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715 S 11TH ST, TACOMA

• 11 images. Washington National Guard Armory Russell & Babcock, arch. Joseph Wells, contr. -dedicated 1/1/1909 -remodeling c.1917,1938 -plans for remodeling c.1938 by Russell, Lance & Muri, arch. at TPL -rehab c.1982 -part of bldg. converted for use as county jail overflow annex in 1989 -added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.24216, 12/28/1976 -site includes 1001-25 Yakima Ave. So.
• TDL 12/18/1904 p.1 Cartoon - "Dear Santa: All I want for Christmas is an armory, Troop B"
• TDL 3/26/1905 p.4 New armory badly needed
• TDL 3/3/1907 p.11 Armory site needed now
• TDL 11/10/1907 p.5 Purchase site for armory
• TDL 12/1/1907 p.13 Commission to erect armory
• TDL 12/29/1907 p.5 Plan splendid structure as militia headquarters (sketch)
• TDL 2/16/1908 p.21 Buildings (on site) to be sold
• TDL 3/1/1908 p.21 Modified plans for the armory
• TDL 5/3/1908 p.22 Work is begun on Tacoma's armory
• TDL 5/24/1908 p.22 Contracts for brick (minimum of 700,000 bricks needed) TDN 7/11/1908 p.11 (il under construction)
• TDL 8/30/1908 p.23 (progress)
• TDL 10/11/1908 p.35 (progress) TDN 11/14/1908 p.11 (il under construction)
• TDL 12/27/1908 p.15 New Armory about ready to turn over TDN 12/31/1908 p.7 Dedicate amory tomorrow
• TDL 1/2/1909 p.4 State Armory is dedicated TDN 1/2/1909 p.7 Thousands see new state amory
• TDL 1/13/1909 Commercial Club Edition p.7,43 (il)
• TDL 10/24/1909 p.43 Armory improvements
• TDL 11/28/1909 p.46 Install seats in Armory galleries
• TDL 6/25/1911 p.1 (interior il of Rose Show)
• TDL 10/11/1911 Crowds overflow state's armory (visit of Wm. Howard Taft)
• TDL 10/22/1911 p.35 Sports feature ... (indoor baseball)
• TDL 11/10/1912 p.20 Tacoma made show opens tomorrow
• TDL 11/16/1912 p.1 3,000 are unable to enter Armory (6,000 already inside bldg.)
• TDL 2/23/1913 p.4 Militiamen leaving Armory in Washington anniversary parade (il)
• TDL 6/29/1913 p.8 Rose Show open one more day (il)
• TDL 1/25/1914 Anniversary Edition p.11,39 (il)
• TDL 4/26/1914 p.13 (il of "Tacoma's war force")
• TDL 5/10/1914 p.11 Hoisting hay at the Armory (il)
• TDL 6/6/1914 p.6 (interior il of Rose Show) TDN 1/4/1917 p.1 Throngs at Armory mark campaign climax (interior il) TNL 5/27/1917 p.21 Let locker contract for Tacoma Armory TNL 7/15/1917 p.17 Quarters of Armory soon to be doubled (remodeling by Heath & Gove, arch.)
• TDL 9/14/1919 p.1 President (Wilson) pleads for cause of humanity
• TDL 11/13/1919 p.5 Sousa's band in concerts today T.Times 11/30/1921 p.1 Tacoma welcomes Foch (appearance by Marshall Ferdinand Foch of France)
• TDL 10/4/1925 p.B3 (renovation by Heath, Gove & Bell, arch.)
• TDL 5/16/1927 p.1 Big Exposition opens tonight (Own-Your-Home Exposition)
• TDL 5/19/1927 p.1 All Hail cupid at exposition
• TDL 5/21/1927 p.3 Own-Your-Home show to close; public wedding feature
• TDL 1/26/1930 p.E1 Home of Tacoma's 1930 auto show (il)
• TDL 2/16/1930 p.E1 1930 motor car pageant closes tonight (interior il)
• TDL 2/22/1931 p.A4 Last chance to see Auto Show (interior il)
• TDL 5/23/1931 p.12 Tacomans wed at Armory show
• TDL 3/6/1932 p.E3 The place and the men behind Tacoma's coming auto show (il)
• TDL 3/11/1932 p.1 (interior il of auto show)
• TDL 3/31/1935 p.A1 Housing show is attractive
• TNT 10/1/1938 p.1 Award Armory work contract to Tacoma firm (remodeling by Steiro & Hansen, contr.)
• TNT 10/5/1938 p.1 $90,000 Armory permit issued
• TNT 2/10/1939 p.22 Please with Armory; custodian points out features of rebuilt Armory to Tacoma scribe
• TNT 3/30/1939 p.1 All-conference orchestra rehearses for concert ... (interior il)
• TNT 4/2/1939 p.A1 300 hear Armory concert
• TNT 4/21/1939 p.1 $100,000 modernizes city's armory (interior il)
• TNT 4/25/1939 p.A14 Before the Armory was built (il of site c.1890) p.B10 Northwest Music Conference climaxes musical year ... (interior il)
• TNT 5/6/1939 p.1 New grant for Armory
• TNT 5/24/1939 p.2 3,000 hear Prince Olav (Crown Prince Olav of Norway speaks at Armory) T.Times 5/24/1939 p.1 Norwegian royal couple given ovation during their stay here
• TNT 11/7/1939 p.1 Tacoma's Armory bigger, better; public invited to dedication rites (interior il)
• TNT 11/8/1939 p.11 Huge crowd at Armory T.Times 5/19/1942 Inspection! (interior il) T.Times 12/29/1942 State Guardsmen in review (interior il)
• TNT 6/4/1943 p.1 533 finish at Lincoln ... colorful graduation
• TNT 9/11/1946 p.1 National Guard center in armory
• TNT 10/29/1946 p.1 Wallace praises demo candidates (appearance by former U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace)
• TNT 3/5/1947 p.1 5,000 hear (Orson) Welles talk in Armory (interior il)
• TNT 3/27/1948 p.1 Armory is damaged by fire
• TNT 6/12/1948 p.2 (fire damage repairs by J.W. Barr Construction Co., contr.)
• TNT 10/10/1948 p.A1 Compares opponents to Hitler; Henry Wallace in Tacoma address ...
• TNT 10/15/1948 p.1 Thrilled Tacoma gives Earl Warren family a royal reception
• TNT 5/18/1950 p.D2 (ad for appearance by singer Vaughn Monroe)
• TNT 11/1/1950 p.B2 Teenagers are honor guests at sane Hallowe'en celebration (interior il)
• TNT 3/22/1951 p.A6 4,000 hear Dr. (Charles E.) Fuller (interior il)
• TNT 7/8/1951 p.A7 T. Roosevelt flag waves over Tacoma (il)
• TNT 11/1/1951 p.A8 Hallowe'en treat (interior il of all-city high school dance)
• TNT 11/26/1951 p.1 Rev. Harold Long first witness in State probe of Tacoma vice
• TNT 12/2/1951 p.A1 Tacoma vice hearing closes
• TNT 10/3/1952 p.A1 Truman raps Ike as unfit (visit of President Harry S. Truman) South Tacoma Star 10/30/1952 Republican vice presidential hopeful to speak at Armory (visit of Richard M. Nixon)
• TNT 11/2/1952 p.A1 Nixon charges war needless
• TNT 1/20/1953 p.18-20 Golden Gloves Tournament
• TNT 5/29/1955 Tacoma displays many towers and spires
• TNT 7/16/1955 p.5 Evangelist Ray Boatright; huge indoor camp meeting
• TNT 12/15/1955 p.D5 (ad - boxer Joe Louis to referee wrestling match at Armory)
• TNT 4/5/1956 p.B8-B11 Tacoma's big 3-day boat show opens in Armory Friday night
• TNT 10/18/1956 p.B7 2nd Annual Y's Men's Club Hobby Show ready
• TNT 11/15/1956 p.B6,B7 Lions Clubs' big carnival opens this Friday at Armory
• TNT 3/27/1958 p.C8-C13 Tacoma Boat Show
• TNT 4/26/1959 p.A4 Fail to hold Armory dance (Wailers concert canceled due to city ordinance)
• TNT 6/21/1959 p.B6 Closed-circuit telecast: Heavy Weight Championship Fight
• TNT 7/24/1959 p.6 First appearance by in Tacoma ... The Wailers
• TNT 9/2/1959 p.B6 The Frantics, Wailers and Playboys; last big dance before school starts
• TNT 9/4/1959 p.1 Teen dance fight impels probe; youth hurt seriously in fray
• TNT 5/27/1960 p.22 Teenage dance with ... Bo Diddley and the Wailers
• TNT 3/31/1961 p.6 Dance with The Wailers featuring Rockin' Robin Roberts with his sensational "Louie Louie"
• TNT 4/15/1962 p.A17 Out of Tacoma's past (interior il of boxing match)
• TNT 5/2/1962 p.A6 (ad for appearance by singer James Brown)
• TNT 3/7/1964 p.1 Despite risk, firemen accept flagpole task (il)
• TNT 7/28/1964 p.4 Bernie's Dance: Paul Revere and the Raiders
• TNT 8/28/1964 p.B13 Battle of the Bands: Wailers vs. Kingsmen
• TNT 11/14/1964 p.4 Dance tonite: Paul Revere and the Raiders
• TNT 11/25/1964 p.4 Big Thanksgiving dance (Chad & Jeremy and the Wailers)
• TNT 12/25/1964 p.C4 Jerry Lee Lewis and his band
• TNT 11/4/1965 p.A11 Big Daddy is here! (appearance by Ed Roth and the Pacific Northwest Motorama)
• TNT 1/23/1967 p.5 County backs bill to buy armory here (proposed for demolition)
• TNT 1/27/1967 p.A18 House OKs condemning city armory
• TNT 2/4/1973 They don't build them like they used to (il)
• TNT 7/8/1974 Time Machine (il)
• TNT 6/24/1977 Amory building may go to school (proposed as addition to Bates Vocational School)
• TNT 9/30/1981 p.C15 Armory to lose turrets for a spell; old building's chimney also due for a cropping (il)
• TNT 2/1/1989 p.B1 Armory will become overflow jail (interior il)
• TNT 2/27/1989 Guard Armory may be site for new jail
• TNT 4/2/1989 p.D6 Yesteryear; ode to autos apt for 1930s gala car show (interior il)
• TNT 4/27/1989 p.B1 County OKs $1.6 million to convert amory to jail
• TNT 7/15/1989 p.B1 Workers replace Armory hoops for bars
• TNT 9/15/1989 Annex affected by jailer shortfall (interior il)
• TNT 11/20/1989 p.B1 New jail fully operational after three month delay
• TNT 12/15/1989 p.A1 (interior il of jail area)
• TNT 8/16/1995 p.A1 County decides armory best jail option (expansion proposed)
• TNT 8/18/1995 p.B1 Plan to ease overcrowding of county inmates (interior il)
• TNT 7/2/2002 p.A1 Tacoma's bastion and battlements (il) T.Daily Index 8/17/2007 p.1 City will host historic National Guard Armory photo safari
• TNT 6/9/2008 p.A1 New century dawns for Armory (il) Ranger 11/26/2008 Standing guard for a century (il)
• TNT 11/9/2011 p.A3 Guard leaving 102-year-old armory (bldg. to be mothballed) (interior il)
• TNT 12/25/2012 p.A3 If you've got a spare million, Tacoma Armory for sale T.Weekly 3/15/2013 p.A1 Tacoma's Armory stands ready for a new future
• TNT 6/12/2013 p.A1 Now that he has his fort, developer will dig in to restore it (bldg. purchased by Fred Roberson) (interior il)
• TNT 5/22/2015 p.A1 Top speed skaters here on a roll
• TNT 8/10/2015 p.A1 Tacoma Armory set to host pot trade show and seminars (interior il) T.Weekly 9/25/2015 p.A2 New theater company finds home in Tacoma armory (Tacoma Actors Repertory Theatre) (TART)
• TNT 12/6/2015 p.E1 From drill hall to entertainment spot (feature article) (il, interior il, floor plan)
• TNT 5/7/2017 p.A1 "Prince of Preservation" ... (Fred Roberson) T.Weekly 5/11/2018 p.A6 Tacoma developer will likely focus on clock tower after Armory renovations (interior il)
• TNT 7/29/2018 p.A1 Armory's conversion into show venue nearly finished (il,interior il) 338.973 P83Pt 1918 p.30 (il) 355 C386W 355 W27A (il) 692.8 SP32S 720.28 T119TR p.93 (remodeling c.1982 by Walt Greissinger, arch.) 720.979 R911C p.19-20 979.72 H91 Vol.II p.233-34 (il) 979.72 W27G (il) 979.7788 AL566T p.60,61 (interior il)
• Year Built: 1908
• Decade Built: 1900s
• On City Historic Register

Abbreviation Key GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune

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• 715 S 11TH ST, TACOMA