6 images. Walker Apts. Robert Walker, builder Roland E. Borhek, arch. J.E. Bonnell & Son, contr. -Wilkeson sandstone -eight stories, 68 apts. -"first apartment house in Northwest to be faced with stone" -renamed the Hickey Apt. Hotel in 1940, name did not last -added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.32007, 12/15/1992 -added to National Register in May 1995 -site includes 452-56 Saint Helens Ave.
TDL 12/12/1926 p.E10 New apartment to feature all stone exterior (sketch)
TDL 1/9/1927 p.E8 Alaskan buys property and settles here (Lloyd A. Harrison to lease new Walker Apts for for ten years)
TDL 8/18/1927 Tacoman stricken while at work (Lloyd A. Harrison dies at construction site)
TDL 8/28/1927 p.A8 Big apartment nearly finished
TDL 9/4/1927 p.B5 (il)
TDL 11/6/1927 p.B3 (full page ads for grand opening) (il, interior il) (SEE: neg. #TPL 3203)
TNT 11/11/1927 Walker hotel is inspected by Tacomans
TDL 6/14/1928 p.5 (ad for "second grand opening" of apts. to introduce the new dining room)
TDL 6/17/1928 p.A6 (ad)
TDL 4/9/1929 Gravure Sec.p.2 (il)
TNT 1/9/1938 p.A1 Two hotels are sold here (J. Frank Hickey purchases bldg.) (il)
TNT 1/28/1938 p.1 Get $500 in store holdup (Smith Bros. Drug Store)
TNT 12/11/1938 p.B3 (il of lobby)
TNT 5/16/1939 p.20 New officers who head the Composite Club (interior il)
TNT 10/6/1940 p.A6 Owner announces change in name (renamed the HickeyApt. Hotel by owner J. Frank Hickey) (full page ad,il) T.Times 9/27/1944 Hickey Hotel sale revealed
TNT 12/21/1947 p.B1 Postmen call her ideal apt. house manager (il of Mrs. Lou Arendt)
TNT 3/2/1952 p.A16 Air raid shelters ...
TNT 10/28/1962 p.A8 ... approved for fallout shelters
TNT 5/10/1963 p.C14 Four more buildings CD shelters
TNT 12/1/1981 p.B16 Seven apartment buildings change hands in $7.3 million deal (Commencement Bay Investments, Inc. purchases bldg.) T.Daily Index 3/23/1998 p.1 New landmark plaques go on display in Tacoma
TNT 12/29/2000 p.B2 South Sound Photo Album (il under construction)
TNT 4/4/2003 p.B1 Historic site restored with rosy local stone (two hand-carved urns of Wilkeson Sandstone by stonecutter Keith Phillips installed over entrance)
TNT 7/22/2007 p.D1 Not a developer's market (il)
TNT 10/18/2007 p.D1 Condos allow sneak peeks Ranger 4/17/2008 Maxwell's will comfort; new Tacoma restaurant ... Business Examiner 6/9/2008 p.19 Historical renovation is labor of love (interior il)
TNT 7/27/2013 p.A15 Seattle investor buys the Walker, a historic downtown building (il) 979.7 W28A Apr. 1928 (il) ----- -print at TPL (General Coll., TPL# 189,317, 350,483,485,3202,3203)