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773 BROADWAY, TACOMA

• 106 images. Hotel Winthrop W.L. Stoddard, arch. Roland E. Borhek, associate arch. F.A. Pratt & A.I. Watson, contr. David L. Glenn, supervising engineer -Citizen's Hotel Corp. formed in April 1922 -grand opening 5/16/1925 -Sabre Room opened 9/22/1949 -converted into senior/elderly housing in 1973 (opened 8/10/1973) (212 units) -hotel named for explorer and writer Theodore Winthrop, author of "The Canoe and the Saddle" which helped popularize the Northwest (name chosen in newspaper contest by Geo. L. Dickson) -eleven stories, 110 ft. -partial plans for stores in hotel bldg. at TPL (Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, arch.) -site includes 761-83 Broadway, 762-86 Commerce St. SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File SEE ALSO: TPL Manuscript Collection (Baker Investment Co.)
• TDL 5/14/1922 p.A1 Hotel drive to start Monday p.A8 (endorsement ad)
• TDL 9/24/1922 p.A8,A9,B10 (ads for proposed hotel sites)
• TDL 10/1/1922 p.A8,A9,A14,A15 (ads for proposed hotel sites)
• TDL 10/2/1922 p.3 (ad for proposed hotel site)
• TDL 10/8/1922 p.A10,A11,B3 (ads for proposed hotel sites)
• TDL 10/9/1922 p.3 (ad for proposed hotel site)
• TDL 10/22/1922 Suppl. p.1,2 New hotel for a bigger Tacoma (sketch)
• TDL 3/13/1923 p.1 Linnard interests get hotel lease
• TDL 3/17/1923 p.1 Deal closed for Citizen's Hotel site (il)
• TDLl 3/20/1923 p.1 Year given to build new hotel
• TDL 3/31/1923 p.1 Work on hotel to be rapid
• TDL 4/25/1923 p.1 Call bids on clearing hotel site
• TDL 5/11/1923 p.1 Contract let on hotel work (Frank Sussman & Co. to clear site)
• TDL 5/24/1923 p.1 Design for hotel may be announced Friday by board (il of architect W.L. Stoddard)
• TDL 5/26/1923 p.1 Half million more for new hotel (sketch)
• TDL 5/27/1923 p.1 Hotel will be civic center, plans show (sketch of interior plans)
• TDL 7/15/1923 p.A1 Ledger reader to name new Citizen's Hotel of Tacoma
• TDL 7/17/1923 p.1 Ledger gets hotel names in abundance
• TDL 7/22/1923 p.A1 Only four more days in which to send hotel name p.A6 (sketch)
• TDL 7/29/1923 p.A1 Memory of writer honored; Winthrop name for new hotel; Geo. L. Dickson wins first prize in big contest (hotel named for explorer and writer Theodore Winthrop)
• TDL 8/19/1923 p.E7 Architect tells reasons he likes site of Winthrop (hotel featured in August 1923 issue of "Hotel Management" magazine)
• TDL 9/22/1923 p.1 Plans here for Hotel Winthrop
• TDL 12/15/1923 p.1 Tacoma firm will build civic hotel
• TDL 12/16/1923 p.A18 Will employ 100 for hotel work
• TDL 12/22/1923 p.4 Work starts on Tacoma's new hotel (il)
• TDL 1/12/1924 p.1 Tacoma firm wins contract (Ben Olson Co. to install heating and plumbing) p.2 Terra cotta contract let (to Denny-Renton Coal & Clay Co.)
• TDL 1/18/1924 p.3 Concrete pouring for hotel starts (il)
• TDL 2/14/1924 p.1 Winthrop manager selected; A.K. Bennett former director of world famous hostelry in Yokohoma chosen ...
• TDL 2/20/1924 p.10 Hotel foundation nears completion (il under construction)
• TDL 3/20/1924 p.9 Pour concrete for new hotel
• TDL 3/23/1924 p.E10 (A. Gehri & Co., contr. for ventilation system)
• TDL 5/18/1924 p.A4 (il under construction)
• TDL 6/8/1924 p.A2 ... adopts Winthrop coat-of-arms (il)
• TDL 6/29/1924 p.A4 Winthrop progress is rapid
• TDL 7/6/1924 p.E8 (il under construction)
• TDL 7/24/1924 p.1 Manager of Hotel Winthrop in Tacoma (Samuel Adkisson of San Francisco)
• TDL 8/3/1924 p.E8 (il under construction)
• TDL 8/31/1924 p.A8 (il under construction)
• TDL 9/1/1924 p.1 Progress on hotel pleases
• TDL 9/19/1924 p.1 Hotel Winthrop reaches topmost point (il)
• TDL 10/8/1924 p.1 Hotel bonds authorized
• TDL 10/12/1924 p.A1 Furnishing of hotel big task
• TDL 10/19/1924 p.A10 Lots of work inside hotel (including "13 miles of pipes") (interior il)
• TDL 11/23/1924 p.A5 Hotel interior is distinctive
• TDL 11/25/1924 p.3 Man recovering after 10-story fall
• TDL 11/27/1924 p.1 Social center at new hotel
• TDL 11/28/1924 p.1 Winthrop cash is spent here
• TDL 11/30/1924 p.A1 Winthrop to be big thing for Tacoma
• TDL 12/28/1924 p.E8 (il under construction)
• TDL 12/31/1924 p.10 Winthrop bonds are snatched up
• TDL 1/1/1925 p.1 Let contract for Winthrop hotel lights
• TDL 1/18/1925 p.E8 Hotel Winthrop is in finishing stages
• TNT 1/19/1925 Tacoma to furnish Winthrop fittings
• TDL 1/29/1925 p.1 Exterior of hotel finished (il)
• TDL 2/22/1925 p.A14 Finishing new hotel interior
• TDL 2/28/1925 p.1 Small loss in Winthrop roof blaze
• TDL 3/2/1925 p.6 Hotel furnishings under way soon
• TDL 3/22/1925 p.D1 Hotel opening is anticipated
• TDL 3/27/1925 p.7 Hotel laundry ready April 15
• TDL 3/29/1925 p.A1 (il under construction)
• TDL 4/8/1925 p.1 Winthrop prepares for grand opening p.11 (il)
• TDL 4/9/1925 p.2 Stand taken by Kiwanians controversy over "wet" vs. "dry" celebration for grand opening)
• TDL 5/3/1925 p.A3 Winthrop Hotel's famous pastry chef gives Ledger readers favorite recipes p.A8 Winthrop gets final touches TL 5/10/1925 p.A1 Winthrop's owners to have night
• TDL 5/12/1925 p.1 Winthrop's third wing needed now
• TDL 5/14/1925 p.1 3,000 expected for reception
• TNT 5/14/1925 Stockholders to celebrate ... (interior il)
• TDL 5/15/1925 p.1 Thousands inspect Winthrop (interior il)
• TNT 5/15/1925 Hotel dedication marks high of Tacoma spirit
• TDL 5/16/1925 p.1 Huge crowd due tonight at Winthrop (interior il)
• TNT 5/16/1925 Tacoma's first white child to sign register of hotel (Floyd Steele, who was born in the Steele Hotel)
• TDL 5/17/1925 p.A1,A11,B1,B2,D1,E10 Winthrop's opening is gala event (interior ils)
• TDL 5/24/1925 p.A1 KGB fans get big surprise (radio station to hold regular broadcasts from hotel)
• TDL 5/27/1925 p.1 Nason named new manager for Winthrop (Albert Nason)
• TDL 5/29/1925 p.1 Prominent Tacomans in movies (scene from "Hearts and Fists" filmed at the Winthrop)
• TDL 6/7/1925 p.B4 (ad)
• TNT 6/8/1925 Hotel guests furnished 200 world's greatest book (Immanuel Presbyterian Church donates hotel Bibles)
• TDL 6/14/1925 p.D1 Winthrop teas hold interes
• TDL 7/26/1925 p.B1 Winthrop gets new manager (Alfred K. Bennett)
• TDL 8/16/1925 p.A1 Winthrop Hotel now open shop
• TDL 8/30/1925 p.D1 Winthrop to be social setting
• TNT 9/29/1925 Winthrop is ready for complaining long fellows; bed 7 ft. 6 in. long is delivered ...
• TDL 12/3/1925 p.1 Motor salon opens today
• TNT 2/12/1926 p.23 Virges Drug Company opens store No. 4 ... (il)
• TDL 4/14/1926 Suppl. Big year ahead for civic hotel (interior il)
• TDL 5/16/1926 p.A1 Year old hotel has big party
• TNT 2/23/1927 p.7 Bungalow atop hotel awaits lumbermen (il)
• TDL 4/12/1927 Rotogravure Sec. p.6 (il)
• TDL 5/16/1927 p.8 Winthrop keeps its anniversary
• TDL 9/11/1927 p.A1 Tacoma is winning many friends over nation with hotel
• TDL 12/23/1927 Hotel bandit fights for life
• TDL 1/26/1928 p.1 Improvements are planned for city's 2 biggest hotels (remodeling by J.E. Bonnell & Sons, contr.)
• TNT 1/26/1928 Hotel Winthrop remodels cafes
• TDL 4/10/1928 Sec.III p.6 New city unity given by hotel (il) Gravure Sec. p.8 (interior il of coffee shop)
• TNT 5/9/1928 Winthrop's new coffee shop ... (interior il)
• TDL 5/13/1928 p.A8 Winthrop Hotel shows way to airport (aerial il of new 35-foot arrow on roof)
• TDL 10/22/1928 p.10 Airplane makes visit to hotel lobby (interior il)
• TDL 4/9/1929 Gravure Sec. p.3 (il)
• TDL 4/29/1930 Citizens own the Winthrop
• TDL 12/28/1931 p.1 Huge electric sign to herald new year here
• TDL 12/31/1931 p.8 (il of electric sign)
• TDL 2/9/1932 Gravure Sec. p.2 (aerial il)
• TDL 6/12/1932 p.C6 Craft shop opend in Winthrop ("The Crafts" opens on Commerce St.)
• TDL 11/5/1933 p.B8 Winthrop dining room completed (former grill room enlarged and remodeled)
• TDL 12/13/1936 p.A8 Club begins remodeling of quarters (roof top quarters of the University Club)
• TNT 9/10/1937 p.13 New women's shop to open on Saturday (Helen Davis Clothing Store at 763 Broadway)
• TDL 9/24/1937 p.11 (interior il of Helen Davis Clothing Store)
• TNT 11/13/1937 p.3 "U" Club reopens Feb. 20th
• TNT 1/23/1938 p.B8 Firm makes store over (Lloyd-Friesen Shoe Co.)
• TNT 8/7/1938 p.B4 Helen Davis enlarges shop (il,interior il)
• TNT 4/23/1939 p.1 Victims of suicide pact (hard copy only) 338.973 P83Pt 1924 p.49 (sketch) 658.87 R346M p.121 720.28 SU87A 979.7 B64 Vol.II p.826-27 (il) 979.7 W28A April 1928 (il) 979.7788 ST769H p.50
• Year Built: 1925
• Decade Built: 1920s
• Style: Chicago Commercial Style with Classical Renaissance Revival elements

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