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1152-56 FAWCETT AVE, TACOMA
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- 3 images. Astor House / Samson Hotel H. Fales, builder F.A. Sexton, arch. August Cultum, contr. -originally named the Astor House, changed shortly after completion to the Cleveland Hotel, renamed the Samson c.1901 -demolished in 1989 after being damaged by fire -removed from National Register 7/16/1990 TDL 11/14/1889 p.4 Probate court (description) TDL 1/1/1890 p.9 permits TDL 2/10/1890 p.5 Improvements progressing TDL 5/28/1890 p.5 Work on the Astor Building (Talbot & Halberton, owners) TDL 8/15/1892 p.1 Shot and stabbed (murder-suicide) TDL 5/26/1900 p.1 Cold blooded crime (murder in Room No.11, same room as murder of 1892) (research indicates it was not the same room) TDL 5/28/1900 p.3 House has name for many brawls TDL 5/26/1901 p.5 Samson gets damages (after purchase of hotel) TDL 3/2/1902 p.3 Hotel Samson opens T.Evening News 1/12/1903 p.5 (ad,il) TDN 1/16/1905 p.63 (ad,sketch) TDL 8/3/1913 p.6 (ad,sketch) TDL 5/13/1928 p.E8 Samson Hotel will be turned into apartment (il) TDL 9/30/1928 p.E8 ... resold in deal TNT 4/19/1948 p.5 (permit taken to fireproof bldg.) TNT 6/15/1966 p.B6 Fire damages apartment TNT 4/1/1973 Old turret and arches (sketch) TNT 11/19/1974 Local apartments added to state historical list TNT 11/24/1974 Old Samson Hotel defies wrecking ball TNT 3/19/1975 Samson Hotel added to historic-place registry (added to the National Register) (il) TNT 5/25/1975 Fawcett structure urged as landmark TNT 6/4/1975 City designates hotel historic TNT 3/31/1978 Fire forces evacuation of historic apartment building (il) TNT 5/24/1978 This fire just a li'l squirt TNT 5/28/1982 Old apartment labeled firetrap (il) TNT 6/1/1982 Samson fire safety improvements made TNT 6/29/1986 Two injured fighting fire at Samson TNT 7/1/1986 ... fire may be the end TNT 7/7/1986 p.B2 City trying second time to get Samson razed (il) TNT 9/20/1987 p.A1 Flames bring end of era to Tacoma landmark (il) TNT 9/26/1988 p.B1 Apartments may fall - at city's expense (il) TNT 1/17/1989 p.B1 No reprieve for fire-ruined landmark, city decides TNT 1/29/1989 Misfortune has stalked once-elegant Samson Hotel (il) TNT 4/14/1989 p.B1 Beyond repair, Samson torn down (il) City of Destiny Newsletter Winter 2013 p.7 Historic marker from vanished landmark transferred to THS: A personal reflection of the Samson Hotel (il) 363.37 T142O p.162 (account of fire on 3/30/1978 917.972 Am35S p.19 (il) 979.778 M364T p.70 (il) City Directory 1892 p.225 (ad,sketch)
- Year Built: 1889
- Decade Built: 1880s
- Demolished: 1989
- On City State National Historic Register
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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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