The Sands Hotel as pictured in March of 1927. Mr. and Mrs. Alva C. Sands built the Sands Hotel in 1905, in the triangle of land bounded by Sixth Avenue, Fawcett Avenue and Baker Street. During the first few years, Mrs. Sands acted as proprietress of the furnished building, billed as a "first-class family hotel;" Mr. Sands was district manager for the Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Company. The building was demolished in the late 1970s. G30.1-081; BU-11900; TPL-2806

Sands Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1920-1930;