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401 BROADWAY, TACOMA
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- 3 images. William. B. & Alice Blackwell Andrew H. Smith, arch. & contr. -house took 18 months to built at a cost of $25,000 -lots purchased for $16,000 -once known as "the house with three front doors" -stairway of white oak leading to second floor "considered by architects to be the finest example of such architecture in the Northwest" -garden, including two flowering Paulonia (Empress) trees, torn up to make way for Y.W.C.A. Building -added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.23292, 04/01/1975 TDL 07/23/1890 p. 5 Building operations; permits for new houses that were issued yesterday TDL 09/16/1890 p. 3 W.B. Blackwell's new home TDL 11/21/1909 p. 27 City builders TDL 04/02/1916 p. 1 Death takes W.B. Blackwell; first woman to reach Tacoma by train dies TNT 10/04/1922 p. 1 William B. Blackwell, pioneer hotel man, dies TDL 11/12/1922 B11 For sale TNT 02/08/1976 E2 From Blackwell's hotel to Chinatown (il of Ruby Chapin Blackwell, daughter of William and Alice Blackwell) TNT 09/20/1981 Sunday Northwest p. 3 Time Machine: William Blackwell; a man who established numerous Tacoma firsts TNT 06/05/1979 B16 Old-time schoolteacher Ruby Blackwell dies TNT 09/02/1979 A11 Time Machine: The pioneer saga of Chapin Blackwell 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.79 979.7788 K355T p.34,35,116 (il,interior il) B565B p.31 City Directory (1892-1922) ----- Blackwell Mansion / Y.W.C.A. McCormick Lodge -Grapevine Antique Shop opened by Y.W.C.A. in former dining room and sun porch TDL 04/25/1923 p. 1 Y.W. purchases site for home TNT 05/22/1924 p. 11 Tacoma has fine specimen of rare tree in bloom (il of Paulowania Imperialis) (hard copy only) TDL 07/20/1924 E8 Distinctive home for Tacoma Y.W.C.A (remodeling) TDL 04/09/1929 Gravure Sec. p. 4 (il) TNT 05/08/1966 D12 Tacoma's many antique homes vanishing; one remains in use (interior il) TNT 07/11/1972 p. 1 81-year-old YWCA mansion threatened TNT 07/12/1972 D11 YW mansion's fate remains undecided TNT 11/24/1974 E2 Mansion's fate undecided (il) ----- Blackwell Mansion Office Bldg. TNT 09/05/1976 F8 Blackwell home in rebirth stage (remodeling by Dusty Trail, arch.) (il) YMCA Bulletin, Winter 1976 Blackwell mansion gets a face lift TNT 01/18/1992 D1 In the spirit of the Blackwells (interior il) T. Weekly 04/29/2016 B2 Visit historical home of Tacoma in self-guided tour (il) TNT 09/29/2022 7A Tacoma's Blackwell mansion could be yours for $3.3 Million (ext. il)
- Year Built: 1890
- Decade Built: 1890s
- On City 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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