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)
TNT 1/16/1966 p.A1 Old City Hall's heart beats again (sketch of proposal for civic center)
TNT 3/18/1966 p.4 Civic Arts body adds life to City Hall plan (il)
TNT 3/20/1966 Magazine p.12 Three kinds of standards shed light on doomed dome (il of lighting standards)
TNT 5/5/1966 p.A1 Ford grant rumored for Old City Hall
TNT 5/10/1966 p.1 Tacoma has job for Batman: Fix roof (pow!) of clock tower
TNT 5/15/1966 p.A1 Tacomans suggest uses for Old City Hall; some say tear it down (il)
TNT 5/24/1966 p.1 Protests halt ""demolition"" of City Hall
TNT 5/25/1966 p.A1 Council hears City Hall hazards, agrees decision must be made<bt>
TNT 5/29/1966 p.A3 Emily protests plans to tear down City Hall
TNT 6/7/1966 p.1 Councilmen hear the bell toll in long look at Old City Hall
TNT 6/8/1966 p.A1 Everybody talks about the Old City Hall, including City Council
TNT 6/24/1966 p.1 Commission asks City to preserve City Hall
TNT 6/27/1966 p.1 Council looks at costs on Old City Hall
TNT 6/28/1966 p.1 Council takes sides on Old City Hall - but decision's a year away
TNT 7/17/1966 Arts leaders look at City Hall condition (interior il)
TNT 8/28/1966 Magazine p.16,17 Should it be saved or destroyed? (il)
TNT 8/29/1966 City studies bid to repair tower ..
TNT 9/14/1966 p.A1 Compromise for Old City Hall wins backing of deputy mayor
TNT 9/23/1966 p.4 Revamp Old City Hall, councilman proposes (Richard G. Haley)
TNT 10/13/1966 p.B1 Clock tower contract let (repairs by Earley Construction Co., contr.)
TNT 10/28/1966 p.A6 Old City Hall roof raised in deeds, words (il)
TNT 10/30/1966 p.A3 First City Hall sketch appeared 75 years ago (sketch)
TNT 11/4/1966 ... before Civic Arts
TNT 11/13/1966 p.A17 Why not put old tower on new building? (sketch of proposal by Alan Liddle, arch.)
TNT 11/30/1966 ... plan hoped in 3 months
TNT 1/25/1967 p.1 Ears left ringing by civics lesson
TNT 2/21/1967 p.A3 School use of Old City Hall urged
TNT 3/10/1967 p.A4 School board doesn't want Old City Hall
TNT 3/28/1967 p.23 360 pre-schoolers may tour City Hall
TNT 5/10/1967 p.A6 Old City Hall drive gets new support (sketch of proposal for performing arts center)
TNT 5/28/1967 p.A4 Clock in Old City Hall chimes on time again (il)
TNT 10/4/1967 p.C19 City moves quickly on tower roof (to protect clock works)
TNT 4/19/1968 p.A1 Mayor, arts group declare war over demolition of Old City Hall
TNT 5/3/1968 p.D9 Haley (Richard G. Haley) heads unit to save Old City Hall
TNT 5/19/1968 p.A1 Old City Hall wins short demolition reprieve; hopes rise for saving historic structure (il)
TNT 5/24/1968 p.C18 Zero hour lingers ...
TNT 6/14/1968 p.A2 Hearing weighs turning Old City Hall into arts center
TNT 6/21/1968 p.A10 Arts group goes for Old City Hall
TNT 7/13/1968 p.1 Old City Hall saga takes a new turn
TNT 7/25/1968 p.A1 Mayor backs plan to save Old City Hall
TNT 8/7/1968 p.A15 Somebody pulled plug on Old City Hall clock
TNT 9/15/1968 p.C24 Take me out to the Old City Hall brawl game in council chambers
TNT 10/18/1968 p.47 Mayor now favors Old City Hall sale
TNT 11/16/1968 p.1 Old City Hall may become unique business building
TNT 11/22/1968 ... proposal gets boost from CAC
TNT 1/14/1969 Damage to city's clock by vandals
TNT 1/28/1969 p.1 ... sale gets council's tentative OK
TNT 1/30/1969 p.7 Competition develops for Old City Hall
TNT 1/31/1969 p.6 Tacomans shape plan to buy Old City Hall
TNT 2/1/1969 Old City Hall draws another proposition
TNT 2/5/1969 p.A1 Four groups eye Old City Hall
TNT 2/18/1969 p.33 Hunts against bids on hall
TNT 2/19/1969 p.A1 Old City Hall goes to outside group (bldg. purchased by R.H. Hunts of Arizona)
TNT 2/23/1969 p.A1 Old City Hall vital says Kong, Quasimodo (il)
TNT 3/30/1969 p.C25 Old City Hall redesign job assigned (Jay Avery Davis of Portland, arch. and Werner S. Storch & Associates, Inc. of Portland, engineer)
TNT 5/15/1969 p.A6 ... restoration starting next week
TNT 5/30/1969 Old City Hall redesign job assigned (Jay Avery Davis / Werner S. Storch & Associates, arch.) (il)
TNT 6/15/1969 p.A25 City Hall restoration progresses (interior il)
TNT 6/20/1969 Old clock works again
TNT 6/30/1969 p.A4 Old City Hall alive and rapidly recovering its vitality (sketch of remodeling plans)
TNT 12/7/1969 p.C22 Renewal of Old City Hall to start Feb.1 (interior il)
TNT 4/22/1970 ... renovation progressing
TNT 9/20/1970 Renovation of Old City Hall is still very much alive
TNT 12/29/1970 Economic timing hurts hopes for Old City Hall
TNT 8/2/1971 New plan shapes for Old City Hall redevelopment
TNT 8/4/1971 p.A4 Council OKs Old City Hall sale (creditors of Hunts purchase bldg.)
TNT 2/14/1972 ... may yet be renovated
TNT 8/16/1972 Old City Hall renewal details being shaped (remodeling by Barnett P. Schorr, arch.) (il)
TNT 8/20/1972 p.C20 City Hall inspires fantasy (interior il)
TNT 6/1/1973 ... to start in July
TNT 6/3/1973 Old City Halls's charm savored
TNT 6/10/1973 p.D17 Old City Hall project outlined by planners (sketch) Seattle Times 6/17/1973 Seattle group to renovate landmark (il)
TNT 8/12/1973 Tacoma loses round to guess who! (bldg. loses a place on National Register to Seattle's Public Safety Bldg.) (il)
TNT 9/16/1973 p.E2 ... resurrection miraculous
TNT 10/9/1973 Its future, past to be linked ... (il)
TNT 10/24/1973 Old City Hall put in its place (foot of land vacated to correct boundary)
TNT 11/4/1973 p.E11 Redevelopment of Old City Hall on schedule (interior il)
TNT 12/31/1973 ... renovated, looks to exciting future (il)
TNT 1/3/1974 p.A2 Old City Hall responds to Olaf's tender care (Burke Davis General Contractors, contr. for remodeling)
TNT 1/6/1974 A new life (sketch)
TNT 3/28/1974 ... tours set
TNT 5/12/1974 Old City Hall coming to life (sketch of remodeling proposals)
TNT 6/1/1974 Old City Hall now officially "historic" (placed on the National Register of Historic Places) Progress Architecture Aug. 1974 p.50,51 Great Northwest revival
TNT 8/29/1974 p.A3 Facelift for a queen (il)
TNT 9/19/1974 Old City Hall gets status of landmark (placed on the Tacoma Register of Historic Places)
TNT 9/22/1974 p.E1 An evening in Old City Hall (Tacoma Opera Guild hosts party) (interior il)
TNT 9/26/1974 p.B6 Early opening set for finished Old City Hall (il)
TNT 9/27/1974 Hazards delay grand opening
TNT 9/30/1974 Festivities reopen Old City Hall (il,interior il)
TNT 10/9/1974 ... now historic landmark
TNT 10/30/1974 ... opening Saturday
TNT 11/2/1974 Better later than never, chief cuts the rib-er-hose (official grand opening)
TNT 11/3/1974 p.A4 Crowds help Old City Hall bubble to life (interior il)
TNT 11/8/1974 Five new shops ...
TNT 11/24/1974 The Foundation, new night-life for Tacoma'
TNT 12/15/1974 Putting art in perspective (interior il)
TNT 12/21/1974 The 34 flavors of Old City Hall (bldg. directory) T.Review 2/5/1975 ... 81 per cent leased
TNT 5/4/1975 A city hall for "Liverpool of West" (il)
TNT 5/10/1975 ... cornerstone unearthed (il)
TNT 5/23/1975 Old City Hall to fly Betsy Ross banner
TNT 5/27/1975 Ol' Betsy flies here (il)
TNT 6/27/1975 What's happening in Old City Hall (sketch)
TNT 8/27/1975 p.A3 City Hall clock hands anticipating a workout (interior il)
TNT 9/4/1975 Tacoma's back on tower time (interior il) T.Review 9/17/1975 Chimes charm city clock T.Review 10/8/1975 Old City Hall saved
TNT 10/13/1975 Paint Old City Hall
TNT 10/18/1975 Landmarks approved ...
TNT 11/27/1975 Historical photographs to decorate City Hall
TNT 3/11/1976 Gutter trouble at Old City Hall (il)
TNT 4/3/1976 ... managerial firm quits AIA Journal June 1976 p.30 An old city hall is filled with shops (il,interior il)
TNT 10/5/1976 Old City Hall in red, but fights for life Progressive Architecture Nov. 1976 p.67 Remodeling portfolio (Barnet Schorr Co., Inc., arch. and Patrick A. Gordon, project arch.) (interior il) Argus 11/5/1976 Old City Hall makes a run for the money (il)
TNT 11/16/1976 A timely filming at Old City Hall (Pacific NW Bell Telephone television commercial) (interior il)
TNT 11/25/1976 Owners say they'll spend $200,000 on Old City Hall
TNT 11/30/1976 Time Machine (il)
TNT 1/14/1977 p.B13 ... to get state marker
TNT 1/30/1977 Old City Hall has come a long way since 1893
TNT 5/12/1977 Tacoma historic district proposed
TNT 9/27/1977 Saturday market set for Old City Hall
TNT 4/7/1978 Here comes the Wolfman (appearance by the radio personality Wolfman Jack)
TNT 4/18/1978 Old City Hall fights city hall for parking
TNT 4/19/1978 ... will get pay parking lot
TNT 5/12/1978 Angle parking added ...
TNT 6/23/1978 Wanna tour Old City Hall clock tower?
TNT 6/25/1978 Why not walk a block?
TNT 6/28/1978 Showdown at Old City Hall: Mama LaMoyne creamed building manager Jim Brewster (il)
TNT 7/13/1978 ... parking plan given
TNT 7/15/1978 Bells await parking lot OK
TNT 7/19/1978 Old City Hall parking posts "partial" win; merchants walk for parking issue T.Review 7/25/1978 Old City Hall's salvation rests on more parking, >owner asserts (il)
TNT 9/13/1978 ... parking plan OKd
TNT 9/16/1978 ... owners vow parking facility support
TNT 2/19/1979 p.B1 Ghosts in Tacoma? It's no laughing matter
TNT 2/20/1979 Parking lot ceremony set
TNT 2/23/1979 Parking space headed up (il)
TNT 8/5/1979 p.A5 Despite vacancies, owner "bullish" on Old City Hall (interior il)
28 images. Old City Hall E.A. Hatherton, arch. Traves & Co., contr. -bldg. originally planned for 9th & Broadway, bldg. sites traded with the Chamber of Commerce -"fifteenth-century Italian town hall architecture" -six stories, 133 ft. x 90 ft. -tower 187 ft., 32 ft. sq. -became "Old" City Hall when the County-City Bldg. opened in 1959 -saved from demolition and restored as shopping center from 1969 to 1974 (grand opening 11/2/1974) -added to National Register 5/17/1974 -added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.23038, 10/8/1974 -converted into office bldg. in 1980 -plans at TPL SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File
TDL 3/20/1884 The city building (proposed bldg. by Wm. Farrell, arch.)
TDL 5/29/1889 p.5 Now for a city hall
TDL 6/13/1889 p.4 City hall plans
TDL 7/11/1890 p.5 The new city hall
TDL 7/25/1890 p.5 The new city hall
TDL 8/10/1890 p.11 (sketch of proposed bldg.)
TDL 5/14/1891 p.3 Work on the city hall
TDL 5/28/1891 p.5 The trade moving on
TDL 7/12/1891 p.5 Will swap the sites
TDL 9/6/1891 p.5 Bids for City Hall
TDL 10/26/1891 p.5 The new City Hall (il)
TDL 6/27/1892 p.6 Will soon be under roof
TDL 9/16/1892 p.5 The City Hall tower
TDL 11/13/1892 p.3 City Hall all right (details of inspection architects Farrell, Dennis and Haywood)
TDL 12/16/1892 p.3 (contracts let for finishing work)
TDL 1/1/1893 p.15 The year's brick buildings
TDL 2/24/1893 p.3 A receiver appointed for Traves & Co.
TDL 3/17/1893 p.3 Tacoma's civic home
TDL 3/23/1893 p.3 A permanent receiver
TDL 4/25/1893 p.5 Moving into the City Hall
TDL 4/27/1893 p.4 The new City Hall accepted
TDL 4/30/1893 p.5 The City Councilmen hold a love feast in honor of the removal
TDL 5/4/1893 p.3 What the City Hall cost
TDL 5/7/1893 p.5 Press the nail and whistle (elevator)
TDL 5/13/1893 p.5 In spacious quarters (Tacoma Public Library) Library Journal Mar. 1895 p.77 Some libraries of the Northwest (interior il)
TDL 3/22/1903 p.1O Tacoma's tower of electric lights (il)
TDL 9/25/1904 p.5 Chime clock for City Hall (gift of Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. Wallace)
TDL 4/30/1905 p.25 Mildred Fuller Wallace Memorial Clock (il,full page article) TDN 6/29/1905 (il) TDN 2/11/1907 p.1 The bombardment begins tomorrow (cartoon of "boosters" on tower of bldg.) TNL 3/4/1917 p.8 City Hall boasts "Orpheus" of own
TDL 2/29/1920 p.A9 Raise efficiency of city offices (2nd floor remodeled)
TDL 5/16/1920 p.B5 Plans proposed to remodel jail
TDL 4/8/1924 p.2 City Hall near fire from acid
TDL 8/15/1926 p.E8 Police station to have larger space (remodeling by C.F. Erickson, contr.)
TDL 12/1/1927 p.2 City Hall bug pest isolated
TDL 3/10/1928 p.1 City Hall damaged by fire T.Times 3/10/1928 Vote $25,000 repair funds at City Hall ... inmates may have started fire in airshaft
TDL 3/11/1928 p.A7 Place City Hall loss at $15,000
TDL 7/24/1928 p.1 City Hall addition is talked (proposed for north side of building)
TDL 11/8/1928 p.3 Addition to be seven stories (Public Utilities Dept. proposes addition to bldg.)
TDL 8/29/1929 p.1 City Hall tower is given new lights (il)
TDL 9/1/1929 p.A1 New City Hall unit designed (sketch of proposed addition by Tacoma Architects, Inc., arch.)
TDL 9/29/1929 p.A4 City-County Building seen as future Tacoma project (sketch of proposed bldg. on site by Hill, Mock & Morrison, arch.)
TDL 1/5/1930 p.B9 Humorous epitaphs last of old jail
TDL 2/9/1932 Gravure Sec. p.7 (il)
TDL 3/16/1932 p.2 City Hall boilers may stay on job
TDL 8/23/1932 p.1 Chamber asks delay in City Hall transfer (proposal to trade City Hall for Medical Arts Bldg.)
TDL 11/8/1932 p.3 Turn down Arts Tower proposal T.Times 11/15/1935 Four clock faces on City Hall lighted once again (il) T.Times 4/16/1938 Tower unsafe; city may never ring old Wallace chimes
TNT 5/20/1938 p.1 Bee swarm causes stir at city hall
TNT 10/23/1938 p.B9 Reporter gives alarm an hour before blaze
TNT 12/19/1938 p.1 Moves to rebuild City Hall (remodeling proposed)
TNT 12/20/1938 p.1 Can't find blueprints
TNT 12/22/1938 p.1 City Light building rejected
TNT 12/23/1938 p.17 Would link buildings
TNT 12/27/1938 p.13 City Hall's walls good
TNT 7/3/1939 p.1 Tacoma's City Hall getting face cleaned T.Times 7/26/1939 City Hall face washed (il)
TNT 11/24/1939 p.2 Rope mystery cleared; wasn't suicide after all
TNT 12/14/1939 p.10 City tower blazes again (il) T.Times 12/14/1939 Song of the chimes; old chimes to ring again (silent since 1931) (il)
TNT 8/23/1941 p.9 City Hall shifts seen (remodeling proposed)
TNT 1/16/1942 p.5 Remodeling is approved; second floor of city hall will be improved T.Times 1/16/1942 ... remodeling City Hall T.Times 2/11/1942 ... work to cost $40,000
TNT 5/4/1942 Central heat at City Hall (to receive service from Consumers Central Heating Co.)
TNT 7/8/1942 p.19 Expert wood worker dies (James L. Paulson, "hand turned all of the ballustrades and newell posts for the stairs in the city hall")
TNT 11/1/1942 p.A1 All yours, this too (il of old jail cell door, to be sent to scrap drive)
TNT 11/30/1942 Improvement ... talked again
TNT 12/21/1942 p.3 Open war bond office (interior il)
TNT 11/29/1944 p.16 Pretty mad at City Hall clock
TNT 1/11/1946 p.1 City Hall clock chimes ring out once again
TNT 2/10/1946 p.A1,A11 City's fire program pushed (interior il)
TNT 12/17/1946 ... fire escapes are not safe
TNT 12/28/1947 p.A1 Please start city clock so this fellow can eat
TNT 1/8/1948 p.9 Please, Mr. Mayor, fix that city clock again T.Times 7/29/1948 City Hall chimes stilled long before war - and remain silent
TNT 8/3/1948 p.1 City chimes ring again, days only
TNT 4/14/1949 p.B4 City Hall weird place as quake rocked city
TNT 4/17/1949 p.A5 Easter is anniversary of chimes installation (il)
TNT 9/12/1949 p.21 City women lose appeal (for increased restroom facilities)
TNT 12/15/1949 p.C6 Anyway, they disliked color of mayor's job
TNT 11/9/1950 p.B6 City Hall is getting plastered (earthquake repairs)
TNT 11/12/1950 p.A13 Lanterns give no light tp perplexing question (il)
TNT 12/3/1950 p.A1 Pierce Co., City afoul of fire law (interior il)
TNT 12/6/1950 p.A1 Fire hazard on way out
TNT 1/9/1951 p.9 ... will get interior face lifting
TNT 1/28/1951 p.C14 Council chamber under critical eye (interior il)
TNT 2/16/1951 p.4 To remodel City Hall
TNT 5/16/1951 p.D3 City Hall Big Ben too fast
TNT 7/18/1951 p.1 High hot spot (il of tower roof)
TNT 7/20/1951 p.15 City Hall gets fancy new flag
TNT 8/12/1951 p.B10 Historic significance in tower clean-up move (il)
TNT 8/26/1951 Tacoma's architecture changes with years (sketch)
TNT 11/25/1951 p.A7 Budget woes keep city timepiece dark
TNT 3/26/1952 p.24 Seeks new elevator
TNT 9/29/1952 p.1 City Hall clock holds out -- fast time is slow to end
TNT 10/19/1952 p.A4 Fire drills inadvisable
TNT 10/24/1952 p.18 New elevator for City Hall due at last
TNT 10/26/1952 p.A8 Buildings inadequate
TNT 11/24/1952 p.1 Attack City Hall safe
TNT 12/31/1952 p.12 Elevator out in City Hall after Monday
TNT 6/1/1953 p.24 Empty halls on 3rd floor of City Hall
TNT 7/27/1953 p.17 Old desk retires from council wars
TNT 9/27/1953 p.A1 City's famous chimes facing uncertain fate (il)
TNT 11/28/1953 p.1 Moving day at City Hall (Public Utilities moves to new headquarters) (interior il)
TNT 12/14/1953 Old Glory at City Hall has trouble again
TNT 12/30/1953 p.2 City Hall will be renovated
TNT 2/14/1954 p.A8 City's records piling up in old jail; officials worry over documents (interior il)
TNT 8/15/1954 p.A12 No place for famous chimes here; ignored in Couunty-City Bldg. plans (il)
TNT 1/5/1955 Electronics threatens city chimes say rumor
TNT 5/29/1955 Tacoma displays many towers and spires
TNT 11/16/1955 p.C20 Looked like distress at City Hall (flag upside down)
TNT 11/17/1955 p.A6 Tattered ensign down from City Hall pole
TNT 4/8/1956 p.A10 City Hall building costs have familiar ring; remember 1893? (interior il)
TNT 8/13/1956 p.1 City Hall fire quelled fast
TNT 8/28/1956 p.1 We can use that C-C Building any time (interior il of fallen plaster in city manager's office)
TNT 1/1/1957 Is this last year for City Hall chimes? (il)
TNT 4/18/1957 p.A11 Swap offices in City Hall
TNT 5/27/1957 p.A4 Choas reigns briefly in City Hall (ceiling plaster falls in mayor's office)
TNT 6/30/1957 p.A7 Fate of historic chimes up for decision soon
TNT 7/9/1957 p.1 Chimes on City Hall may be stilled forever
TNT 3/13/1958 p.1 City's old records will be fed to the flames
TNT 7/29/1958 p.14 City Hall demolition plan sought
TNT 3/15/1959 p.C14 Council sets last meeting in City Hall
TNT 3/17/1959 p.1 Council ends 66-year era in Old City Hall (interior il)
TNT 3/18/1959 City Hall clock to toll no more
TNT 3/31/1959 p.13 Whom will bells toll for? - That is the question
TNT 4/7/1959 p.C15 Old City Hall opened its doors in 1893: City Hall chimes to toll no more (il)
TNT 4/28/1959 p.1 Demolition to be fate of City Hall
TNT 6/1/1959 p.11 Save City Hall petition filed
TNT 6/2/1959 ... plea fails to move council
TNT 6/14/1959 p.C15 Plan to save Old City Hall drawn up
TNT 6/16/1959 p.1 90 days given group to save Old City Hall
TNT 7/5/1959 p.B1 Emily tells of heat, pushes City Hall plan
TNT 7/30/1959 p.A1 Come the revolution? No, despite the red flag (Soviet Union flag found flying over bldg.) (il)
TNT 9/22/1959 p.1 Old City Hall gets reprieve of 6 months
TNT 1/17/1960 p.D10 Engineer urges that Old City Hall be saved (Dr. Arthur R. Anderson)
TNT 3/1/1960 p.1 City Hall clock may have hands amputated (clock time stuck at 3:35)
TNT 3/2/1960 p.A13 ... proposed as arts high school
TNT 3/3/1960 p.A1 Look Ma, no hands (il)
TNT 3/5/1960 p.3 ... may become civic center
TNT 9/21/1960 p.A1 Council asked to convert City Hall into school
TNT 1/11/1961 College use of City Hall under study
TNT 4/26/1961 p.A1 Old City Hall reprieved another year
TNT 5/14/1961 p.D1,D8 Allied Arts of Tacoma (sketch)
TNT 2/21/1962 p.C18 Junior college site proposed by Easterday (proposal to join Old CIty Hall with the Elks Temple by a bridge over Commerce St. and use bldgs. for a community college)
TNT 4/25/1962 p.A1 Old City Hall chimes soon will ring again (il)
TNT 5/20/1962 p.A9 Clock repair cost: $13,000
TNT 5/22/1962 p.1 Chimes sound again, clock is running, too
TNT 5/23/1962 p.A4 Council sets hours for ringing of clock bells
TNT 5/27/1962 p.A1 City Hall clock, bells beautiful, says expert restoring works (il)
TNT 6/22/1962 p.1 Puts on new face (il)
TNT 6/26/1962 p.A9 Clock tower no longer timeless (il)
TNT 8/1/1962 p.A3 Door from "politician" cell in old jail sold (purchased by Steve Pease) (interior il)
TNT 8/15/1962 p.A10 Bells toll again on night shift
TNT 8/18/1962 p.2 City officials unhook Old City Hall chimes
TNT 4/5/1963 p.A7 Old City Hall clock now back on time
TNT 4/29/1963 p.1 City Hall clock confused, or may be tired
TNT 4/30/1963 p.12 ... clock back in step with DST
TNT 7/30/1963 p.1 Witch on the City Hall clock? (il)
TNT 11/3/1963 p.C16 Welcome lights mark rehabilitation effort (il)
TNT 6/24/1964 p.B12 Old City Hall urged as museum
TNT 9/20/1964 p.D12 Clock tower offers challenge, inspiration to contest entrants 027.4797 T219C (il) 071 N213N Vol.I p.l6 (il) 133.109797 D97G p.83 133.109797 M724W p.32 (il) 398 M145G p.145 The bell-ringing ghost of Tacoma's Old City Hall 720.28 T119TR p.33 (rehab c.1980-83) 720.979 Si11E 917.9778 C498C (il) 979.7 N812 July 1891 p.42 (sketch) 979.72 H91 Vol.II p.167-70 979.778 K355T p.51 (interior il) 979.7788 AL566T p.48,49 (il) City Directory (1892) p.49 (sketch) NWR 133.129795 L942N Northwest Know-How Haunts, p. 23
