under construction) T.Reporter 7/23/1952 p.1 Library nears completion (il)
TNT 9/6/1952 p.1 Delay library dedication South Tacoma Star 10/30/1952 Library building dedication slated ...
TNT 10/31/1952 p.C1-C16 (Special Library Dedication Section) (il,interior il)
TNT 11/2/1952 p.A1 Open house at library p.C10 Broadcast of the dedication
TNT 11/3/1952 p.1 Many help dedicate library p.7 Meet library family, from director to page
TNT 11/21/1952 p.A10 U. of W. visits library (interior il)
TNT 7/18/1953 p.1 New library bldg. accepted
TNT 3/17/1954 p.14 Vote library improvement
TNT 4/1/1956 p.A21 Sea Cadets will replant library shrubs
TNT 4/5/1956 p.D7 Tacoma Library grounds to get face lifting
TNT 4/11/1957 Arbor Day gift (il of red Trilby rhododendron)
TNT 3/15/1959 p.A14 Two trapped long hour in elevator
TNT 4/7/1959 p.C4 (il)
TNT 11/12/1961 p.D11 Writer for young people to talk here (il of Beverly Cleary)
TNT 5/8/1962 p.C3 City library board makes future plans (il)
TNT 10/28/1962 p.A8 ... approved for fallout shelters
TNT 11/17/1966 p.B4 New library front OKd
TNT 8/21/1968 p.A14 Library addition cost reset at $1.28 million (proposal)
TNT 9/19/1973 Library may get new doors
TNT 4/27/1976 p.A4 Library books mammoth overhaul; here's new floor plan (departments reorganized)
TNT 12/3/1976 p.A3 City library celebrating its brand new appearance
TNT 12/26/1977 Computers will guide library soon
TNT 6/18/1979 Library security alarm closes book on thieves
TNT 6/17/1981 Library board OKs parking lot bid call
TNT 10/24/1981 Library plans free parking
TNT 1/12/1986 p.B1 It won't be One Percent but libraries will have art
TNT 9/12/1987 Tacoma library to close, relocate
TNT 1/21/1988 p.B1 Mayor: House County Council at library (proposal to add library bldg. to County-City Bldg. complex)
TNT 2/3/1988 p.B1 Main library office plan gets shelved
TNT 8/24/1998 p.E1 Building for books (il of model of proposed remodeling)
TNT 4/3/1989 Project update (il of remodeling under construction)
TNT 4/23/1990 (suppl. for grand reopening)
TNT 4/26/1990 One for the books
TNT 2/9/2002 p.B1 Man jailed in library syrup case T.Weekly 5/26/2005 p.A1 Downtown TPL branch may get $1.5 facelift (interior il)
TNT 12/27/2005 p.B1 Check out the changes at Main Library; $1.5 million refurbishment begins; an entrance closes ... T.Weekly 11/30/2006 p.D1 Downtown library gets facelift inside and out (interior il)
TNT 12/23/2006 p.D1 What's that? (remodeling and repairs by Tatley-Grund, Inc. of Seattle, contr.) (il of wrapping and scaffolding around bldg.)
TNT 9/15/2022 p.4A People found this Tacoma library branch'depressing.' A $6 million face lift is coming (int il) 022 T11D 022.3 T121MA 022.3 T121MB
