Written on front: A Tacoma Home.

Printed on front: A Residence, Tacoma, Wash.

• Elaborate private homes in early Tacoma: House in upper left corner is located at 417 No. "E" St., upper right was at 509 No. Yakima but was demolished in 1959 to make room for the Vista Palms apartments. The house in the lower right is the "2nd Rust Mansion" at 521 No. Yakima.
• Printed on front: Private Residences at Tacoma, Wash.

• Residence at 509 No. Yakima Ave. House was built in 1905 and demolished in 1959 to make way for the Vista Palms Apts. circa 1907.
• Printed on front: A Residence on Yakima Ave., Tacoma, Wash.

Built on the corner of North 5th and Yakima Avenue by owner Phil Baldasare, the Vista Palms Apartments were considered an ultra modern complex in August, 1960. Units on all four floors overlooked a charming courtyard which contained palm trees saved from the William F. Sheard mansion which had occupied this location. The Mission style Sheard home, designed by Russell and Babcock, was demolished in 1959 to make way for the apartments. A full page ad in the News Tribune indicated that an open house would be held on August 21, 1960, to view the 24-unit $500,000 apartment complex. (TNT 8-21-60, B-6, B-7)

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Side view of Vista Palms Apartments. The ultra modern Vista Palms Apartments were built in 1959 by Phil Baldasare. On the ends of the four-story units were concrete building blocks that would provide both insulation and noise control. The apartments were built at the corner of No. 5th and Yakima Ave. on the site of the former Wm. F. Sheard Spanish Mission mansion. The palm trees he had planted were saved when the mansion was demolished and were featured in the apartment's courtyard. Each of the one and two bedroom units had built-in kitchens and wall-to-wall carpeting. Built at a cost of $500,000, the 24-units had marine and mountain views. Photograph ordered by Graystone of Tacoma. (TNT 8-21-60, B-6. B-7)

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