Built in 1892, this became the Old City Hall when the County-City Building opened in 1959. This building is on the City, State and National Historic Registries.
Printed on front: City Hall & Grounds, TACOMA, Wash.
Printed on back: Looking out from the Bell Tower of Old City Hall, you see the Commencement Bay Grainery. Trains arrive daily from the Mid-West loaded with grain that is then shipped to Asia.
Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; Photography by Sharon Styler
TNT 4/30/1980 Funds asked for Old City Hall facelift
TNT 6/17/1980 Outside firm assumes management of Tacoma's historic Old City Hall
TNT 9/21/1980 Old City Hall is reborn - for the second time (converted into office bldg. by Earl Seaman, arch.) (interior il)
TNT 2/1/1981 p.C5 Bill Evans hasn't folded his tent yet: his Old City Hall shops are alive and well ... p.NW6 C.C. Dukes - Oldl City Hall shoeshine man
TNT 2/22/1981 p.F9 Old City Hall turns classy; historic structure succeeds in new life as office building (interior il)
TNT 4/8/1988 Delinquent; Old City Hall owner faces June foreclosure
TNT 6/10/1978 Hollywood comes to Tacoma (scenes for motion picture "Three Fugitives" filmed at bldg.)
TNT 4/10/1989 In search of tenants; owners hope stability will help fill Old City Hall (includes brief recent history of bldg.) (il) P.C. Business Examiner 4/24/1989 p.8 (refurbishing)
TNT 12/15/1992 p.C6 Old City Hall chimes ring a bell when it comes to area history
TNT 3/11/1993 p.A1 Passing the time of day (il)
TNT 5/15/1993 The bell tolls for thee (plan to restore chimes postponed)
TNT 12/18/1993 p.B5 Bells of Old City Hall ring in the future of downtown
TNT 10/31/1996 p.B1 Many ghosts apparently call Tacoma area home T.Reporter 10/28/1999 p.10 Haunted Tacoma
TNT 9/12/2000 p.D1 Downtown tenants used to cheap rent feel pinch of increases
TNT 9/27/2003 Tour of Remodeled Homes (Clock Tower Restaurant remodeled by Blue Dolfin Interiors, contr.) (interior il)
TNT 10/31/2004 p.E1 Frighteningly good ... (report of ghosts) ----- Renaissance at Old City Hall Condominiums -41 units
TNT 6/8/2005 p.D1 Historic city hall gets new Seattle-based owners
TNT 11/2/2005 p.D1 Mystery celeb leaps into luxury at Old City Hall (bldg. to be remodeled into condominiums for the Stratford Co. by TFC Architects, arch.)
TNT 7/23/2006 p.Insight 1 Tacoma's future relies on its past (il) T.Weekly 10/12/2006 p.D1 Condo conversion (il)
TNT 11/4/2006 p.G3 (ad,il)
TNT 12/3/2006 p.D1 Condo project puts, developer, tenants at odds (remodeling for the Stratford Co. by TCF Architecture, arch.)
TNT 12/9/2006 p.G8 Tacoma's Clock Tower is now the Northwest's most distinctive home (il)
TNT 12/16/2006 p.G6 (ad,il) T.Daily Index 3/14/2007 p.1 At Old City Hall, a photo safari (il) T.Weekly 3/15/2007 p.A7 City opens Old City Hall to photographers (interior il of vault door)
TNT 4/30/2007 p.D1 Photographs capture pre-condo Old City Hall
TNT 6/1/2007 p.D1 Nothing's new at Old City Hall; volatile costs keep condo project from beginning ...
TNT 7/22/2007 p.D1 Not a developer's market -----
TNT 8/17/2007 p.D1 Condos not included in Old City Hall renovation (il,interior il) T.Daily Index 1/8/2008 p.1 Old City Hall for sale (il)
TNT 1/16/2008 p.D1 For sale: Two historic buildings in downtown Tacoma
TNT 4/29/2009 p.A12 Happy ever after for old hall? It's back to office tenants for landmark (il) TMT 7/9/2009 p.A12 Developers first considered Old City Hall
TNT 7/29/2009 p.A3 He punked City Hall back in '59 (Bob Olsen raised a Soviet flag over bldg.) City Arts Aug. 2009 p.8 (interior il in bell tower) Business Examiner 8/17/2009 p.15 Clock will ring again as home to retail
TNT 10/4/2009 p.D1 Tacoma's treasured places (il)
TNT 3/13/2010 p.A1 Old City Hall vs. tenant battle continues with dueling lawsuits
TNT 3/19/2010 p.A12 Trouble at Old City Hall (il)
TNT 3/20/2010 p.A15 Utility payment keeps lights on
TNT 10/16/2010 p.A13 Old City Hall deep in debt
TNT 11/25/2010 p.A3 Pipe floods Old City Hall
TNT 11/30/2010 p.A3 Burst pipes latest reminder of neglect at Old City Hall (il, interior il)
TNT 12/1/2010 p.A3 No muscle for Old City Hall; owners can't be forced to clean up ... T.Weekly 12/3/2010 p.A1 Flooding pushes tenants out ...
TNT 12/8/2010 p.A12 More details coming on bank, Old City Hall T.Daily Index 12/10/2010 p.1 Bank publishes notice to foreclosure on Old City Hall (il)
TNT 12/12/2010 p.D1 Repairing an icon (il,interior il) T.Daily Index 12/15/2010 p.1 Hope for Old City Hall?
TNT 12/15/2010 p.A14 Old City Hall owner plans to repair water damage T.Daily Index 12/17/2010 p.1 Historic buildings, historic recession T.Daily Index 1/4/2011 p.1 Inspector's report offers grim glimpse inside "derelict" Old City Hall (il)
TNT 1/13/2011 p.A8 Cleaning up Old City Hall (il) T.Daily Index 3/28/2011 p.1 More trouble for Old City Hall? T.Daily Index 5/24/2011 p.1 Tacoma's Old City Hall deemed "endangered" (il)
TNT 5/25/2011 p.A5 Icon among threatened buildings ... on preservationi list (il) T.Daily Index 5/26/2011 p.1 Inside Old City Hall (interior il) T.Daily Index 6/7/2011 p.1 Hope for Old City Hall? Historic Tacoma tours inconic, derelict building (il)
TNT 11/16/2011 p.A1 Old City Hall sits empty, waiting for plan (interior il) T.Daily Index 1/6/2012 p.1 Transient linked to Old City Hall fire T.Daily Index 1/20/2012 p.1 City inspector's recent visit shows more work needed at "derelict" Old City Hall
TNT 2/22/2012 p.A12 Old City Hall could be yours for $3.5 million T.Weekly 3/9/2012 p.A1 New route for Old City Hall (proposed for apts.) (il)
TNT 5/2/2012 p.A3 Michael Pitt starring in hobo film here (scenes for motion picture "You Can't Win" filmed at bldg.)
TNT 5/3/2012 p.A1 City's architecture sets stage for independent film
TNT 5/27/2012 p.A1 A win for ex-Old City Hall tenants ... owner allowed state of disrepair, says judge
TNT 8/25/2013 p.A1 Old City Hall building classified as "dangerous"
TNT 9/8/2013 p.B1 City says fixing leaky roof priority for Old City Hall
TNT 9/25/2013 p.A1 Old City Hall owner agrees to repair historic building's roof (il)
TNT 12/22/2013 p.B1 Old City Hall watertight, but more work needed
TNT 2/26/2014 p.A3 Ruling favors former Old City Hall tenants
TNT 3/24/2015 p.A3 Old City Hall needs love - and attention
TNT 4/16/2915 p.A3 It's time to save Old City Hall; how will you help achieve this? (il)
TNT 5/30/2015 p.A1 $4 million too high for Old City Hall? (il) T.Daily Index 6/1/2015 p.1 Tacoma could spend $4 M to purchase historic Old City Hall (il)
TNT 6/2/2015 p.A1 City Council to vote on Old City Hall purchase (il)
TNT 6/4/2015 p.A1 Stratford got more than it deserved for Old City Hall p.A14 Tacoma council votes 8-0 to buy Old City Hall T.Weekly 6/5/2015 p.A1 City Council buys Old City Hall, renovations planned (il)
TNT 7/18/2015 p.A4 Tacoma now owns Old City Hall, will hire consultant on next steps T.Daily Index 9/9/2015 p.1 City of Tacoma issues RFI for historic building (il)
TNT 9/9/2015 p.A3 City seeks Old City Hall update ideas
TNT 9/13/2015 p.B1 Old City Hall's future deserves out-of-the-box thinking T.Weekly 9/25/2015 p.A1 Call for ideas ... draws strong interest
TNT 11/5/2015 p.A1 Tacoma receives 4 offers to reinvent Old City Hall (il)
TNT 12/2/2015 p.A1 Old City Hall is McMenamin's new Tacoma venture
TNT 1/14/2016 p.A1,A2,A12 Documents reveal financing proposals for Old City Hall (interior il) T.Daily Index 4/6/2016 p.1 Tacoma seeks contractor for historic building repairs
TNT 7/22/2017 p.A1 McMenamins might not rescue Tacoma's Old City Hall after all (il)
TNT 11/26/2017 p.B1 Tacoma pursues new developer for Old City Hall (il)
TNT 3/26/2018 p.A1 Space elevator on moon could have started here (il)
TNT 6/11/2018 p.A1 City soon to find out if a discount can help move Old City Hall (il)
TNT 6/123/2018 p.A3 Even at a loss, saving Tacoma's Old City Hall was worth the price T.Daily Index 6/20/2018 p.1 Got any ideas for Tacoma's beloved Old City Hall? T.Weekly 6/29/2018 p.A1 Developers tour then ponder new uses for Old City Hall (interior il)
TNT 8/2/2018 p.A3 Here are 5 developers' plans to remake Old City Hall
TNT 9/20/2018 p.A1 Surge Tacoma selected for plans to redevelop Old City Hall (il) T.Weekly 9/30/2018 p.8 Activity could surge at Old City Hall with potential new owner (il) T.Daily Index 10/2/2018 p.1 Surge Tacoma breathes new life into Old City Hall with elegant mixed-use restoration project (il)
TNT 3/27/2019 p.A1 Tacoma's Old City Hall set to have restaurants, retail, micro-apartments and more (interior il) Puget Sound Business Journal June 25 2021 p.8 Old City Hall inches toward renovation (ext, il) Puget Sound Business Journal 11/19/2021 p.8 Old City Hall refresh about to begin (ext il)
TNT 1/2/2022 p.1 Tacoma Old City Hall renovations in full swing with Phase 1 (ext il) T. Daily Index 1/20/2022 p.1 Tacoma's Old City Hall finally finds some love (ext il)
Mount Rainier sits prominently above the downtown business district. The 11th Street Bridge, now the Murray Morgan, is just to the left of the Old City Hall. circa 1930.
Printed on front: Mt. Tacoma and part of city, Tacoma, Wash.
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.
