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773 BROADWAY, TACOMA

• 106 images. Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Hatherton & McIntosh, arch. D.B. Adams, contr. -cornerstone laid 5/13/1892 -bldg. originally planned for the site of Old City Hall, bldg. sites traded with the City of Tacoma -site includes 771-75 Broadway, 772-776 Commerce St.
• TDL 5/15/1889 p.3 Finest on the coast
• TDL 7/2/1889 p.7 Plans wanted
• TDL 11/1/1889 p.5 The new building
• TDL 1/26/1890 p.3 (ad for plans/bids)
• TDL 3/1/1890 p.4 Plans for a chamber
• TDL 5/18/1890 p.12 Massive and grand (sketch)
• TDL 7/18/1890 p.5 Tacoma firm wins
• TDL 5/28/1891 p.5 The trade moving on
• TDL 7/12/1891 p.5 Will swap the sites
• TDL 3/6/1892 p.6 Chamber's new home
• TDL 5/14/1892 p.5 The building begun (dedication)
• TDL 4/28/1893 p.3 One of the finest
• TDL 6/13/1893 p.4 The Masons "at home"
• TDL 7/4/1893 p.5 To its new home
• TDL 9/26/1898 p.8 Alleys will be added (bowling alleys)
• TDL 11/16/1898 p.3 Will own it in time
• TDL 11/10/1912 p.19 puzzling devices in Tacoma office (weather station) TNL 2/18/1917 p.27 Y.M.C.A. to take roomy quarters TNL 6/10/1917 p.11 Electric elevator in Broadway building TNL 2/17/1918 p.D9 New cafeteria soon to be opened by Y.W. T.Tribune 5/26/1918 Tribune photo of new Y.W.C.A. cafeteria (interior il of the Winthrop Cafeteria & Tea Room designed by J.B. Jenkins)
• TDL 10/26/1919 p.B6 (interior il of Blue Bird Electrical Shop)
• TDL 9/19/1920 p.B7 Electric apparatus manufactured here (interior il of Blue Bird Electrical Shop)
• TNT 12/13/1921 Do you remember? (il of cornerstone ceremony)
• TDL 3/17/1923 p.1 Deal closed for citizen's hotel site (il)
• TDL 4/25/1923 p.1 Ccall bids on clearing hotel site (bldg. to be demolished to make way for the Winthrop Hotel)
• TDL 5/13/1923 p.A1 Corner stone open too soon; early end to Chamber of Commerce Building spoils dreams of many
• TDL 9/16/1923 p.A5 Masons get historic cornerstone box (il)
• TDL 1/13/1924 p.E8 Hicks building to be built by Post (new bldg. at 923-25 Tacoma Ave. So. to be built with bricks from the Chamber of Commerce Bldg.)
• TDL 2/9/1932 Gravure Sec. p.3 (il of cornerstone ceremony in 1892)
• TNT 6/4/1942 p.32 (il of cornerstone ceremony in 1892) 352.3 G42S p.121 (il) 720.28 T119TR p.5 (il) 979.72 H91 Vol.II p.167-170 979.72 T11C (il)
• Year Built: 1892
• Decade Built: 1890s
• Demolished

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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• 773 BROADWAY, TACOMA