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D13296-1

D13296-1

Mayor Cain congratulates A.E. Albrecht on his promising group of thirteen Naval recruits on August 17,1942. Albrecht runs the local recruiting station with the assistance of D.M. Kelley (in uniform at right.) The group is standing on the steps of the City Hall Annex (formerly the Northern Pacific Headquarters Building). The recruits are Harold Robert Gillam, Roland L. LaClair, Charles J. McQueen, William L. Viafore, Peter J. Marzano, Chester M. Christopherson, Milton O. Windh, Ellsworth M. Evje, Bernard W. Erdahl, William J. Green, Gilbert P. Bloom, James B. Atkins Jr. and Varrel L. Smith. (T. Times 8/18/1942 p.3)

Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Albrecht, A.E.; Kelley, D.M.; World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Tacoma;

D14287-3

D14287-3

Lt. Frances Rich, WAVE and daughter of famed actress Irene Rich, visited Tacoma on April 6, 1943. She is photographed with some Navy men as well as fellow WAVES Lt. Jane Horsfall and Ensign Carol Citron in front of the Navy Recruiting office at the City Hall Annex. Lt. Rich was one of the first 120 women to enter officer's training school at Smith College. She was currently attached to the Postal Commission of the Naval Dept. and touring the country on behalf of V-Mail. While in Tacoma, she was scheduled to attend a Kiwanis meeting, a Junior League meeting and interview prospective WAVES. Born in Spokane, Lt. Rich moved to Hollywood with her mom and was a sculptress before joining the service. (T. Times 4/5/1943, pg. 6)

Rich, Frances; World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Tacoma;

D156486-6

D156486-6

The art collection of Bruce LeRoy was on display at the Tacoma Art Museum (AKA Allied Arts Center) in July of 1969. Many of the paintings reflected the Pacific Northwest of the past. The primitives in his collection were part of the art museum's Tacoma Centennial Celebration. Mr. LeRoy was associated with the Washington State Historical Society for many years. Photograph ordered by Bruce LeRoy.

Paintings; Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma); Allied Arts Center (Tacoma); Galleries & museums--Tacoma; LeRoy, Bruce--Associated objects;

STENGER-0068 Front

STENGER-0068 Front

  • Mount Rainier looms above the 11th Street Bridge, and the Northern Pacific Headquarters building shows up in shadow in the to the far right. circa 1940.
  • Printed on front: Mt. Rainier from Tacoma, Wn
BOLAND-B9365

BOLAND-B9365

People are lined up in early February of 1924 to register to vote. State law required that all voters in incorporated cities and towns had to register to vote every two years. February 5th was the last day to register to vote in the city primary to be held on February 26th. The registration office at the City Hall Annex was open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily but Genevieve Martin, city clerk, stated that registration would be extended to midnight on the last day if necessary. 2,460 people lined up to register on February 5th, making it the busiest day for registration that year. The final total of registered voters was 31,686 out of the 40,000 eligible. G42.1-073 (TNT 10-30-23, p. 1-article; TDL 1-7-24, p. 3-article; TDL 2-5-24, p. 1-article; TNT 2-5-24, p. 4; TDL 2-6-24, p. 12)

Voter registration--Tacoma--1920-1930; Queues--Tacoma;

D156486-7

D156486-7

In July of 1969 it was possible to travel to the Tacoma Art Museum (AKA Allied Arts Center) to view the art collection of Bruce LeRoy on display. Several paintings are shown above decorating an otherwise plain paneled wall; they appear to be scenes of the early Northwest outdoors. The Tacoma Art Museum were presenting these primitives from Mr. LeRoy's collection and contemporary entries from Northwest artists as part of the Tacoma Centennial Celebration. Photograph ordered by Bruce LeRoy.

Paintings; Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma); Allied Arts Center (Tacoma); Galleries & museums--Tacoma; LeRoy, Bruce--Associated objects;

D158267-1

D158267-1

Exhibit - Tacoma Art Museum. Western art on display at the Tacoma Art Museum in late April of 1970. Each piece of art is labeled with a title and the artist's name. Painting to the far right is labeled "Zuni Pottery Maker;" artist is W.R. Leigh. The Santa Fe Railroad lent their collection of Western art to the Tacoma Art Museum for a short period of time. The "Wild, Wild West" collection was featured through May 3, 1970. Photograph ordered by Santa Fe Railway Co. (TNT 4-26-70, D-7 - article)

Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma); Galleries & museums--Tacoma; Paintings;

D158267-3

D158267-3

Exhibit - Tacoma Art Museum. Framed paintings of various sizes are hung on the paneled walls of the Tacoma Art Museum. In April of 1970, an exhibit of Western art was being displayed. Painting to the farthest left is "Taos Girls" by W. Ufer. The "Wild, Wild West" collection was loaned to the art museum by the Santa Fe Railroad. The majestic beauty of the region's natural features and its people were the focus of the many paintings. Photograph ordered by Santa Fe Railway Co. (TNT 4-26-70, D-7 - article)

Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma); Galleries & museums--Tacoma; Paintings;

D10970-1

D10970-1

Dwight Howell, behind the wheel of a new Ford convertible from Titus Motor Company, is not receiving a ticket. He has just been honored for being a top student driver. In March of 1941, Ford Motor Co. started the Ford Good Driver League. They worked with police and public safety organizations to encourage traffic safety and good driving habits. This photograph was taken in front of the Public Safety Building at 621 Pacific Avenue. The man at the far left is probably Tacoma Chief of Police Einer Langseth. Howell went on to win the Washington State Finals and represent Washington at the Nationals in August, 1941. The 17 year old Howell graduated from Stadium High School in the Spring of 1941.

Howell, Dwight; Ford automobile; Titus Motor Co. (Tacoma); Law enforcement--Tacoma; Law enforcement officers--Tacoma;

D12715-A

D12715-A

On Friday, April 17, 1942, Tacoma received its first shipment of steel helmets and armbands for their Air Raid Wardens. The shipment included 250 of each. Trying out the new equipment at the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office at the City Hall Annex are, left to right, Joseph Lanser, Frank Evans and George Russell. The "tin hats" were made of steel thick enough to protect the wearer from shrapnel splinters. (T. Times 4/18/1942, pg. 1)

World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma; Lanser, Joseph; Evans, Frank; Russell, George; Helmets; Flags--United States;

D77494-3

D77494-3

Tacoma's finest, along with their vehicles, stand alertly outside the Public Safety Building/City Hall Annex on August 29, 1953. They were members of the Tacoma Police Department's Motorcycle division. TPL-7118

Police--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Public Safety Building (Tacoma); City Hall Annex (Tacoma); Motorcycles--Tacoma--1950-1960;

D156452-3

D156452-3

On June 1, 1969, Mrs. Clarence Martin and Puget Sound National Bank executive Dutton Hayward examined some of the many oil and watercolor entries in the annual county-wide student art show sponsored by the Tacoma Links. Mrs. Martin was the chairman of the show for the Links, a national association of business and professional women. The art show opened on June 1, 1969, and ran until June 27th at the Allied Arts Center. Junior and senior high school students, both private and public, were invited to submit their art. Cash awards were presented by Puget Sound National Bank with the winning work rotating among the ten Puget Sound National Bank branches during July. Photograph ordered by Cole & Weber Advertising, Seattle. (TNT 6-1-69, B-10-article)

Art exhibitions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Paintings; Martin, Clarence--Family; Hayward, Dutton;

Garage for Jail and Public Safety Building

One of 10 technical drawings created by Harry E. Flickinger on July 1929 for the City of Tacoma. The jail was an addition to the south wing of the City Hall Annex. The structure was eventually demolished in April 1974.

Harry E. Flickinger was a draftsman for the City of Tacoma in the 1940s. One of Flickinger's few appearances in the historical record was in a profile for the Tacoma Times with an accompanying photo by the Richards Studio of the designer sitting in front of a detailed custom model train set, with multiple electrical switchboards and a painted mountain background.

STENGER-0152 Front

STENGER-0152 Front

  • Many tall masted ships wait in line on the City Waterway to load with wheat, from what was claimed to be the longest wheat warehouse in the world. "Where the Sails meet the Rails" was one of Tacoma's early slogans touting the great commerce opportunities here. In the background up on the ridge, the Tacoma Hotel, City Hall and the Northern Pacific headquarters are visible. circa 1906.
  • Printed on front: Tacoma, Wash. Loading Wheat a the longest Wheat Warehouse in the world.

621 PACIFIC AVE, TACOMA

  • 21 images. Northern Pacific Headquarters Bldg. Charles B. Talbot, arch. W.M. Shipley, stone contr. Langford & Bridges, brick contr. Tacoma Lumber & Manufacturing Co., interior contr. -construction begun 8/15/1887 -south wing of bldg. demolished and reconstructed as jail in 1929, jail wing again demolished in 1974 -rehab c.1983 -added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.23159, 1/2/1975 -added to National Register 5/4/1976 -site includes 617-25 Pacific Ave., 119 So. 7th St. -formerly 661 Pacific Ave., 651 Pacific Ave. -partial plans at TPL
  • TDL 3/6/1887 p.4 The Northern Pacific building
  • TDL 4/3/1887 p.4 The big brick building
  • TDL 8/14/1887 p.4 New Northern Pacific building (city to vacate part of street to allow for larger bldg. site)
  • TDL 8/16/1887 p.8 Bricks for the big building
  • TDL 8/26/1887 p.8 The building era (description)
  • TDL 9/21/1887 p.5 (progress)
  • TDL 9/25/1887 p.8 The big headquarters building
  • TDL 10/29/1887 p.8 (progress)
  • TDL 12/15/1887 p.8 (contract let)
  • TDL 1/1/1888 p.6 permits
  • TDL 1/12/1888 p.5 (progress)
  • TDL 2/25/1888 p.4 (progress)
  • TDL 5/2/1888 p.4 Something about the heavy cornices of the splendid structure
  • TDL 5/13/1888 p.5 (contract for interior let)
  • TDL 7/25/1888 p.4 (progress)
  • TDL 9/8/1888 p.8 Into Headquarters
  • TDL 10/28/1888 p.8 The Headquarters Building
  • TDL 10/31/1888 p.6 At Headquarters Building
  • TDL 8/18/1889 p.3 Woman's exchange
  • TDL 9/4/1889 p.5 Dainty and pretty
  • TDL 3/1/1900 p.3 Offices are now selected (Weyerhaeuser Co.)
  • TDL 6/24/1900 p.13 Painting the building
  • TNT 11/23/1932 Museum to get weather vane (original bldg. weather vane to be donated to the Ferry Museum)
  • TNT 6/6/1934 In Tacoma's family album (interior il of ticket office c.1894)
  • TNT 11/20/1960 p.B1 Out of Tacoma's past (il of 1917 Labor Day Parade) 352.3 G42S p.7 (il) 385 N711N p.24 (il) 385 W85N p.51 (il) 720.28 L235L Vol.II No.4 p.8, Vol.IV No.4 p.28 917.972 Sp4 979.7 N812 Oct. 1888 p.6 (sketch) 979.72 H91 Vol.I p.385,414 979.7788 G1351D p.29,30 (il) 979.7788 K355T p.51 (interior il) B R482Rg (il of blueprint making on the roof) ----- City Hall Annex / Public Safety Bldg. -plans for remodeling c.1922 by M.J. Nicholson, arch. at TPL -plans for remodeling c.1929 by H.E. Flickinger, arch. at TPL -plans for remodeling c.1950 by A. Gordon Lumm, arch. at TPL
  • TDL 3/28/1920 p.B4 $300,000 bond issue to make this building a realty ... (sketch of proposed public safety bldg. by Roland E. Borhek, arch.)
  • TDL 4/6/1922 Railroad sells for $50,000 (city purchases bldg.)
  • TDL 4/23/1922 p.A4 Plan offices for City Hall Annex
  • TDL 3/5/1928 p.1 Four bond issues are classed as public safety measures
  • TDL 3/14/1928 p.1 Tacoma bond issues carry
  • TDL 4/7/1928 p.3 City's engineers to plan stations (M.J. Nicholson, arch. for remodeling)
  • TDL 4/10/1928 p.1 City Annex work to be let in June
  • TDL 4/17/1928 p.3 Storm damage in city heavy; weather vane stands
  • TDL 4/19/1928 p.1 Annex to City Hall will not be remodeled (proposal for new bldg. on Commerce St.)
  • TDL 4/26/1928 p.7 Joint building snags are seen
  • TDL 8/21/1928 p.1 Sale of annex O.K. if $85,000 (proposed sale of bldg.)
  • TDL 11/8/1928 p.1 City Hall Annex will be rebuilt (south half of bldg. to be reconstructed)
  • TDL 3/17/1929 p.D10 Razes landmark for new jail site (south wing of bldg. demolished)
  • TDL 4/21/1929 p.D10 (il of demolition)
  • TDL 5/19/1929 p.A4 City building progressing (Eivind Anderson, contr. for remodeling)
  • TDL 10/13/1929 p.A8 New city jail acquires homelike touch (interior il)
  • TNT 3/16/1938 p.1 Annex hit by flames
  • TNT 10/16/1938 p.1 Fire hits City Hall Annex
  • TNT 12/23/1938 p.17 Would link buildings
  • TNT 4/25/1939 p.15 (il c.1890)
  • TNT 12/7/1939 p.1 (il c.1890)
  • TNT 11/17/1943 p.19 Bigger jail for women T.Times 11/17/1943 Women police, pawn shop detail are moved into City Hall annex
  • TNT 3/30/1944 p.1 Before and after (interior il of women's jail)
  • TNT 11/15/1946 p.1 New police hdqts. planned here (proposal by Mock & Morrison, arch.)
  • TNT 8/23/1950 p.10 Donated by official (il of second floor shoe shine stand donated by James T. Kerr)
  • TNT 12/8/1950 p.1 Fleeing bunny reminds police of olden days
  • TNT 4/20/1951 p.12 Friday moving day for city police dept.
  • TNT 10/15/1951 p.1 First session in new court (interior il of police court)
  • TNT 3/2/1952 p.A16 Air raid shelters ...
  • TNT 8/31/1952 p.A3 Open house Wednesday for new police "lab"
  • TNT 6/18/1953 p.D3 Judge tosses towel; noise beats justice
  • TNT 9/17/1953 p.B10 Safety door installed at City Jail (interior il)
  • TNT 1/20/1954 p.1 Dares death in escape from jail; woman flees ... (il)
  • TNT 3/1/1954 p.3 Woman hangs herself in City Jail
  • TNT 10/12/1954 p.6 Rookie patrolman discharges gun at police station
  • TNT 5/19/1955 p.A1 Hangs himself in City Jail
  • TNT 10/24/1955 p.1 Tacoma jail escape try foiled
  • TNT 3/17/1957 p.A16 Jail easy to enter, harder to leave ----- Allied Arts Center / Tacoma Art Museum -partial plans at TPL
  • TNT 8/3/1958 p.A1,C12 Rogues' gallery to art gallery? Police station sought as art center (il)
  • TNT 8/5/1958 p.10 Police Bldg. art center wins favor (il, sketch of proposal by Alan Liddle, arch.)
  • TNT 10/12/1958 p.D13 City jail holds promise of becoming Tacoma's fine arts stronghold (il)
  • TNT 3/9/1959 p.1 Hymn singers mask jail prisoner's escape
  • TNT 5/25/1959 p.1 Police all set for big move
  • TNT 6/23/1959 p.32 Allied Art to show model of building plan
  • TNT 6/28/1959 p.C14 Model spurs drive for art center (il of model)
  • TNT 7/12/1959 p.D12 How art center may look (floor plan)
  • TNT 9/13/1959 p.A1 Public Safety Bldg. could be fine arts center (sketch)
  • TNT 10/6/1959 p.2 Art center plan favored
  • TNT 10/8/1959 p.A1 Weyerhaeuser revealed as art "angel"
  • TNT 12/15/1959 p.1 Art center lease voted
  • TNT 5/10/1960 p.A1 Allied Arts trims its plans for Art Center
  • TNT 5/14/1961 p.D1,D8 Allied Arts of Tacoma (sketch)
  • TNT 10/5/1961 p.A1,A11 Anyone in market for City 's spare jail (interior il)
  • TNT 11/1/1961 p.C10 Safety Bldg. lease given to art group
  • TNT 11/30/1961 p.A1 New life for old building (il)
  • TNT 12/15/1961 p.A6 Allied Arts center to get new sign
  • TNT 2/28/1962 p.A9 $5,000 for renovation of Safety Building OKd
  • TNT 3/4/1962 p.D12 Arts center renovation to begin (sketch)
  • TNT 3/15/1962 p.A8 Allied Arts begins remodeling project (interior il)
  • TNT 5/3/1962 p.A8 Allied Arts paint primers (interior il)
  • TNT 5/20/1962 p.D12 Arts center dedication date set (interior il)
  • TNT 6/3/1962 p. A1Allied Arts home dedication near (il,interior il)
  • TNT 6/5/1962 p.3 Old Safety Building opened as art center
  • TNT 7/15/1962 p.A1 Art Center far cry from old days (interior il)
  • TNT 10/28/1962 p.A8 ... approved for fallout shelters
  • TNT 3/4/1963 p.4 Proposition 5 (bldg. proposed for demolition) (il)
  • TNT 3/10/1963 p.A1 Art League plans move to center
  • TNT 4/26/1963 p.A2 Old city jail entered by burglars
  • TNT 5/29/1963 p.C3 Art League changes name to Museum (Tacoma Art Museum)
  • TNT 7/21/1963 p.D10 Professional director starts work for Art Museum (interior il)
  • TNT 1/5/1964 p.D11 Tacoma Art Museum to welcome public at open house (interior il) 709.797 M613D p.45,81 ----- Headquarters Bldg. / One Pacific Bldg.
  • TNT 5/27/1964 p.C9 Destruction of Old City Hall Annex vowed
  • TNT 3/17/1965 p.A9 Old City Hall Annex poses "situation"
  • TNT 2/8/1967 p.4 Allied Arts may redo its present building
  • TNT 6/21/1967 p.B6 Bids wanted to demolish City Annex
  • TNT 6/28/1967 p.B10 Annex razing cost rises
  • TNT 12/15/1967 p.A8 Safety Building annex may be torn down
  • TNT 3/27/1968 p.D11 Council OKs demolition contract for old Public Safety Building
  • TNT 4/7/1968 p.A8 Demolition day looms for Tacoma landmark
  • TNT 4/28/1968 p.A1 Tacoma's doomed dome (il)
  • TNT 5/22/1968 p.B6 Public Safety Building may be spared
  • TNT 6/5/1968 Two decisions face Tacoma councilmen
  • TNT 7/17/1968 p.D12 ... annex won't be demolished
  • TNT 2/28/1969 p.A1 Old Annex gets a bath (il)
  • TNT 7/27/1969 p.A22 Old City Hall Annex begins to take shape ... (developer John Wallerich to remodel) (interior il)
  • TNT 12/21/1969 City Hall Annex will be reborn (proposed remodeling by Wm. R. Hocking, arch. and Brynestad Builders, contr.) (il of model)
  • TNT 12/27/1970 ... "Ugliest Building" candidates
  • TNT 8/15/1971 Old police annex nears completion, seeking occupants (sketch)
  • TNT 4/24/1974 p.A1 Ball and chain strike back (il of demolition of former jail / south wing of bldg.)
  • TNT 8/6/1974 City, owner wrangle over annex's future
  • TNT 8/25/1974 Area landmarks (sketch)
  • TNT 11/30/1975 Old NP headquartes may become landmark
  • TNT 6/14/1976 Old NP building now officially historic (il)
  • TNT 7/24/1977 Plaques to commemorate 5 historic landmarks (il)
  • TNT 4/4/1979 Old rail building gets boost
  • TNT 6/12/1979 One NP plan dies, another is born
  • TNT 11/1/1979 Grant to be sought for NP building
  • TNT 11/11/1979 Dream of restored NP building promised fulfillment (sketch)
  • TNT 7/4/1981 Old NP Building good buy for right person - agent (il)
  • TNT 5/9/1982 p.G7 Developers eye renovation of former NP headquarters (il)
  • TNT 3/20/1991 p.B5 Restored office building going on block
  • TNT 9/26/2003 p.B1 High time for a break (il of dome being painted)
  • TNT 12/3/19 p.3A New coworking space opens as work at Old City Hall continues 720.28 L235L Vol.II No.4 p.8 Tacoma's NP Building converted to offices (remodeling by The Harris Architects, arch. for Touchstone Development, Limited) (il in 1888) 720.979 T119TR p.13-15,27-30 (rehab c.1983 by The Harris Architects, arch. and Darrell Adams and Pease & Son, Inc., contr.) (il)
  • TNT 12/15/2019 p.3A Humming wants to be Tacoma's tech startup company (il)
  • TNT 3/29/2023 p.A1 Tacoma's Historic One Pacific site, Armour Building for sale (ext il) Puget Sound Musiness Journal 3/17/2023 p.2 Historic sale (ext il) South Sound Business, Feb 2020 p.33-36 Seeding the South Sound (Cover il, il)
  • Year Built: 1887
  • Decade Built: 1880s
  • On City State National Historic Register
Rutter JOGDEN-10

Rutter JOGDEN-10

ca. 1889. Northern Pacific Headquarters at 621 Pacific Avenue, circa 1889. The railroad had chosen Tacoma as its western terminus in 1873; from that point, the city would grow furiously from a small hamlet to a metropolis of about 30,000 by 1890. Construction of Northern Pacific's stone and brick headquarters with its distinctive tower, located on the bluff overlooking their half-moon railroad yards, began in the summer of 1887 and was completed the following year. Its 53 offices and storerooms and 19 vaults were utilized by the Tacoma Land Company, Weyerhaeuser Company and Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific would sell the building to the City of Tacoma in 1922 as the railroad planned to move its offices to Seattle. Photograph courtesy of the John Ogden Collection. (Tacoma Rediviva, p. 27+) TPL-10172

Northern Pacific Headquarters Building (Tacoma); Northern Pacific Railway Co. (Tacoma);

BOLAND-B9355

BOLAND-B9355

On Saturday, February 2, 1924, an unidentified boy smiled his way through a "Schick test" at the Health Department's clinic, located in the City Hall Annex at 621 Pacific Avenue. The "Schick test" was a diagnostic test developed by Bela Schick in 1913 to determine susceptibility to the dreaded disease diphtheria. Children testing positive to the injected toxin in the skin test would then be immunized with inactive toxin. Fifty one children reported to the clinic to be tested on February 2nd. Tests were administered by Dr. C.F. Engles, City Health Officer, assisted by Dr. W.B. Penny and Nurse Elizabeth Ericksen. TPL-1634 (TDL 2/3/1924, pg. 4-A) G27.1-128; TPL-1634

Vaccinations; Health care facilities--Tacoma--1920-1930; Clinics--Tacoma--1920-1930;

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