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3 SCHUSTER PARKWAY, TACOMA

• 12 images. Puget Sound Flouring Mills A. Bradford, arch. N.J. Blagen, contr. -Puget Sound Flouring Mills plant, including bldg. later known the Sperry Ocean Dock, built in 1889 -Sperry Flour Co. plant, adjacent on the south, built in 1905 on the site of the former Tacoma Warehouse & Elevator co. plant, built in 1889 -Puget Sound Flouring Mills absorbed by the Sperry Flour Co. in 1922 -Sperry Co. later purchased by General Mills, Inc. -flour operations ceased in 1965 -last remaining bldg., the Sperry Ocean Dock, demolished c.1989 -address approximate -partial plans at TPL TDL 1/1/1889 p.16 (permit for grain elevator for the Tacoma Warehouse & Elevator Co. by Talbot, arch.) TDL 11/5/1889 p.5 Manufacture of flour TDL 1/1/1890 p.14 permits TDL 2/1/1890 p.3 Will use much wheat TDL 3/7/1890 p.5 The burrs in operation TDL 7/8/1890 p.4 (sketch) TDL 7/3/1898 (il) TDN 6/29/1905 (il) TNL 6/17/1917 p.13 Flour mill builds bridge to warehouse (Hurley- Mason Co., contr.) TNT 2/21/1922 Do you remember? TNT 8/27/1934 In Tacoma's family album (il under construction in 1889) 917.97 W52W 1899 p.31 979.702 G135O p.106-108,110 (il) ----- Sperry Flour Co. TDN 6/29/1905 (il) TDL 7/16/1911 p.32 Concrete building (Bullard & Hill, arch. TDL 6/6/1915 p.28 (addition by Bullard & Hill, arch.) TNL 6/3/1917 p.11 Sperry Company plans addition to office (Bullard & Hill, arch.) TNL 12/16/1917 p.18 Bids to be called next month on big Sperry elevator (Maurice Couchot, arch.) TNL 3/17/1918 p.B5 Work is under way on bins for flour mills (Palmer & Peterson, contr.) TNL 5/5/1918 p.A13 Excavation to depth of 70 feet on site of big Sperry project TDL 9/22/1918 p.B6 Grain elevator tanks completed (il) TDL 11/10/1918 p.A9 Sperry mills reported clean Overland Monthly Feb. 1927 p.37 T.Times 4/3/1947 Expansion of General Mills' Sperry plant here is planned T.Times 9/29/1947 ... to expand TNT 6/12/1949 "It's a living" ... flour packer (interior il) TNT 11/6/1949 Sperry's dock gets new look TNT 1/14/1953 p.1 Sperry closes 1 flour unit ... to be razed (il of Mill "C") TNT 10/30/1961 Sperry feed mill to close TNT 10/28/1962 p.A8 ... approved for fallout shelters Seattle P.I. 6/4/1965 Tacoma flouring mill to close TNT 6/4/1965 Flour mill will close next month 338.973 P83Pt 1923 p.28-29 (il) ----- TNT 6/11/1968 p.11 Tacoma firm buys Sperry Ocean Dock (proposed as import terminal TNT 6/23/1968 p.A1 Happy Harry's been through the mill (interior il) TNT 7/24/1968 p.A1 Grain dock planned at Sperry site (proposed by Export Pacific, Inc.) TNT 4/29/1973 Flour-making dated to 1890s ... (il) TNT 7/03/1973 Sperry Mill Bites Dust (il) TNT 8/30/1973 Gone with the blast (Sperry Mill Tunnel demolished) (il) TNT 11/15/1978 New career for old Sperry Dock TNT 1/9/1986 p.A1 Plan proposes storage at Sperry Dock (to be demolished) TNT 11/11/1986 The old Sperry Ocean Dock still stands (il) TNT 1/9/1988 p.A1 New plan for Sperry Dock calls for warehouse to be rebuilt for boat, household storage TNT 5/23/1990 Change along the waterfront TNT 8/8/1990 p.E1 Ships can now block views; State Shoreline Management Board says waterfront use takes precedence T.Weekly 11/15/2007 p.A3 Neighbors band together to fight Sperry Dock application (proposed expansion) (il) 333.7 T11SD2 Final environmental impact statement for Sperry Ocean Dock : p berthing operation
• Year Built: 1889
• Decade Built: 1880s
• Demolished

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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• 3 SCHUSTER PARKWAY, TACOMA