I.B.M. Building. Located at 615 So. 9th St., the contemporary steel-and-glass structure also did double-duty as an air conditioned bomb shelter. The $400,000 I.B.M. Building was dedicated on June 19, 1963. It was designed by architects Nelsen, Krona, Wilson & Ziegler.

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View of structural steel in new I.B.M. building, taken on July 30, 1962. Groundbreaking had occurred on January 4, 1962, at I.B.M.'s new location at 9th & G Sts., across from the County-City Building. The International Business Machines Corporation would move from its Tacoma Avenue North location to So. 9th St. in 1963. The I.B.M. offices would be on the first floor of the multi-storied contemporary steel and concrete building. A progress photograph taken in late July, 1962, shows the structural steel frame of the building. Star Iron & Steel furnished 208 tons of structural steel for the project. It was designed by the Tacoma architectural firm of Nelson, Krona, Wilson & Ziegler with construction by the Merit Company. A large sign placed on the side of the unfinished building indicates that the building would be fully air conditioned; the $400,000 building would be the first fully air conditioned commercial office center in Tacoma. Additionally, it would be completely fireproof. The I.B.M. Building would be dedicated on June 19, 1963. Photograph ordered by Star Iron & Steel Co. (TNT 1-4-62, p. 9)

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